59 h. ago Munich Oktoberfest reopens after man’s deadly arson attack and bomb threat

Beer festival had closed after 57-year-old man shot parents, set house on fire, and left note mentioning eventA German man went on a deadly gun, explosives and arson rampage against his family and then killed himself on Wednesday, prompting security fears in Munich that closed the world-famous Oktoberfest for seven hours.Authorities decided to close the event temporarily after finding a note the man had dropped in a nearby letterbox that included a vague threat to the Bavarian city’s beer festival. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Bomb Scare Shuts Down Oktoberfest After Deadly Munich House Blast

Europe’s biggest beer festival, the world-famous Oktoberfest, has been dramatically closed in a major security scare after a bomb threat was linked to a deadly explosion at a house in Munich

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9 d. ago Dozens of Britain's most prized pubs for beer have closed in the past year

A wave of pub closures has claimed a string of locals that have been lauded for the quality of their real ale - with industry leaders calling on Labour for help

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2 w. ago Teflon diet, garlic milk and zebra cows triumph at 2025 Ig Nobel prizes

Researchers into idea to blend powdered PTFE into food as a zero-calorie filler to curb hunger win chemistry prizeFor decades scientists, doctors and public health officials have battled to solve the obesity crisis. Now researchers have won an Ig Nobel prize for a radical new approach: slashing people’s calorie intake by feeding them Teflon.The left-field proposal was inspired by zero calorie drinks and envisaged food manufacturers blending powdered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) into their products in the hope it would sate people’s hunger before quietly sliding out. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sally Rooney unable to collect award over Palestine Action arrest threat

The Normal People author can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest, according to a statement read out by her publisher at the prize ceremonyIrish author Sally Rooney could not travel to collect a literary prize this week over concerns that she may be arrested if she enters the UK, given her support of banned group Palestine Action.Rooney won the Sky Arts award for literature for her fourth novel, Intermezzo. At a ceremony on Tuesday, audiences were told that Rooney “couldn’t be here”, before her editor, Faber publisher Alex Bowler, collected the award on her behalf. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A moment that changed me: I was a gobby teen who lived to win. Then I lost a contest – and found the real me

I should have been devastated when I came third in a public speaking competition. But the joy that came out of nowhere has shaped the rest of my life“I am a teenager, living in an age with war, corruption, discrimination, racism, sexism. But no one seems angry about it. People see the slight advances towards equal society as having solved our issues entirely and it just isn’t enough.”It’s March 2015, and I’ve done it: I’ve solved inequality. Standing in the basement room of Modern Art Oxford for my regional heat of the Articulation prize public speaking competition, I truly believe that I may have just introduced this room full of parents and teachers to the concept of feminism. I’m very pleased with myself. Continue reading...

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