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Matt Hancock prompts outcry after criticising Dr Rosena Allin-Khan's 'tone' in Commons

A Labour MP working on the NHS frontline has hit back at Health Secretary Matt Hancock after he told her to watch her "tone" during a debate in the House of Commons.




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'Despicable' thieves swipe £130 from 100-year-old woman after claiming their football had gone into her garden

A man and a woman tricked their way into a 100-year-old woman's home and stole more than £100 in what police branded a "despicable" crime.




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Professor Neil Ferguson resigns from Government's Sage committee 'after breaching lockdown rules to meet woman'

A statement from Imperial College London said Prof Ferguson "continues to focus on his important research".




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Final supermoon of 2020: What is a 'Flower Moon' and where will it be visible from?

Tomorrow night a rare "Super Flower Moon" will light up the UK's night skies.




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Police hunt 'deplorable' thugs who stole laptops and TVs from Royal Derby hospital at front line of virus




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Shipment of 400,000 protective gowns from Turkey 'deemed unusable'

A shipment of 400,000 gowns from Turkey has reportedly been impounded in a warehouse after falling short of UK standards.




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Labradors trained to sniff out knotweed from gardens




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'Direct cremations' take over from traditional send-offs amid coronavirus crisis

The coronavirus pandemic is transforming the funeral industry and leading people to seek alternatives to traditions dating back hundreds of years, experts say.




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Five-year-old boy found driving parents' car on highway gets free ride in Lamborghini from kind stranger

A five-year-old boy who was caught behind the wheel of his parents' car "driving to California to buy a Lamborghini" has been given a ride in his dream car by a kind stranger.




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BAME Brits 'two or three times more likely to die from Covid-19,' new research finds

British people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities are two to three times more likely to die from coronavirus, new research has found.




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Clap for our Carers: Boris Johnson leads applause for healthcare heroes as 150 NHS staff die from Covid-19

Brits across the country have erupted in applause in tribute to healthcare workers during the seventh week of the Clap for our Carers initiative.




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How to celebrate VE Day at home: From DIY bunting and banners to toasting war heroes

This year is the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, which marked the end of the Second World War on the continent.




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Man hiding from police blows cover with fart




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Boris Johnson to announce reopening of garden centres in England from Wednesday

Garden centres in England will be allowed to reopen next week as part of the Government's first-step measures to ease the coronavirus lockdown.





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Seinfeld stand-up special suffers from a pandemic of bad timing, says Chris Knight

Comedian takes on air travel, restaurants, ball games and other pastimes of the distant past that was 2019




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Roy Horn from Las Vegas magic duo Siegfried and Roy dead at 75 of COVID-19 complications

'Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend,' Siegfried Fischbacher said in a statement




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Canadian Olympic athletes describe rollercoaster of going from highest intensity training to biding their time

'I was thinking two weeks of quarantine and then things would go back to normal, but we realized pretty quickly that was not the case'





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Allergy impact from invasive weed 'underestimated'

The impact on human health of an invasive ragweed plant may be "seriously underestimated".





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Black hole found 1,000 light years from Earth

Object found in HR 6819 system is the closest to Earth yet known – and is unusually dark

Astronomers say they have discovered a black hole on our doorstep, just 1,000 light years from Earth.

It was found in a system called HR 6819, in the constellation Telescopium.

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Black people four times more likely to die from Covid-19, ONS finds

Official figures show that wide disparity not just due to health and economic differences

Black people are more than four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people, according to stark official figures exposing a dramatic divergence in the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in England and Wales.

The Office of National Statistics found that the difference in the virus’s impact was caused not only by pre-existing differences in communities’ wealth, health, education and living arrangements.

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Science news in brief: from making blue dye with red beetroot, to giant plasma bubbles

And other stories from around the world.




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Coronavirus: Researchers 'a few weeks away' from concluding clinical trials of treatment

Australian scientists also working to evaluate extent of immunity to virus among public




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Coronavirus: Nasa using 50s-style 3D glasses to control Curiosity rover on Mars while team is working from home

The remote working stakes have just gone up a notch




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Science news in brief: From mating flies frozen in time to butterflies in captivity

And other stories from around the world




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Astronauts return to Earth after watching coronavirus outbreak from International Space Station

'We can tell you that the Earth still looks just as stunning as always from up here, so it's difficult to believe all the changes that have taken place since both of us have been up here,' one astronaut had said before coming back home




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New archaeological evidence from Nazareth reveals religious and political environment in era of Jesus

Nazareth, once thought to have been a small village, likely to have been a town of around 1,000 people, new evidence suggests




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Scientists report 'unusual' findings after scanning comet that visited from another solar system

'This is the first time we've ever looked inside a comet from outside our solar system, and it is dramatically different from most other comets we've seen before'




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'Planet' disappears from sight prompting surprise and suspicions that it never actually existed

What was thought to be a planet beyond our solar system appears to have disappeared, astronomers say.




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Asteroids from another solar system found 'hiding in plain sight', scientists say

A set of asteroids that came from outside our solar system have been hiding in plain sight, according to scientists.




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Glowing flowers created through insertion of DNA from luminous mushroom

Scientists have created glowing flowers after editing the DNA of a plant.




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Coronavirus: Surge in people trying to buy unproven 'cures' promoted by Trump and Elon Musk, study finds

Even deaths did not stop interest in buying potentially dangerous drugs, researchers find




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Microplastics prevent hermit crabs from choosing the best shells

Ocean pollution 'threatening biodiversity more than is currently recognised', warn researchers




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Science news in brief: From a deep-space mystery to the longest creature in the ocean

And other stories from around the world




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Ultimate hangover cure can be made from 'fruits, roots and leaves', scientists claim

Greasy food and Bloody Marys not cutting through the wretchedness? Try this instead




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From new ultraviolet wavelengths to virucidal face masks: Could these new technologies help defeat coronavirus?

David Keys speaks to scientists and health experts about the new tools that could help in the fight against Covid-19 and future coronavirus outbreaks




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'Tug of war' effect could explain why North Magnetic Pole has moved from Canada towards Siberia, scientists say

Researchers suggest unusual rapid shift is due to competing patches of magnetic field




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Cooking Mama: Cookstar available direct from publisher!

https://shop.cookingmamacookstar.com/

In stock right now (8am CST 4/15/2020) $39.99 plus $5 shipping.

There’s been a bunch of scuttlebutt around this game being delisted from the eShop, supposedly mining bitcoin and a disagreement between the publisher and the IP owner. No matter the truth, grab it at retail pricing and don’t pay scalpers on eBay.





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Saving the VE Day generation from Covid-19

It was supposed to be a memorable street party across the nation to toast the victory that shaped modern Britain in 1945.




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How will the coronavirus lockdown change from Monday?

In Westminster, ministers said the public should expect only "limited" changes on Sunday night




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Princess Love Officially Files For Divorce From Ray J

After months of talk that Ray J and his wife Princess Love were doing all that they could to reconcile their relationship, it’s being reported that they’re headed to a permanent split. The pair first shared their troubles last year after Princess Love told the world on social media that her husband “abandoned” her while […]

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Bruce Willis’ Wife Emma And Their Two Daughters Are Missing From The Family Photo

Exes Demi Moore and Bruce Willis’ extended family struck a pose for the new Instagram photo, but with Bruce’s wife Emma and their two daughters missing. Emma and the girls recently joined Bruce in Demi’s Idaho home, just in time to celebrate Evelyn’s 6th birthday. Demi shared a snap with Bruce, their three girls, and […]

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Alison Roman Is Eating Her Words, Apologizing To Chrissy Teigen

A couple of days ago Alison Roman, critic and food enthusiast gave an interview directly trashing Chrissy Teigen’s approach to business. “What Chrissy Teigen has done is so crazy to me. She had a successful cookbook. And then it was like Boom, the line at Target. Boom, now she has an Instagram page that has […]

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Police officer accused of stealing meals from Sulhamstead centre

A THAMES Valley Police officer is accused of stealing food from his work canteen only one week into his new job.




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Police appeal for help in search for man missing from Banbury

Thames Valley Police is appealing for help in locating a missing man from Banbury.




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Letters From the May 18/25, 2020, Issue

Our Readers

Neither snow nor rain nor Covid-19… On holding your nose… Progress v. progressive values… Essential tributes… No more neoliberalism…

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