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MAFS' Ben Jardine 'downcast on anniversary of wedding to Stephanie'

Ben Jardine became well-known after getting married to Stephanie on Married At First Sight - just seconds after they met. 




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Man sues Yale University for $110m following rape acquittal

Saifullah Khan, a native of Afghanistan, filed the lawsuit against Yale on Friday as he accused the university of denying him an education.




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Georgia State University students demand 'racist icon' Henry Grady's Atlanta statue is removed

Georgia State University students told Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms Tuesday that a statue of racist icon Henry Grady is incompatible with progressive culture and it be moved from downtown.




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LGBT activists force University of Essex to CANCEL trans debate

Jo Phoenix, from the Open University, had been due to give a talk entitled 'Trans rights and justice: complicated contours in contemporary sex, gender and sexualities politics'.




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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Boycotting Amber Rudd at Oxford University just makes me see red 

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Students had cancelled the event because of Ms Rudd's links to the Windrush scandal, in which Britons of Caribbean heritage were wrongly deported.




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Ray Massey: Britain's legendary Land Rover gears up for its 65th anniversary celebrations

The British car maker is marking its big day with a striking display of its heritage and future technology, proving that although it's 65, the car won't be pensioned off.




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Jade Goody's mum Jackiey remembers ten-year anniversary of her death

However, it wasn't long until the grieving mother, 60, awkwardly clashed with Dr Hilary Jones as they discussed cervical screenings and the HPV vaccination.




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Christine Ohuruogu finishes fourth in Anniversary Games 400m ahead of World Championships  

There was no happy homecoming for Christine Ohuruogu as the local girl finished fourth in Friday night's 400 metres at the Olympic Stadium in one of her final outings before the World Championships.




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Tim Dormer celebrates 1 year engagement anniversary with Ash Toweel

Tim Dormer has celebrated his one-year engagement anniversary with fiancé Ash Toweel.




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Macquarie University dr Juliana Chen reveals the simple tricks to overcome COVID-19 comfort eating

Australian doctor Juliana Chen has warned making unhealthy lifestyle choices during the coronavirus pandemic can have a negative impact on your health in the long run.




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Kate Winslet remembers Alan Rickman as first anniversary of death approaches

He left £100,000 to charity when he passed away to cancer in January. 




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Swizz Beatz goes as 'Humpty' rapper while Alicia Keys' is Captain Universe at Beyonce's bash 

They were among the celebs who turned up decked out in their best and most imaginative costumes for the party at the Allbright in West Hollywood on Thursday evening.




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BLOG FROM BRAZIL: The 20th anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death, £24,000 World Cup final tickets and Neymar's banana-eating response to racism organised by a PR firm

Joe Callaghan brings us the latest news and views from South America - as well as traveller tips for those heading out there - and provides a flavour of exactly how the World Cup in Brazil is shaping up.




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Carnival cruises launches £4.8bn cash call

The company announced it would raise £1bn from a public share sale, and by borrowing an additional £3.8bn on the bond markets. The money will be used for day-to-day spending.




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Six most common Universal Credit questions answered

From whether you can apply for Universal Credit if you're self-employed to whether you should apply for benefits or sick pay, Citizens Advice answers six of the most common benefits questions.




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Queen will address nation at 9pm on May 8 for 75th VE Day anniversary

As part of the revised plans to mark the 75th VE Day anniversary during the coronavirus lockdown announced today, Her Majesty's words will be broadcast on May 8 on BBC One at 9pm.




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University Challenge star Bobby Seagull revealed to have a 'smaller than average' sized brain

Tonight's Horizon: The Great British Intelligence Test on BBC Two revealed University Challenge star Bobby Seagull, 26, from London, has an 'extremely average' size brain.




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Margaret Court says 'no one has phoned her' to discuss marking her 50th Grand Slam anniversary 

Outspoken former tennis star Margaret Court, 77, has split opinion with her criticism of homosexuality and same sex marriage - and has not attended the Australian Open since 2017.




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Tesco and Asda caught selling knives to children

National Trading Standards sent children into UK high street stores to attempt more than 2,200 test purchases and found they were able to buy a knife in more than one in seven attempts.




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MARKET REPORT: Carnival has sinking feeling over US probe

Carnival has been asked to give all the documents relating to the pandemic and its response to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.




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Alexis Sanchez 'keen on Universidad de Chile move' claims club chief as Man Utd seek to offload him

Alexis Sanchez is currently on loan at Inter Milan after struggling to adapt to life at Manchester United. Sanchez's future at Old Trafford is uncertain, but he is reportedly keen on a move back to Chile.




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Antonio Valencia snapped up by Ecuadorian side Liga Deportiva Universitaria from Manchester United

The Ecuadorian outfit confirmed the 32-year-old's arrival on Friday afternoon by posting a video of Valencia getting used to his new surroundings.




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Olympia Valance celebrates first anniversary with her AFL star boyfriend Thomas Bellchambers

Olympia Valance marked her first anniversary with her AFL star boyfriend Thomas Bellchambers on Tuesday.




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Drunk university student wakes up in Norwich rather than Newcastle

A drunk Newcastle University student fell asleep in an Uber on his way home after a boozy night and woke up 250 miles off course with a £1,300 bill.




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Oxford University cuts ties to fossil fuel industry

Vice-chancellor Louise Richardson said Oxford had to take up the mantle of 'reducing carbon emissions and tackling climate change before it is too late.'




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Shocking moment drunk Southampton University students sing 'sickening' racist song

Members of Mayflower FC can be heard singing 'there was one naked n***** on the bus,' while on their way to a team social at Oceana nightclub in Southampton city centre.




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Alexis Sanchez 'keen on Universidad de Chile move' claims club chief as Man Utd seek to offload him

Alexis Sanchez is currently on loan at Inter Milan after struggling to adapt to life at Manchester United. Sanchez's future at Old Trafford is uncertain, but he is reportedly keen on a move back to Chile.




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Serena Williams shares throwback wedding photo with Alexis Ohanian on second anniversary

Serena Williams shared a throwback wedding snap with Alexis Ohanian Sr. to mark their second anniversary Saturday.




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Google searches for 'universal credit', and 'furlough' soar in Britain

Britons have been using Google to look up the Government's guidance on helping firms with furloughed workers to keep them employed but without working.




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Probe at top university reveals students taking drugs

Sources told Mail Today that prohibited drugs are easily available at the roadside paan shops and tea shops near the gates of the Indian Institute of Technology—Kanpur (IIT-K).




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Leiden University's computer algorithm spots ELEVEN asteroids that could hit Earth

Each of the asteroids flagged by a computer algorithm at Leiden University are more than 328 feet wide and will pass close between the Earth and the moon between the years 2131 and 2923.




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The Oxford University professor digging for life on Mars from 140 million miles away in Oxford

Professor Scott McLennan's desk at Oxford University may be 140 million miles from Mars but it doesn't stop him using his computer to direct Nasa's spacecraft on the Red Planet.




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University students still being asked to pay for accommodation despite lockdown

Some 74% of students are still being charged rent despite the majority no longer being able to live in their university halls or student accommodation, according to a study by Student Hut.




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Vice President visits Kaunas University of Technology during his visit to Lithuania[ph]Photo Courtesy: M Asokan, Photo Division[/ph]





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Prime Minister delivers his address at The Royal University of Bhutan during his State visit to Bhutan[ph]Photo Courtesy - Lalit Kumar[/ph]





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President delivers his address at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik [ph]Photo courtesy : RB Photo[/ph]




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President delivers his address at University of Berne during his visit to Switzerland [ph]Photo Courtesy : PHOTO RB[/ph]





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Prime Minister delivers his remarks at High Level Dialogue on Universal Health during the 74th session of UNGA [ph]Photo Courtesy : Lalit Kumar[/ph]




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Modi government a failure on many fronts, says Shiv Sena on anniversary

Sena also took a dig at the Prime Minister over his frequent foreign trips




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Team Modi talks of a 'new dawn' on second anniversary

Arun Jaitley said India's economy has picked up pace and achieved a growth rate of about 7.5% amid a global slowdown




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Amitabh Bachchan proud of hosting girl child segment at govt's second anniversary gala

At the event, celebrating two years of Modi govt, the actor stressed on the importance of protecting the girl child




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During Suffrage Anniversary, Wyoming Women Aim to Boost Representation

Wyoming passed a suffrage bill 50 years before the 19th Amendment, but the Equality State is struggling to live up to its nickname. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday meets the women working to boost female representation. Photo illustration: Laura Kammermann




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WHO, UN's postal agency release commemorative stamp on 40th anniversary of smallpox eradication

The WHO and the UN's postal agency have released a commemorative postage stamp on the 40th anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, with the head of the global health body expressing gratitude to a top Indian-origin UN official. In May 1980, the 33rd World Health Assembly issued its official declaration that "the world and all its peoples have won freedom from smallpox." It was ended on the back of a 10-year WHO-spearheaded global effort that involved thousands of health workers around the world to administer half a billion vaccinations to stamp out smallpox. "When WHO's smallpox eradication campaign was launched in 1967, one of the ways countries raised awareness about smallpox was through postage stamps when social media like Twitter and Facebook was not even on the horizon," World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. "I especially want to thank my friend Mr Atul Khare, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support, for ...




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Howrah Bridge illuminated on Tagore birth anniversary

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the iconic Rabindra Setu, popularly known as the Howrah Bridge that connects Kolkata and its twin city Howrah, was illuminated by the Kolkata Port Trust on the occasion of the 159th birth anniversary of poet Rabidranath Tagore. The bridge which was almost deserted because of the ongoing lockdown was lit up by colourful LED lights in the evening, KoPT officials said. They said the illumination is a symbolic 'Message of Hope, in these troubled times to the citizens of this great metropolis and beyond. White light washed the bridge to honour the front line Covid-19 warriors, followed alternately by red, orange and green signalling the zones that identify the intensity of coronavirus spread, they said. All this while, instrumental pieces of Tagore song was played at the nearby Millennium Park, the officials said.




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PM Modi remembers reformer Gokhale on birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday remembered reformer Gopal Krishna Gokhale on his 154th birth anniversary, recalling his contribution towards education and social empowerment. "Remembering Gopal Krishna Gokhale on his birth anniversary. A remarkable personality blessed with immense wisdom, he made outstanding contributions towards education and social empowerment," Modi wrote on Twitter. Gokhale, the prime minister said, also provided exemplary leadership to India's freedom movement. Gokhale was born on this day in then Bombay Presidency.




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VP Naidu, PM Modi pay tributes to Maharana Pratap on birth anniversary

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to Maharana Pratap on his 480th birth anniversary, saying his patriotism will always be remembered. In his message, Naidu said Maharana Pratap was one of India's greatest warriors. "His indomitable courage, valour, leadership skills and love for motherland will always be remembered and continue to inspire every Indian," he said. Modi described the 13th king of Mewar as the great son of Mother India. "His life full of patriotism, self-respect and might will always remain a source of inspiration for the people of the country," the prime minister said. Pratap Singh, popularly known as Maharana Pratap, was born in 1540.




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A trend highlighted in the Jadavpur University moment


An alleged incident of molestation within campus premises at one of Calcutta’s most prestigious universities and the events following it have led to huge upheaval and student protests. But does the entire episode also signify a continuation of a disturbing trend? Shoma A Chatterji reports.

 




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Missing chapter in history of universal schooling


The centenary of admitting Dalit children into public schools in Kerala is an opportunity to remember Ayyankali, whose leadership of the movement isn't part of mainstream history. A proper retelling of this history is now the responsibility of a new generation of historians, writes N P Chekkutty.




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Universal education, minimal learning


Tripura's proclaimed progress in ensuring high attendance and sufficient numbers of teachers doesn't stand up to scrutiny. There are many holes in the numbers as well as quality. Himanshu Upadhyaya reports.




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Will the SS Code ensure universal social security?


The government proposes to replace a number of laws protecting the social security of workers with a single Code. But could its vast scope itself make it vulnerable to the details in fine print?