77 m. ago Killer fungus could spread through parts of Europe due to climate change

Aspergillus can cause lung problems when it spreads to humans

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2 h. ago Killer fungus that's infected millions is on its way to Europe, boffins warn

Moulds and fungi are estimated to be a factor in over 5% of deaths globally, and thrive in the warm and humid conditions that Europe is set to receive in years to come

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2 h. ago Tributes pour in for boy, 14, killed in fire at derelict warehouse

Devastated relatives of a 14-year-old boy killed in a fire at a derelict industrial site - leading to the arrest of 14 children - told how they had been left 'numb' by the tragedy.

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2 h. ago Experts start complex recovery of a superyacht that sank off Sicily, killing 7

Marine salvage experts on Sunday have began operations to recover from the seabed off Italy’s Sicilian coasts the British-flagged superyacht “Bayesian,” which sank last summer killing UK tech magnate Mike Lynch, his daughter and five others

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2 h. ago This is the intimate conversation EVERY mother must have with their teenage daughter... before it's too late (and it's not what you're thinking)

As a parent I've always felt able to talk to my two daughters about almost everything. Open, honest communication is, in my view, the lifeblood of strong family relationships.

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3 h. ago Adolescence star Owen Cooper to star in major UK musician's music video months after Netflix success

The teenage actor is the star of the biggest TV show of the year

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3 h. ago Lady Gaga bomb plot revealed as star's huge Brazil show targeted

A man and a teenager have been arrested after the pair were allegedly planning to bomb Lady Gaga's massive concert in Brazil

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3 h. ago The kindness of strangers: I was injured and using crutches, when a group of scary teens offered to help me

Hobbling past them on my way to the store, I heard one of them call out. I assumed he was mocking me, then few of them ran up and offered to carry my bagsRead more in the Kindness of strangers seriesI wasn’t especially good at basketball, but I loved it. One day while playing, I broke my ankle. I needed corrective surgery and would be on crutches for months while I recovered. Getting to and from work, and running errands, was suddenly a huge struggle. I could order groceries online, but there were still a few things I’d have to manage myself.Back then, I lived in a unit overlooking a park. Every day after school, a large group of teenagers from a few different schools would sit under the tree nearest our block of units. They were a bit troublesome sometimes. Usually, they would just smoke cigarettes and the occasional doobie. But other times they’d spray paint tags on our fence or yell smartarse comments at people walking through the park. To get to the corner store for milk, I had ...

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3 h. ago Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn, 18, reveals heartbreaking reason why she wears late model's clothes

On the eve of the Kentucky Derby, the 18-year-old teenage daughter of the late model attended the annual Barnstable Brown Gala in a gown that Smith previously wore to the same event in 2004.

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4 h. ago Duchess of York: Ofcom measures will not be enough to ‘shield our teenagers’

Sarah said she feared the new rules will not protect children ‘from the tidal wave of filth and toxicity on social media sites’.

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4 h. ago Sarah Ferguson's 'cruel' treatment as she slams 'absolute sewer'

Sarah Ferguson said she fears Ofcom’s new protections for kids 'won’t do enough to shield our teenagers from the tidal wave of filth and toxicity on social media sites'

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4 h. ago Thousands detained, homes blown up: Kashmiris tell of crackdown ‘living hell’

Indian authorities’ response to deadly attack on tourists sparks fear, anxiety and bad memories across KashmirWhen the news broke of the bloody attack in the Kashmir’s popular rolling valleys of Pahalgam, in which militant gunmen shot dead 25 tourists and a guide, Ahmad felt sickened.In a region so familiar with bloodshed and the loss of innocent lives, the gut-wrenching stories that emerged – of newlyweds being killed, of victims singled out and targeted for their religion – brought back his own memories of grief and loss growing up in Kashmir. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago ‘Uninvited guest’ opened fire at Texas family party, killing one and wounding 14 others, police say

One person was killed and 14 others were wounded after a shooting at a family party in Houston in the early hours of Sunday.

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4 h. ago Father of teen fatally shot by Cincinnati police allegedly kills officer with his car

Man who became distraught after viewing footage of the fatal shooting of his son crashed into officer the next day, authorities sayThe distraught father of an 18-year-old shot and killed by police in Cincinnati allegedly killed a police officer with his car less than 24 hours after the death of his son.The double killing has shocked the Ohio city amid ongoing concerns about American law enforcement’s involvement in lethal encounters with citizens. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Ruben Amorim shows true colours after handing Chido Obi, 17, start against Brentford

Chido Obi has been handed his full Premier League debut for Manchester United against Brentford, and Ruben Amorim has backed the teenager to cope with the demands

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4 h. ago Callum McGregor laughs off Rangers penalty claim as Celtic captain argues 'it was a foul on me if anything'

The Rangers bench wanted a penalty but Nick Walsh waved it away and McGregor reckons the whistler got it right

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5 h. ago Do we ever stop feeling anxious, angry or sad about relationships? Not if my older friends are any guide | Emma Beddington

The generations are more segregated than ever. Yet we have so much in commonI’ve always felt a bit pathetic for not having a proper peer group. In dark moments, it feels like a moral failing and an indictment of my social skills. In kinder moments I recognise it’s also partly a product of being sick and sad at university, then successively too pregnant, too preoccupied with babies and too peripatetic to make or maintain ties. In calmer times, I’ve forged slightly more of a social life, but mostly it’s not made up of my gen X peers, but rather people who are occasionally younger, usually significantly older. Now I’m wondering – am I lucky?This thought was prompted by an Atlantic podcast discussing the demographic moment we’re living in – the usual pyramidal population structure is becoming squarer, with similar numbers of older and younger people – and asking whether we’re making the most of it. The conclusion was we probably aren’t. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed

At the heart of all Trump administration policies is ‘soft eugenics’ thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will surviveEnglish polymath Francis Galton formulated the concept of eugenics in 1883. Inspired by animal breeding, Galton encouraged people with “desirable” traits to procreate while discouraging or preventing those with “undesirable” traits from doing the same. As social and intellectual qualities were hereditarily “fixed”, he thought some groups were naturally superior. Galton constructed a racial hierarchy, with white Europeans at the top.Eugenics has since played out in varying, always tragic ways. Attempted genocides and forced sterilization are first to mind, though the 20th century brought about the concept of soft eugenics: non-coercive methods of reducing certain conditions through individual choice and medical advice. Popularized in Nancy Stepan’s 1991 book, The Hour of Eugenics, “soft” eugenics is accomplished by indir...

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5 h. ago The big breath secret: can I improve my lung capacity, efficiency and power?

My father’s death from cancer showed me you need to look after your lungs. But apart from not smoking, what should you be doing? I headed to a laboratory, strapped on a mask and heart monitor and started pedalling Lungs are amazing. There they sit, inflating and deflating from dawn to dusk, dusk to dawn, sucking in air, stripping out oxygen and exchanging it for carbon dioxide. They do this 20,000 times a day, 7.5m times a year, 600m times in the average lifetime, keeping our trillions of cells ticking over and saving them from choking on their own exhaust fumes. And we ignore them until something goes wrong and we’re gasping, wheezing, panicking – or worse.When I think about lungs, it’s often in the same breath as cancer, which killed my dad 39 years ago. He only realised his lungs were knackered after a heart attack, which was probably also down to smoking. Sixty Senior Service a day, cigarette number two often lit as soon as number one was stubbed out. He stopped overnight, but i...

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6 h. ago Heartbreaking message left for 'sensitive soul' lad killed in fire as 14 kids arrested

Floral tributes and heartbreaking messages have been left at the scene of a Gateshead fire that claimed the life of 14-year-old Layton Carr. Fourteen children have been arrested in connection

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