71 m. ago Saving the world’s fattest parrot: can New Zealand vaccinate its rare species before bird flu gets to them?

In the last continent to remain untouched by the virus, hopes are being pinned on immunisation as migration season approachesIt is easy to imagine how it could happen. A petrel, flying east from the Indian Ocean at the end of the Austral winter, makes landfall at New Zealand’s southern Codfish Island/Whenua Hou. Tired from its long journey, the petrel seeks refuge in the burrow of a green kākāpō: a critically endangered flightless species that is the world’s fattest parrot.If the seabird intrudes when the kākāpō is primed to breed, the male parrot may attempt to mate with the smaller petrel, accidentally smothering it in the process. Continue reading...

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72 m. ago Pat Cummins no certainty for first Ashes Test due to ongoing back issue

Australia captain to miss home white-ball series against IndiaMitchell Starc retires from T20Is as squad named to tour New ZealandPat Cummins is no certainty to captain Australia in the first Ashes Test as he deals with stress in his back.The star quick will miss the upcoming T20 tour of New Zealand and back-to-back home white-ball series against India due to lumbar bone stress.Ahead of finals sign up for our free weekly AFL newsletter Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Disgusting moment Midlands businessman is subjected to torrent of foul

Local business owner Zahin, 32, was being interviewed by Sky News about the divide in the town over attitides to asylum seekers when he was met with a barrage of racist abuse.

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2 h. ago Madeleine McCann expert intervenes in America's 'most disturbing disappearance'

Amy Bradley went missing during a cruise with her family 27 years ago, and her disappearance was brought back to the spotlight thanks to a new Netflix documentary that came out this summer

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2 h. ago Fresh appeal for information on murder of schoolboy, 10, who failed to return home for his dinner 53 years ago and was found burned in a sack

Brian McDermott disappeared from Ormeau Park on Sunday, September 2, 1973, and never made it home for his dinner.

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5 h. ago She was a fugitive accused of killing a woman in a 2006 car crash. Two decades later, she’s been captured

Leydis Menendez Abdala, 52, faces charges of vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter in connection with the 2006 death of 39-year-old Gloria Marcia Hall

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7 h. ago Man arrested in connection with sexual assault of boy at Loch Ness campsite

Officers received a report that the child was approached in his tent at the Loch Ness Bay campsite, near Drumnadrochit, on July 31.

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8 h. ago Newlywed Lorraine Stanley shows off her incredible 6.5st weight loss in tiny black bikini as EastEnders star packs on the PDA with husband Mark Perez on their 'magical' spa honeymoon

The EastEnders star, 49, tied the knot with long-term partner Mark at picturesque country ceremony in Harpenden, Hertfordshire on Thursday.

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9 h. ago Gruesome scene pictures where Brit woman 'stabbed to death by jealous flatmate'

A moped was found near the body of Jessica Cariad Hopkins in a picturesque park in Cambodia along with the plastic cover of a knife after the 34-year-old was stabbed to death

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9 h. ago Motorcyclist seriously injured in collision with New London police cruiser

Motorcyclist seriously injured in collision with New London police cruiser  NBC Connecticut

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10 h. ago Helen Skelton and Gethin Jones reunite after deciding to 'cool off' their romance

Helen Skelton and Gethin Jones returned to our screens on Monday following a Morning Live hiatus over the summer period which saw them reportedly cool their romantic connection

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11 h. ago 12 famous mascots and logos you may remember from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and noughties that have disappeared

They were some of the most recognisable characters and logos of their day

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11 h. ago Man with machete and violent incident sees armed police swoop on Merthyr street

Police arrested a man in connection with the incident who remains in custody

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12 h. ago Masked man made horrific threats on YouTube to kill every student at a college in a quiet Welsh town

The 'disturbing' video was seen by police who arrested the suspect just hours before 2,200 students were due to start the new term today.

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12 h. ago 'Mystery US sports star' racks up $74,000 bill during night out at Spanish restaurant

The unknown diner enjoyed a feast including 'various fish dishes' worth €45,000 ($52,700) and 17 bottles of Dom Perignon Rose at Annabel Restaurant in Palma Nova, a town in Calvià, Majorca.

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12 h. ago Clydebank crime: Man, 25, left with ‘serious injuries’ after late night assault in Scottish town

Officers are in particular looking to trace a woman who assisted the injured man at the scene.

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12 h. ago Mother and two daughters aged six and eight are found dead in septic tank in suspected murder

The trio were found in the sewage tank after the children's father reported them missing on Sunday at 10:18pm in the small town of Helenów Pierwszy, Konin County, in west-central Poland .

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12 h. ago Hunt for woman 'selling fake Mounjaro and Ozempic pens' as £32K haul seized

Christina Parfitt, 40, is wanted by City of London Police for her alleged connection with the sale of unlicensed versions of popular weight loss drugs Mounjaro, Ozempic and Retatrutide

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13 h. ago Tourists abandoning iconic UK seaside town as locals say 'it shows'

Despite its popular beaches, landmarks and attractions, some seaside businesses have seen a drop in trade this summer and have put it down to the cost-of-living crisis.

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13 h. ago The Testament of Ann Lee review – strikingly strange portrait of radically ecstatic Shaker leader

Venice film festivalAmanda Seyfried plays the 18th-century missionary who took her message to the New World, in Mona Fastvold’s elusive film‘Our ordeal is worth it!” This is the cry of one of the faithful in Mona Fastvold’s movie, co-written with her partner Brady Corbet, with whom she co-wrote The Brutalist. It is a vehement, fervent, striking but sometimes baffling drama about the historical figure of Ann Lee, who endured religious persecution in 18th-century England as leader of the fundamentalist Shaker movement.As the embodiment of Christ’s second coming, Lee took her radical message to the New World and in pre-revolutionary America founded an enduring community of souls, persecuted all over again by the new patriarchy for being a woman and a pacifist. Her Shakers were known among other things for their skill in stylishly elegant and minimalist furniture – although the connection with Christ’s profession is unstressed. Lee is played by Amanda Seyfried, with Lewis Pullman as her...

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