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Earth Day climate action organisers promise family-friendly protests - The Guardian
via news.google.comEarth Day climate action organisers promise family-friendly protests The GuardianJust Stop Oil refuses to rule out London Marathon disruption amid weekend of protests Sky News‘The Big One’: 30,000 protesters expected to descend on London for pickets and performances EuronewsExtinction Rebellion kick off 'Big One' protest outside Government HQs Evening StandardAre we facing a summer of sporting protests? - podcast The Guardian -
Elephant seals sleep for just two hours a day, deep dive research reveals - The Guardian
via news.google.comElephant seals sleep for just two hours a day, deep dive research reveals The GuardianNorthern elephant seals sleep in the deep to avoid predators BBCElephant seals take power naps in the ocean while slowly sinking New ScientistElephant seals sleep underwater for only two hours per day Earth.comElephant Seals' Brainwaves Reveal Surprising Sleeping Habits: Short Naps Taken During Deep Dives Neuroscience NewsView Full coverage on Google News -
Who decides what you know about ministers' financial interests?
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Six minutes of Immortals Of Aveum's Doctor Strange-style magic shooting - Rock Paper Shotgun
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Six minutes of Immortals Of Aveum's Doctor Strange-style magic shooting Rock Paper ShotgunImmortals of Aveum Gameplay Trailer Breaks Down Magical Call of Duty ComingSoon.netImmortals of Aveum gameplay trailer drops with some eye-watering PC system requirements NeowinYour PC may weep at Immortals of Aveum's minimum system requirements The VergeImmortals of Aveum’s gameplay took a long time, and a lot of faith, to perfect Polygon -
Decades-old NASA satellite CRASHES down to Earth and lands in Sahara Desert - The Mirror
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Shooting stars set to illuminate skies as Lyrid meteor shower peaks - STV News
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Shooting stars set to illuminate skies as Lyrid meteor shower peaks STV NewsLyrid meteor shower visible this weekend and where in Glasgow you can spot the phenomenon Glasgow LiveSee the Lyrid meteor shower peak this weekend BBC Sky at Night MagazineLyrid meteor display set to dazzle night sky Bridport and Lyme Regis NewsWhere to watch the Lyrid meteor shower in the UK this April The Independent -
How could so many civil servants get Rish!’s dear friend Psycho so wrong? | John Crace
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The PM knew Raab was a harmless pussycat – such a shame everyone he had ever worked with thought the oppositeRishi Sunak checked his WhatsApps. There was a message from his chief of staff. Adam Tolley’s report into the Dominic Raab bullying allegations had arrived by email. Could he give it the once-over. Shouldn’t take that long. After all, 24 civil servants couldn’t all be wrong. Could they?This was the moment Sunak had been dreading. Why on earth had he ever said he wo -
‘Diablo 4’ Announces Surprise Third ‘Server Slam’ Beta, Here’s When It Starts - Forbes
via news.google.com‘Diablo 4’ Announces Surprise Third ‘Server Slam’ Beta, Here’s When It Starts ForbesDiablo 4 "Server Slam" weekend announced for May Eurogamer.netDiablo 4 is getting a final open beta weekend in May, with unique rewards | VGC Video Games Chronicle'Diablo 4' takes on 'Tears Of The Kingdom' launch with "final" beta NMEBlizzard teases surprise Diablo 4 beta ahead of launch Eurogamer.net -
Ben Jennings: gifts fit for a king’s coronation – cartoon
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County cricket: Tom Price claims century and hat-trick for Gloucs – as it happened
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The young Gloucestershire star lit up New Road with his maiden century and a hat-trick against WorcestershireA quiet first five minutes! Ben Gibbon has just taken two in two balls in the first over at New Road. Gloucs 0-2.Greetings from New Road, where I have snuck in unannounced to either Tanya or the office after waking up to glorious sunshine in the West Midlands. There’s a nice buzz at the ground, this being Worcestershire’s first home fixture of the summer and Gloucestershire th -
Fresh concerns raised over sources of training material for AI systems
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Investigations reveal limited efforts to ‘clean’ datasets of fascist, pirated and malicious materialFresh fears have been raised about the training material used for some of the largest and most powerful artificial intelligence models, after several investigations exposed the fascist, pirated and malicious sources from which the data is harvested.One such dataset is the Colossal Clean Crawled Corpus, or C4, assembled by Google from more than 15m websites and used to train both the se -
Kent v Essex, Somerset v Lancashire and more: county cricket – live
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Updates from day one of the latest round of matchesGet in touch: you can contact Tanya by email or TwitterA quiet first five minutes! Ben Gibbon has just taken two in two balls in the first over at New Road. Gloucs 0-2.Greetings from New Road, where I have snuck in unannounced to either Tanya or the office after waking up to glorious sunshine in the West Midlands. There’s a nice buzz at the ground, this being Worcestershire’s first home fixture of the summer and Gloucestershire the s -
Indian court acquits 69 people of murder of 11 Muslims during 2002 Gujarat riots
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Former minister from ruling BJP party among Hindus acquitted of killings in city of AhmedabadAn Indian court has acquitted 69 Hindus, including a former minister from the ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), of the murder of 11 Muslims during communal riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002.The case related to the deaths of 11 Muslims who were killed after their homes in the city of Ahmedabad were set alight by Hindu mobs who rampaged through the streets during communal riots that took pla -
Senate asks supreme court chief justice to testify on ethics amid Clarence Thomas revelations – live
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Thomas under scrutiny after accepting luxury giftsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailThe Democratic chair of the Senate judiciary committee has asked chief justice John Roberts to testify on 2 May about the court’s ethics, following revelations of undisclosed links between a Republican megadonor and conservative justice Clarence Thomas.In a letter to Roberts, judiciary committee chair Richard Durbin did not mention those reports about Thomas specifically, but -
Sevilla v Manchester United: Europa League quarter-final, second leg – live
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Updates from the 8pm BST kick-off (first leg: 2-2)Live scoreboard: tonight’s Europa League latestGet in touch: email Scott with your thoughtsTen Hag also references the smattering of bottles that caromed off the roof of the United coach as it pulled up to the Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán this evening. “I like it! I get even more hungry and motivated. You know something is going on. A fight. It is what you want as a team and a player.”Erik ten Hag speaks to -
Raab fights for political future as PM ponders ‘stinging’ bullying report
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Rishi Sunak accused of ‘dithering’ over decision by senior Tories as justice secretary seeks to hold onDominic Raab was fighting for his political life as the prime minister pored over a “stinging” report into bullying allegations that will decide the future of one of his closest allies.Government sources suggested that Raab wanted to be allowed to stay on as deputy prime minister and justice secretary despite what were said to be searing findings from the five-month inqu -
Conor Benn was charged with alleged clomifene use in April, Ukad confirms
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British boxer could face two-year ban from UK Anti-Doping‘Another attempt to create a headline with my name,’ says BennUK Anti-Doping (Ukad) has announced that Conor Benn was charged with the alleged use of clomifene, a banned substance that boosts testosterone, earlier this month. The charge could result in a two-year ban for the British boxer who has been trying to resume his troubled career abroad without clearing his name in public first.This latest development marks a further ha -
London charity concert told to pay royalties in ‘embarrassing’ copyright row
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Concert to be charged fee after using music by performer Earl Okin – even though Okin says he does not want the moneyA charity concert in aid of needy musicians starring Dame Evelyn Glennie and the BBC Radio 4 announcer Zeb Soanes has been hit by an “embarrassing” copyright row over six minutes of suggestive comedy jazz.The event at Cadogan Hall in London on 1 April mostly featured humorous arrangements of out-of-copyright classical works, and was intended to raise money for th -
‘This is it. My last marathon’: Farah asks activists not to disrupt London farewell
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Farah makes plea as security ramped up for Sunday’s race‘Maybe there will be tears. I’m coming to the end of my career’Mo Farah has issued a personal plea to activists not to disrupt his last major race after confirming that he will wind his career down after Sunday’s London Marathon.Security has been ramped up along the 26.2-mile course after protests at the Grand National and World Snooker Championship, but the 40-year-old wants environmental groups such as Just S -
‘I’d lost every bit of muscle’: David Brooks on cancer and return to football
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Bournemouth and Wales winger opens up on fears and tearsCelebrating promotion last season left him out of breathDavid Brooks has opened up on his recovery from cancer, with the Bournemouth and Wales winger admitting that football paled into insignificance as he fought back from stage-two Hodgkin lymphoma. Brooks, who returned to Premier League action last month, has revealed he put on 15kg (2st 5lb) after six months of chemotherapy and said his household was tearful after learning he would retur -
Elephant seals sleep for just two hours a day, deep dive research reveals
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Marine mammals typically sleep in 10-minute bursts during deep, 30-minute dives to avoid predators, scientists believeSeals dozing on the beach may appear to be enjoying the ultimate life of leisure. However, groundbreaking research has revealed that for most of their lives elephant seals sleep just two hours daily in a series of short naps while performing deep dives.The findings, revealed in the first study to record brain activity in a free-ranging, wild marine mammal, show that during the mo -
The Guardian view on migration bill changes: a dirty deal | Editorial
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Rishi Sunak has put party interest above the rule of law in agreeing amendments to his showpiece legislationIn two weeks’ time, the Conservative party faces the prospect of heavy local election losses in England. If they are severe enough, the losses could shatter the fragile faith that Rishi Sunak has managed to instil among his MPs that he is their best bet for survival. Talk of Boris Johnson’s return, stilled for the past month, would rekindle. Mr Sunak and his advisers are deeply -
The Guardian view on Tunisia’s new autocrat: Saied’s enablers should stop | Editorial
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Supporters hoped the president might help the country to move forward. Instead, he has put it into reverseThe arrest of Tunisia’s leading opposition figure, Rached Ghannouchi, is a bleak moment. Profound disenchantment has been widespread for years domestically, as democratic reforms hit a wall, corruption remained entrenched and the economic picture deteriorated. Nonetheless, the country was an important if imperfect symbol of freedom: not only the birthplace of the Arab spring, but seemi -
Juventus given reprieve on 15-point penalty but Paratici appeal is rejected
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Italian giants given points back and move up to third in Serie ATottenham’s managing director of football sees ban upheldJuventus have had their 15-point penalty suspended pending a new trial, but Tottenham’s managing director of football, Fabio Paratici, saw his 30-month ban upheld by the Italian sporting authorities.Following a three-hour hearing on Wednesday, Juventus’ case has now been referred back to the Italian football federation’s appeals court. The lifting of th -
BBC releases first images of Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson in Doctor Who
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Pair who play Doctor and companion don 60s-style outfits in photos from upcoming seriesThe first images of Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson travelling back to the 1960s in Doctor Who have been released by the BBC.Gatwa, a star of Sex Education, will play the Doctor, with Gibson, a Coronation Street actor, as his companion in a new series of the science fiction show. Continue reading... -
Dogs and mourners line streets to say goodbye to Paul O’Grady
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Lily Savage wig, dog-shaped wreath and music from Annie feature at funeral of entertainer, who died last monthHundreds of people turned out to say farewell to Paul O’Grady on Thursday, including a member of the Rolling Stones.But had the late entertainer been able to attend his own funeral, he may well have ignored Ronnie Wood and gone straight to the labradoodle sitting solemnly in a buggy as the cortege went past – just one of dozens of pups lining his local streets to pay tri -
Earth Day climate action organisers promise family-friendly protests
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Coalition of groups behind Big One demonstration intend focus on collective expression, with disobedience on holdPeople do not need to glue themselves to anything in order to protest about the climate crisis this weekend, say the organisers of a large-scale planned climate emergency action.The Big One, planned by a coalition of groups brought together by Extinction Rebellion to coincide with Earth Day on Saturday, will be four days of protest and events that they say will be “family friend -
Hilary Mantel was working on ‘mashup’ of Jane Austen novels before her death
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Wolf Hall trilogy author remembered at memorial service at Southwark cathedral on ThursdayHilary Mantel, the celebrated author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, was working on a “mashup” of Jane Austen novels when she died suddenly, her literary agent told a packed memorial service at Southwark cathedral on Thursday.“She was having the greatest fun dissecting a literary icon,” said Bill Hamilton before a “fragment” of the unfinished novel, Provocation, was read by the -
Exeter’s Jack Nowell fined £10,000 but avoids ban for tweet criticising referee
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Wing free to play in Champions Cup semi-final on 30 AprilRFU seeks approval for plan to lower tackle height at grassrootsJack Nowell has been hit with a hefty £10,000 fineand ordered to attend a refereeing course following his social media outburst criticising the decision to send off his Exeter teammate Olly Woodburn but has escaped a ban.As a result Nowell will be available for Exeter’s Champions Cup semi-final against La Rochelle at the end of the month as well as his Sandy Park f -
House Republicans pass bill banning trans women from certain sports teams
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Policy opposed by Democrats, who say it will ‘incite fear and hatred’, applies to school teams that receive public fundingHouse Republicans are escalating attacks on transgender athletes under the guise of protecting women’s sports, according to the passage of a new bill.During a Thursday press conference the House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, and other legislators announced the passage of the so-called “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act” in a party-line vote. -
Sex offences trial of Madeleine McCann suspect cancelled in Germany
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Brunswick court says jurisdiction issue prevents it hearing case against Christian Brückner on charges unrelated to British toddlerA German court has decided not to hear a sex offences case against the prime suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann on the grounds that the region where it is located is not the last place he lived in Germany.Christian Brückner was charged last year by German prosecutors in Brunswick with three offences of aggravated rape of women -
Indestructible enters 2,000 Guineas reckoning with Craven Stakes success
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Kevin Stott rode horse to victory over The Foxes at NewmarketIndestructible cut to 16-1 from 100-1 for 6 May race after winGodolphin blue has been the dominant colour at the Craven meeting in recent seasons, but for the second day running, it was Amo purple that held sway here on Thursday as Indestructible entered the 2,000 Guineas reckoning as a 16-1 chance with a one-and-a-quarter lengths success in the Group Three Craven Stakes over the Classic course and distance.The market for the 2,000 Gui -
BuzzFeed News to close and parent company to make substantial layoffs
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Chief executive Jonah Peretti says in company-wide email BuzzFeed ‘can no longer continue to fund BuzzFeed News’BuzzFeed is shutting down what remains of its award-winning news department, signalling the end of an era for a website that once promised to upend the industry.Founder Jonah Peretti told staff on Thursday that “the company can no longer continue to fund BuzzFeed News” and would be looking to make substantial redundancies across the company. Continue reading... -
I’m all for Rawls, but Labour must not forget its true socialist roots | Letters
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Readers respond to Daniel Chandler’s article which argued that Labour should build its vision around the justice theory of the philosopher John RawlsDaniel Chandler proposes John Rawls’s theory of justice as a vision for the Labour party (If Labour is to succeed it needs not just new policies, but a whole new philosophy, 14 April). It is a radical and noble vision, but strictly speaking, not socialist. Rawls’s theory is grounded in and a reworking of the “social contract& -
Horse racing’s disregard for animal life is appalling | Letters
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Karen Meek and Anthony Hill write in response to the three horse fatalities at this year’s Aintree festivalRegarding the RSPCA’s call for a review into the deaths of three horses at the Grand National (Over 40 activists de-arrested after Grand National protest, campaign group says, 16 April), isn’t it about time that this self-proclaimed nation of animal lovers stopped supporting so-called sports involving animals?The unnecessary loss of life at the Grand National and other rac -
Worms crave junk food after consuming cannabis, study suggests
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Worms soaked in cannabinoid found to have stronger preference than usual for higher-calorie foodsIt is not just humans that get the munchies: worms also display the same craving for their favourite snacks after consuming cannabis, new research has found.In the study, published in the journal Current Biology, researchers managed to simulate worms getting stoned by soaking them in cannabinoid. Continue reading... -
Starmer was not ‘soft on crime’. But this is politics – and the ruthless Tory machine is just starting up | Gaby Hinsliff
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The Labour leader’s record as an advocate for victims of sexual abuse is instructive, just don’t expect to hear about itFiona Ivison was 17 when she was strangled and battered to death by a man who had paid her for sex. He then left her body in a freezing car park.She was only 14 when she was groomed by an older man into what she thought was a loving relationship, and then became a victim of sexual exploitation. Although the killer was caught, her mother, Irene, felt strongly that th -
Detective shot by dissident gunman in Northern Ireland leaves hospital
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DCI John Caldwell was shot several times at a sports centre in Omagh in FebruaryA senior detective shot by dissident gunmen in Northern Ireland has been discharged from hospital to continue his recovery at home.DCI John Caldwell was shot several times at a sports centre in Omagh in February. He had been putting balls into a car with his young son after coaching a youth sports team when he was targeted. Continue reading... -
Kenneth McAlpine obituary
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Grand prix driver of the 1950s who supported the Connaught racing team with wealth from his family’s construction businessAlthough he never scored a point in the Formula One world championship, for several years Kenneth McAlpine, who has died aged 102, held the title of the oldest surviving grand prix driver. His seven appearances in the series between 1952 and 1955 yielded a best result of 13th place at the Nürburgring in the German Grand Prix of 1954. In each of those races he was a -
Rodri embodies Manchester City’s new grit and has sights set on treble | Jamie Jackson
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The midfielder is arguably the club’s player of the season and is confident they can learn from past failings to win three trophiesCool, composed and able to chess-move in the tight, ever-shifting zones of the elite game’s midfield, Rodri is a serious contender for Manchester City’s player of the season.In a stellar squad Erling Haaland may hog the headlines yet Rodri is Pep Guardiola’s ball-hogger supreme, a player the manager might privately admit is more vital to his p -
As Dowlais debuts, fears over Melrose’s GKN takeover look unfounded | Nils Pratley
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In 2018, the deal was treated with much scepticism, but Melrose can hardly be accused of slash-and-burn tacticsTo very little fanfare, London’s stock market on Thursday gained a £1.6bn engineering company that supplies 90% of the world’s vehicle manufacturers and is top dog in the specialised field of drive systems.The lack of buzz was perhaps understandable. The company’s name – Dowlais – may be new, but the business itself is merely a demerger from FTSE 100 -
James Cleverly defies Tory right’s push to leave ECHR
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Foreign secretary says UK should not want to club with Belarus and Russia in rejecting European human rights conventionThe foreign secretary has defied the Tory right by arguing that the UK should remain a signatory of the European convention on human rights (ECHR), as Rishi Sunak caves to demands from hard-right MPs to ignore European court rulings on small boats.James Cleverly said he was “not convinced” that leaving the ECHR was necessary to ensure the immigration system was robus -
Sudan: leaders of rival forces refuse to negotiate as fighting rages
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Military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo of RSF both rule out truceThe leaders of Sudan’s rival military forces have said they are unwilling to negotiate with each other, as battles raged around the country for a sixth day.Sudan’s military ruler, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, who leads the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), spoke to Al Jazeera on Thursday. Continue reading... -
Paul O'Grady: Stars, fans and dogs turn out to say farewell at funeral
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Hundreds of fans, and their pets, say farewell to the comedian and host of TV's For the Love of Dogs. -
Mike Lindell ordered to pay $5m to man who debunked data used to push big lie
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MyPillow CEO’s ‘Prove Mike Wrong Challenge’ promised money to anyone who could disprove data he claimed showed Trump wonMike Lindell must make good on a promise and pay $5m to a software expert who debunked data the conspiracy theorist touted in advancing Donald Trump’s lie that his 2020 presidential election defeat was the result of voting fraud, an arbitration panel decided.In its decision, the panel said: “The data Lindell LLC provided, and represented reflected -
Man shoots girl, six, and her parents after ball rolls into his backyard
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William White and his daughter Kinsley were seriously hurt during shooting in North Carolina while suspect remains at largeA six-year-old girl and her parents were allegedly shot by a neighbor after a basketball that the child was playing with rolled into the attacker’s yard, according to authorities and local media reporting.The shooting occurred on Wednesday in North Carolina when several young children were playing with a basketball which rolled into the yard of Robert Singletary, who n -
Lucy Letby told police her presence at babies’ deaths was ‘bad luck’
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Post-arrest interviews with nurse accused of murdering seven babies read to jurors at her trialLucy Letby told police it was “bad luck” that she was present at the deaths of three babies whom she allegedly murdered in two weeks, a court has heard.The nurse said it was a “shock for everybody” when the three infants died in 14 days in June 2015 on the neonatal unit where she worked. Continue reading... -
Stately home ‘used for James Bond scenes’ goes on sale for £75m
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Denham Place in Buckinghamshire being sold by multimillionaire Mike JataniaA 13-bedroom Grade-I listed stately home said to have been where some James Bond scenes were filmed has been put up for sale with a price tag of £75m – which would make it one of the most expensive properties outside London.Denham Place, which is set in 17 hectares (43 acres) of Buckinghamshire parkland designed by the 18th-century landscape architect Lancelot “Capability” Brown, is being sold by t -
‘Deeply religious’ woman caused son to die through fasting, Cardiff court told
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Taiwo, 3, was found dead in a flat with Olabisi Abubakar, who denies manslaughter and child crueltyA devout Christian mother caused the death of her three-year-old son by making him join her in a religious fast at a time when she was fearful of Covid and worried about her immigration status, a jury has heard.Olabisi Abubakar, 42, an asylum seeker, is accused of the manslaughter of her son Taiwo, who was found dead at their accommodation in Cardiff having suffered malnutrition and dehydration. Co -
I was diagnosed with Parkinson's at 45. These were my first symptoms - Daily Mail
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I was diagnosed with Parkinson's at 45. These were my first symptoms Daily MailMan diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's disease in his 40s shares first symptoms ExpressDad Opens Up About Young Onset Parkinson's, 'Shocking' First Symptoms TODAYDad diagnosed with Parkinson's at 45 shares 'shocking' first symptoms Yahoo News
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