Image copyright Nancy Xu/BBC Image caption Xu said she “could not wait to start this new journey” Latin dancer Nancy Xu has joined the pro-dancer line-up for the new series of BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing. The 28-year-old will become the show’s first Chinese dancer when she replaces the outgoing Pasha Kovalev in series 17 […]
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Image caption Workers continued the protest through Monday night and Tuesday morning Workers at Harland and Wolff have continued a protest through the night following news that the business is up for sale. Workers calling for the government to renationalise the company closed the shipyard’s gates on Monday. The business’s Norwegian parent company is having
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In the US more than 80% of people facing trial are represented by public defenders. Often with a huge caseload, these lawyers don’t have the resources of an expensive legal team. But a community group in San Jose, California, is trying to rebalance the justice system – and they’re having remarkable results. A video by
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I’ve lost count how many hotels I’ve stayed in. Hundreds, for sure, and on every continent except Antarctica. From beach-side resorts in St. Kitts to a grand, soaring high-rise in Tokyo, to a castle-adjacent treehouse on the north coast of Scotland, I’ve stayed in some truly lovely places. I’ve also stayed at dilapidated dives in
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In battle royale games like Fortnite, players skirmish in a shrinking landscape with one goal: to be the last one standing. Ambition in the genre itself is more modest, with imitators piling on in hopes of sharing in the riches. Within the past year, established video game franchises like Call of Duty, Battlefield and Fallout
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Elena Delle Donne has always been a dog lover. Now, the WNBA All-Star captain has partnered with PETA to raise awareness on adopting shelter dogs in an ad campaign. “My wife had adopted Rasta when she was in college. And I was lucky enough to meet Rasta at age 4, and now she’s my daughter,
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Neither party has a claim on factual purity. But that’s not to say their sins against accuracy are equivalent in the era of Mr. Trump, who stands alone in his tendency to spin up his own reality and to do so in ways that go far beyond misstating a statistic or blurring an old policy
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Image copyright Twinlakes Image caption The water park is part of Twinlakes, a theme park in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Water at a theme park is being tested for harmful microorganisms after dozens of children got “severe diarrhoea and projectile vomiting”. Parents have questioned the cleanliness of the water park at Twinlakes in Leicestershire, with some
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Seth Meyers on Monday examined the ways weekends have changed for Americans in the Trump era. “It seems impossible now but there was a time not so long ago when you’d go a whole weekend without hearing a word from the president,” the host of NBC’s “Late Night” said. “That was when we had a president who
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Image copyright PA Media The pound has continued to fall on currency markets as the government insists that the UK is prepared to leave the EU without a deal. Sterling hit a fresh two-year low of $1.2120 against the dollar on Tuesday, before recovering some ground. The currency also slid against the euro, falling to
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