It started as a joke but comedian Joe Lycett convinced the Lord Mayor of Birmingham to cut the ribbon at the ceremony for his new kitchen extension. Yvonne Mosquito had initially declined to attend because the event was private but after he opened it up to a public raffle she agreed to go. Comedian Katherine […]
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A union trying to organize baggage handlers and flight attendants at Delta filed a complaint against the airline with federal officials Wednesday, just days after Delta was battered online for putting anti-union posters in its break areas. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers submitted its complaint to the National Mediation Board, the federal
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Alabama has become the latest US state to move to restrict abortions by passing a bill to outlaw the procedure in almost all cases. The law includes a ban on abortion in cases of rape or incest. Supporters say they expect the law to be blocked in court, but hope that the appeals process will
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Some 80 miles west of Athens, in the heart of the Peloponnese, Nafplio is the archetypal Grecian seaside town: a warren of cobblestone streets — punctuated by Byzantine-era Ottoman fountains and neo-Classical Venetian mansions — leading down to a bustling port. Presiding over the town, the Palamidi fortress, an 18th-century citadel built on a rocky
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No matter what you call it — chroma key, green screen or blue screen — it’s the film and video technique that gives your local TV weatherperson something in common with the Avengers movies: artificial backgrounds inserted behind the action. You simply record your subject in front of a solid green or blue screen, and
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For a minor league team that plays its home games in flood-ravaged Iowa on the swollen banks of the Mississippi River, the season so far has presented some unusual challenges. The Quad Cities River Bandits are dragging their equipment everywhere they go because there’s no point in using their lockers. Worse than that, the players
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WASHINGTON — Abortion rights are at risk at the Supreme Court, but the short-term threat may not come from extreme measures like the one passed by Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday. The court led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. is more likely to chip away at the constitutional right to abortion established in 1973
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A proposal to ban abortions in Louisiana as early as the sixth week of pregnancy continued to speed through the state legislature Wednesday, a day after Alabama lawmakers voted for what could become the nation’s most restrictive law against the procedure. Without objection, the Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee backed legislation to prohibit abortions
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ellis-Bextor didn’t reveal the reason for her departure Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor has left the UK’s jury for the Eurovision Song Contest. She had been due to chair the five-strong panel, which helps decide the UK’s scores. The BBC said she had stepped down due to “unforeseen circumstances”, and a
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President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect US computer networks from “foreign adversaries”. The president signed an executive order effectively barring US companies from using foreign telecoms believed to pose a security risk to the country. Mr Trump does not name any company specifically in the order. However, analysts suggest it is
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