Lewis Capaldi is expected to take top honours at the Brit Awards on Tuesday, with wins predicted in major categories including best male and best single. The Scottish star will also perform at the ceremony, after a year in which he scored the best-selling single and album in the UK. His main competition comes from […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The number of health and safety incidents reported at Amazon warehouses is on the rise Hundreds of workers have been seriously injured or narrowly escaped an accident at Amazon’s UK warehouses over the last three years, new figures claim. GMB union numbers show 240 reports of serious injury or
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Two Egyptian women have come together to save the country’s lost Jewish heritage. Magda, who is Jewish and Marwa, who is Palestinian and Muslim, meet weekly to clean, rescue and repair books, synagogues and cemeteries. The Jewish community in Egypt shrank after the Israeli-Arab conflict in 1948. Many were exiled or felt forced to leave.
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Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan rallied past No. 5-seeded John Millman 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 on the opening day of the Delray Beach Open February 18, 2020, 1:17 AM 1 min read DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Yoshihito Nishioka rallied past No. 5-seeded John Millman 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 on the opening day of the Delray Beach Open on
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On Feb. 8 an Afghan soldier turned his American-supplied M249 light machine gun on a group of American and Afghan commandos who were huddled and patiently waiting for an airlift from a small base in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province. The burst of fire killed Staff Sgt. Javier J. Gutierrez and Staff Sgt. Antonio R. Rodriguez
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Home goods retailer Pier 1 Imports Inc. is filing for bankruptcy protection By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer February 18, 2020, 12:40 AM 3 min read Pier 1 Imports Inc. — the once-trendy supplier of home goods like papasan chairs and throw pillows — filed for bankruptcy protection Monday after years of sliding sales. The
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Image caption Kara said she “couldn’t deal with the thought of further masculisation” Transgender patients are choosing to self-medicate with hormones bought online from unregulated sources due to waiting times to see NHS specialists, the BBC has learned. In many areas, some patients wait over two years to be seen, new figures show. England’s target
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Taylor Swift’s father recently fought a burglar who broke into his $4 million Florida penthouse, a newspaper is reporting. The Tampa Bay Times said that Scott Swift returned to his home in the Vinoy Place Towers in St. Petersburg on Jan. 17 just moments after 30-year-old Terrence Hoover used an emergency escape
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Image copyright KateMarfleet Image caption “The whole company had to come on board,” Kate Marfleet says How would you feel if your expenses were declined because your meal contained meat? That’s the situation at property developers Igloo Regeneration, where all corporate entertaining, workshop catering and even staff expenses must now be vegetarian if staff wish
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Russian activist Anastasia Shevchenko is facing six years in prison for her opposition political activism. Anastasia has been under strict house arrest awaiting trial for over a year – banned from communicating with anyone other than officials and her relatives. Those conditions have just been eased slightly, allowing her to talk about her case to
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