42 m. ago Deadly new coronavirus strain HKU5 found in bats 'can spread to humans,' expert confirms

Experts warn that a new bat coronavirus has the potential to spill into humans, similar to Covid-19, with the virus in the same group at the bugs responsible for the MERS-CoV virus

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44 m. ago 11 of the best pictures as hundreds of musicians protest Cardiff University cuts

Cardiff University announced last month that it could axe 400 academic jobs as well as shutting the school of nursing, music and modern foreign languages as the university contends with a deficit of £31m

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60 m. ago ITV Britain's Got Talent's KSI feud with Tommy Fury and secret girlfriend

KSI will be serving as a guest judge during the audtion process of the ITV talent show

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66 m. ago Simon Cowell's painful health battle behind tinted glasses on Britain's Got Talent after serious back injury

The ITV talent show judge is back for the new series

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68 m. ago Waltz this way: rival venues in Vienna compete to celebrate Johann Strauss’s 200th birthday

As the Austrian capital honours the legacy of its dance king, the race is on to attract the most puntersThe music of Johann Strauss streams through Vienna like the stately Danube. Even the syllables of the composer’s name beat out the rhythm of a waltz, as all Austrian dance teachers know. In their lessons, the words “Jo-hann Strauss” are often swapped in to replace the conventional “one, two, three” step count.Viennese children learn to waltz just like they learn to ride a bike, so the muscle-memory never leaves them. Just as well, because the city is still famous as the home of a 19th-century dance craze that shaped its international image. In this 200th anniversary year of the birth of the “waltz king”, there are rival bids jostling to become the focus of the swirling celebrations. Continue reading...

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68 m. ago From saviour to Judas How Trump’s pivot on Russia also endangers his own country | Simon Tisdall

With a Putin-appeasing president at the helm, it is clear the transatlantic alliance is collapsing and European leaders must plot their own courseHow do I betray thee? Let me count the ways Apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning for mangling her celebrated poem to reflect Donald Trump’s multiple Ukraine treacheries. This most perfidious of presidents surpassed himself last week, accusing Kyiv of invading itself three years ago . “You should have never started it. You could have made a deal,” he fatuously griped.Candidate Trump, touting a just peace, pledged to end the war in a day. Now he praises Vladimir Putin, claims Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is “a dictator” and backs a settlement on Moscow’s criminal, one-sided terms. This deranged collapse into craven capitulation, this transition from American saviour to American Judas, took less than a month. It’s contemptible. Continue reading...

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69 m. ago Naked BGT star who left judges gobsmacked with exposure act has huge following

Akira Ohashi is set to shock the Britain's Got Talent judges with his daring performance

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79 m. ago Mrs Hinch leaves her fans in tears with sweet Instagram clip of her newborn son meeting his brothers for the first time

The cleaning guru, aka Sophie Hinchliffe, 35, announced in a sweet Instagram post on Thursday that she welcomed Vinnie with husband Jamie on Tuesday.

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84 m. ago West Lothian Council claim empty building rates relief change will save them '£1m a year'

West Lothian’s Executive has agreed the changes which will see an end to rates relief on empty properties after six months, and in some cases three months.

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1 hour ago Alan Shearer agrees VAR used 'wrong angle' as controversial decision saves Man Utd

Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer took to social media to offer his opinion after a late penalty in Everton's draw with Manchester United was overturned following a VAR intervention

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2 h. ago Britain's Got Talent FIRST LOOK: KSI meets the judges before YouTube star makes candid admission moments before making his big debut

The moment KSI meets his fellow Britain's Got Talent judges has been revealed in a first look glimpse of the new series

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2 h. ago Sidemen's Vikkstar teases huge collab with 'exciting' Britain's Got Talent's KSI

Sidemen star Vikkstar has opened up about his new career as he ventures into electronic music and joining forces with Steve Aoki and Nicky Romero

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2 h. ago Inside KSI's life from real name to net worth as he joins Britain's Got Talent

The 31-year old boxer and influencer is the newest Britain's Got Talent judge - but what do we know about his life?

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3 h. ago ‘You dream about such things’: Brit who discovered missing pharaoh’s tomb may have unearthed another

Archaeologist believes his ‘find of the century’ – of Pharaoh Thutmose II – could be surpassed by ongoing excavationTo uncover the location of one long-lost pharaoh’s tomb is a career-defining moment for an archaeologist. But to find a second is the stuff of dreams.Last week British archaeologist Piers Litherland announced the find of the century – the first discovery of a rock-cut pharaoh’s tomb in Egypt since Tutankhamun’s in 1922. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Police 'increasingly concerned' for missing runner as dashcam footage shows abandoned car

The search for missing runner Jenny Hall has entered its fourth day, with a major operation combing the wild countryside of County Durham.

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3 h. ago 'Drunk on power' Trump brings Mad Vlad 'out of Hades and onto global stage' with talks

EXCLUSIVE: 'At a stroke Trump had brought odious indicted war criminal out of the shadows of Hades, where he belongs, back onto the global stage,' said world renowned war expert Anthony Glees

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3 h. ago Trump to speak at CPAC after late night purge of top military leaders: Live updates

President also directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to solicit nominations for five additional high-level positions, which will be announced soon

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3 h. ago The Swansea Blitz heroes who braved death and destruction to help save hundreds of animals

After German bombing raids left the area in ruins - people did everything they could to keep their pets alive

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3 h. ago Specialist drones used on fourth day of search for missing runner Jenny Hall

The 23-year-old was last seen leaving her home in Tow Law, County Durham, just after 3pm on Tuesday.

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3 h. ago Berkshire Hathaway’s cash pile hits record as Buffett dumps stocks

Billionaire investor trimmed the conglomerate’s equity portfolio and put money in Treasury bills

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