Climate change activists’ plan to spray fake blood on the Treasury did not get off to the best start. Extinction Rebellion protesters used a hose from an old fire engine to spray 1,800 litres liquid at the 100 year-old building, but they quickly lost control of the powerful water jet. Protesters say they are “highlighting […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Offering every woman diagnosed with breast cancer genetic screening would save hundreds of lives each year, a study suggests. Currently, only those with risk factors such as a close family history of breast cancer are offered the check. Researchers say screening everyone would enable women to make informed treatment choices and
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Image copyright Getty Images Former EastEnders actress Sandy Ratcliff died after taking an excessive amount of morphine while suffering from two terminal lung conditions, an inquest has heard. She was one of the BBC soap’s original cast members, appearing as cafe owner Sue Osman from 1985 to 1989. Off-screen she battled a heroin addiction for
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Image copyright JJPR Image caption Paul Hurst said he was passionate about keeping the Bennetts name alive A shop billed as the “world’s oldest department store” is to be bought out of administration by a local businessman. Bennetts has been in Derby since 1734 but went into administration in February. Administrators said a sale had
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Naomi Osaka won the final 10 games of the match and beat Alison Riske 6-4, 6-0 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the China Open. The two-time Grand Slam champion from Japan served seven aces and stretched her winning streak seven matches. “Today I was kind of happy because the first set was really tight.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday publicly called on China to investigate a political rival, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., in an extraordinary presidential request to a foreign country for help that could benefit him in the 2020 election. “China should start an investigation into the Bidens,” Mr. Trump said Thursday as he
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When college students paying their own way have a financial hiccup, they have to make hard choices about how to spend their limited funds — and some turn to their food budget to close a gap. Gina Higgins, a mechanical engineering student at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, has paid for school with a
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A chef’s knife is a basic yet essential tool in any cook’s arsenal, but with prices ranging from the ultra-economical to the extravagant, is a more expensive blade worth the cost? We’ll break things down with the help of a cutlery specialist and a cutlery buyer to determine how to find an affordable knife for
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Gwyneth Paltrow on Wednesday tried to explain the widely publicized brain freeze a few months ago in which she forgot her role in “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” The Oscar-winning actor, who was visiting “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” appeared on Jon Favreau’s cooking show in June. When Favreau brought up the topic of the film, Paltrow seemed to have no
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Image caption The two new greenhouses will supply 10% of Britain’s tomatoes Two giant greenhouses costing £120m are to be built next to sewage works to grow millions of tomatoes and bring 360 agricultural jobs. Work on the greenhouses – the UK’s largest – has already begun at Trowse, near Norwich, and Ingham, Suffolk. Heat
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