Matthew Bourne’s new production of Romeo and Juliet is giving a step-up to young dancers. New Adventures did a call-out for the next generation of talent currently in training aged between 16-19. They had over 1,000 applications, from which 400 teenagers auditioned. The final cut of 80 join the company across 13 venues. BBC News […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Motor theft insurance claim payouts hit their highest level in seven years at the start of the year, according to the insurance industry trade body. The Association of British Insurers said claims for January to March were higher than for any quarter since 2012. It said a rise in keyless car
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It’s shaping up to be a deadly year for livestock in the American Southwest as the number of cows and calves killed by Mexican gray wolves has skyrocketed, aggravating an already tenuous relationship between U.S. wildlife managers, environmentalists and rural residents. Federal reports show the endangered wolves have been blamed for the deaths of 88
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The 1971 T.C. Williams High School football team that was immortalized in “Remember the Titans” lost another key figure on Thursday. Former defensive coordinator Bill Yoast died at the age of 94 at a Springfield, Va. assisted living facility, his daughter told The Washington Post. The cause of death was not disclosed. Yoast, who was played
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Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson has said “we need the people to decide” on Brexit, calling for his party to “urgently” consult its members on whether it should support a second EU referendum. He said a lack of clarity by Labour on Brexit ahead of the European elections led to “electoral catastrophe” for the party.
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Many people plan to work past normal retirement age, by choice or necessity. But most aren’t taking the steps that could increase the odds they’ll be able to do so. When asked what they’re doing to ensure they can continue working past 65, fewer than half of employees polled in the 2019 Transamerica Retirement Survey
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Image copyright Getty Images Scientists have uncovered an evolutionary paradox where men damage their ability to have children during efforts to make themselves look more attractive. Taking steroids to get a buff physique or anti-baldness pills to keep a full head of hair can damage fertility. It has been named the Mossman-Pacey paradox after the
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Image copyright ANL/REX/Shutterstock Image caption Andrea Dunbar in 1980, the year her first play was staged Andrea Dunbar was 15 when she wrote her first play, and her raw depictions of life on her Bradford estate caused a sensation. Now her own tragic life story is being told on stage. Plays by teenage girls from
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Image copyright PA Image caption Facebook has more than two billion active users worldwide Social media giant Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp have been the subject of most data investigations in the Republic of Ireland since the European Union’s new data protection regulation came into force a year ago. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission
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Three volunteer rescuers who found a hiker more than two weeks after she disappeared in a Hawaii forest described their elation and relief after spotting her near a waterfall in deep vegetation. Javier Cantellops, Chris Berquist and Troy Helmers said Monday that they saw Amanda Eller from a helicopter Friday, 17 days after the 35-year-old
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