41 h. ago First Dates signs up two new stars to join Fred Sirieix's 'family'

First Dates has signed up two new stars to join Fred Sirieix at the iconic Channel 4 restaurant and they've already started filming for the next series of the hit show

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1 week ago A drop in the ocean: does experimental technology hold the key to saving the world’s seas?

Investment is pouring into companies promising to geoengineer a rapid change in the pH of our waters – but critics are concerned at the speed at which unproven methods are being adoptedIn October 2024, a US company called Ebb Carbon announced the world’s largest marine carbon removal deal to date, signing a multimillion-dollar agreement with Microsoft to try to help fix a very real problem in the world’s seas: ocean acidification.Ebb plans to use a method called electrochemical ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) to mimic the natural process of ocean alkalisation – in other words, it wants to add huge amounts of alkaline materials to ocean waters that scientists now know are acidifying at an alarming rate. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Katherine Ryan pregnant with fourth child months after cancer diagnosis

Comedian Katherine Ryan is pregnant with her fourth child. The star shares children Fred, three, and Fenna, two, with husband Bobby Koostra and is also mum to Violet, 15

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3 w. ago My Days: Orlando Gibbons and Nico Muhly album review – a luminous tribute

Davies/Boden/Hymas/Holliday/Fretwork(Signum)The English composer died 400 years ago; this new collection commemorates the enduring power of his music; Muhly’s My Days, a ritualised memory piece about Gibbons, contrasts perfectly. The 400th anniversary of the death of Orlando Gibbons has so far been one of the less prominently marked of this year’s significant musical dates. Gibbons, who was born in Oxford in 1583, was one of the last significant English madrigalists, and is often viewed as a transitional figure between Renaissance music and the baroque, though historically he has been overshadowed by the more prolific William Byrd, with whom he may have studied.As well as vocal works, Gibbons wrote a wealth of string chamber music, and Fretwork’s selection includes Fantasias in two, three, four, five and six parts, as well as a Pavan and Galliard for six viols. Placed at the centre of the sequence is Nico Muhly’s My Days, originally commissioned for Fretwork and the Hilliard Ensembl...

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3 w. ago Fred Sirieix's Olympic star daughter, mystery wife and 'crying every day' on BBC show

The beloved TV personality is on BBC show Who Do You Think You Are? alongside his daughter

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3 w. ago Celtic transfer situation becomes swift and significant after first new arrival as key date looms

This has been successful season - but evolution is Rodgers’ aim of the game now

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4 w. ago I'm A Celeb's Fred Sirieix 'lost for words' as he makes 'emotional' family discovery

First Dates star Fred Sirieix is the nation's favourite Frenchman but he's actually spent more of his life living in Britain than in France - and he made a moving family discovery

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4 w. ago Fred Sirieix 'lost for words' as he makes 'emotional' discovery about family's past

First Dates favourite Fred Sirieix goes back to France to explore his roots and makes a discovery about his family heritage while filming BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?

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4 w. ago Jafaican's Peter Andre 'challenged' while filming and struggled with major scene

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Andre, the star of Fred Nwaka's new film Jafaican, has spoken exclusively to Daily Star about his role as Gary Buckle and the one thing he found "hard" to grasp

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4 w. ago First Dates' Fred Sirieix admits to arguing with wife over huge issue at home

EXCLUSIVE: First Dates star Fred Sirieix married his fiancé of five years earlier this year in a Jamaican romantic ceremony but like any other couple, the pair have their tense moments

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