7 h. ago Man receives world's first sperm transplant in groundbreaking experiment to reverse infertility

A man in his early 20s has received the world's first sperm-making stem cell transplant, and this new procedure could be groundbreaking for infertility treatment.

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8 h. ago Man receives world's first sperm transplant in groundbreaking experiment

A man in his early 20s has received the world's first sperm-making stem cell transplant, and this new procedure could be groundbreaking for infertility treatment.

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3 d. ago ‘They didn’t call us for Live Aid’: the stars behind Black Britain’s forgotten charity record

In 1985, a star-studded lineup of Black UK musicians, including Aswad, Dennis Brown and Janet Kay, recorded a charity single to raise funds for famine-stricken Ethiopia. Why are their efforts so little known?The Ethiopian famine of the early 1980s was one of the defining news stories of the decade, an exposure of the stark divide between developed and developing nations, still referred to at the time as the Third World. It is a received wisdom that the general public in Britain learned about the crisis when shocking images of emaciated men, women and children were shown on BBC news reports. This is not entirely true. In fact, plenty of Rastafarians were already aware of the situation.The east African country was their spiritual home – many in the movement viewed its former emperor Haile Selassie as their messiah – and a place free from the iniquities of the west. “A lot of Rastafarians went to Ethiopia [before they] came to London,” says the musician and cam...

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5 d. ago Pop musical based on Princess Diana with drag queens to receive world premiere in Manchester

The show will feature songs from Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and Dua Lipa

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8 d. ago Want a limited edition artwork tattooed on your skin? Berlin is the place to go

The city’s tattoo studios are booming while the art world flounders. Under a new initiative, buyers receive exclusive rights to an artist’s new design, and the artist receives 50% of the profitIt may be the oldest art form in the world, practised 5,000 years ago by Ötzi the iceman and his fellow copper age Europeans. But with its more recent associations with red-light entertainment and gangland crime, modern tattooing has long been shunned by the galleries that turn lines on canvas into financial assets.A new initiative in Berlin concedes that the tables have turned. With tattoo studios in the German capital booming but many artists struggling to make a living, the Works on Skin project specialises in selling works by established and emerging contemporary artists that are not to be hung on a wall but to be etched on the human body. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Boys with cancer can face infertility as adults. Can storing their stem cells help?

Researchers have performed the first known transplant of sperm-producing stem cells in hopes of restoring fertility in a man who survived childhood cancer

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1 week ago Gavin And Stacey stars James Corden and Ruth Jones enjoy Royal Television Society Awards reunion as they delight audience by calling each other 'husband and wife' in emotional speech

Gavin And Stacey stars James Corden and Ruth Jones reunited at the Royal Television Society awards on Tuesday.

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1 week ago Gavin And Stacey stars James Corden and Ruth Jones enjoy Royal Society Television Awards reunion but lose out on top prize in shock snub

Gavin And Stacey stars James Corden and Ruth Jones reunited at the Royal Television Society awards on Tuesday.

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1 week ago Gavin And Stacey stars James Corden and Ruth Jones looks worlds away from Smithy and Nessa as they enjoy Royal Society Television Awards reunion after receiving top nomination

Gavin And Stacey stars James Corden and Ruth Jones reunited at the Royal Television Society awards on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Cruise passengers receive ominous warning as luxury ship crosses into pirate

Passengers on Cunard’s Queen Anne received an ominous warning as the luxury cruiser crossed into pirate-prone waters on its maiden voyage during a 111-night voyage this week

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2 w. ago French citizens receive 'survival manual' in case of war or invasion

The French government is preparing to send a new survival manual to households across the country, offering guidance on how to respond to potential emergencies

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3 w. ago Judge formally sentences Adnan Syed to time served in Serial murder case

Syed, convicted of 1999 murder and jailed for life, maintains innocence in long-running case of legal twists and turnsA Maryland judge has formally sentenced Adnan Syed to the time he has already served in prison, appearing to finally bring to a close a long-running case with numerous legal twists and turns that received worldwide attention from the true-crime podcast Serial.Judge Jennifer Schiffer had already decided that Syed would remain free in a recent written ruling, even though his conviction in the murder of his ex-girlfriend in 1999 when they were in high school still stands. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ayrshire man shares story of receiving 'best gift' from lifelong friend on World Kidney Day

James Walker of Ayr is one of 5,000 people who have received a transplant from the the West of Scotland Transplant Service

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3 w. ago Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump have taken the 2026 World Cup for themselves

The tournament will be leveraged for the glorification of a leader to a degree not seen since Benito Mussolini dominated the 1934 World Cup in ItalyTwo men held a press event in the Oval Office last week to announce a taskforce that would work to resolve the logistical problems surrounding the 2026 World Cup in North America, which were largely created by one of them.Both men were in their element. One, Donald Trump, received toady genuflection and a large, golden thing (actually the Club World Cup trophy). The other, Fifa president Gianni Infantino, occasioned to bask in the proximity to real power, was affectionately referred to as “The king of soccer, I guess, in a certain way” by Trump. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump have taken the 2026 World Cup for themselves | Leander Schaerlaeckens

The tournament will be leveraged for the glorification of a leader to a degree not seen since Benito Mussolini dominated the 1934 World Cup in ItalyTwo men held a press event in the Oval Office last week to announce a taskforce that would work to resolve the logistical problems surrounding the 2026 World Cup in North America, which were largely created by one of them.Both men were in their element. One, Donald Trump, received toady genuflection and a large, golden thing (actually the Club World Cup trophy). The other, Fifa president Gianni Infantino, occasioned to bask in the proximity to real power, was affectionately referred to as “The king of soccer, I guess, in a certain way” by Trump. Continue reading...

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