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Normal People's Paul Mescal was once in an advert for sausages, and fans have only just found out

The 'Normal People' star played an Irish teenager whose sausage inspires him to travel the world




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The two Angus Taylor scandals that won't go away

In the past year Australia’s energy minister has been swept up in two scandals. The past week has brought developments in both. Anne Davies explains what questions he has yet to answer

You can read Lisa Cox’s and Anne Davies’ latest updates on the Jamland grass poisoning here and more on the doctored document saga here.

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Toronto Zoo hatches its first critically endangered Madagascar spider tortoise

The Toronto Zoo announced on Wednesday it had successfully hatched a baby Madagascar spider tortoise, its first successful hatching of the critically endangered species.




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Ricky Gervais reveals why he'll 'never' be invited to host the Oscars

The comic has presented the Golden Globes five times




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Shirley Knight death: Oscar-nominated actress dies aged 83

Oscar-nominated actress Shirley Knight has died aged 83.




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Singer Marianne Faithfull out of hospital after NHS 'saved her life' during coronavirus scare

Singer Marianne Faithfull has been discharged from hospital after being admitted for treatment while she displayed symptoms of coronavirus.




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Who is Paul Mescal? Meet the Normal People actor playing Connell

Paul Mescal stars in the BBC's adaptation of Sally Rooney's acclaimed novel




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10 COVID-19 Scams

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Skyscanner launches travel-inspired Spotify playlists for a much-needed dose of escapism

Perfect for the armchair traveller




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Best travel podcasts: virtually escape with the help of these series

From celebrity travel anecdotes to gap year tales




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Scandinavian Eclectic: the new interiors style we're loving

ES design columnists Att Pynta on mastering clashing prints and colour




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This is the shortlist for the Oscar's Book Prize 2020

Six imaginative tales contend for the £5,000 prize




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Hank Azaria had vocal cords insured after health scare

Azaria shared the realisation with comedian and former The Simpsons writer Conan O'Brien.




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Dutch club furious after 'scandalous' void decision denies them almost certain promotion

SC Cambuur head coach Henk de Jong has blasted the decision to declare the Dutch league void, branding it the "biggest scandal" in the country's sporting history.




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Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero says players are 'scared' over Premier League return

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has revealed Premier League players are "scared" ahead of a potential return amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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Tottenham chief Daniel Levy 'left Louis Van Gaal's house in car boot to escape press'

Louis Van Gaal has claimed that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy left his house in a car boot to avoid the local press after holding talks about becoming the club's new manager in 2014.




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Trump’s base escapes the worst of job losses

Compared to the Great Recession, fewer male and blue-collar workers have lost jobs, while women, Latinos, African Americans and young workers have been hit hardest.




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Yes Yes Yes wins The Everest, Mer De Glace takes the Caulfield Cup, but focus remains on racing's slaughter scandal

Chris Waller continues his big race domination, taking out The Everest at Randwick with Yes Yes Yes, on a day marked by protests and calls for change after an investigation revealed widespread slaughter and abuse of former racehorses in Australian abattoirs.





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Dave Feschuk: The Brendan Leipsic misogynistic group chat is a form of violence that leaves scars


There’s a culture around the way men at their worst treat women, Dave Feschuk writes. It’s not just a problem in sports, but in society, and it requires attention.




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Column: These holiday scams are heavy on naughty, totally lacking in nice

From gift-card rackets to online fraud, consumers are under near-constant assault amid what some analysts are calling the country's first-ever trillion-dollar holiday season.




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Column: Boeing's board shouldn't escape blame in 737 Max scandal

Boeing will be hobbled by the 737 Max affair for years to come. Yet the board that oversaw this calamity is not being held to task.




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How I broke my VR skepticism and found emotional escape during coronavirus sheltering

Better VR headsets and experiences that respond to you are reasons to isolate inside virtual reality when COVID-19 is the reality outside your door.




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Loose Women's Christine Lampard recalls 'scary' trip to hospital with daughter

Christine Lampard explained on today's Loose Women that she had to take her baby daughter to hospital last week




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Cityscapes as you've never seen them - with light pollution removed

Starry night skies are near impossible to admire if you're living in a city heavily polluted by light. 




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Man in hospital after jumping from window of block of flats to escape fire

The fire started in the kitchen of a second floor flat on Wendon Road, in Baguley



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CCNY physicists shed light on the nanoscale dynamics of spin thermalization

In physics, thermalization, or the trend of sub-systems within a whole to gain a common temperature, is typically the norm. There are situations, however, where thermalization is slowed down or virtually suppressed; examples are when considering the dynamics of electron and nuclear spins in solids. Understanding why this happens and how it can be controlled is presently at the center of a broad effort, particularly for applications in the emerging field of quantum information technologies.




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How to manipulate light on the nanoscale over wide frequency ranges

An international team has discovered an effective method for controlling the frequency of confined light at the nanoscale in the form of phonon polaritons (light coupled to vibrations in the crystal). The results have now been published in Nature Materials.




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International research improves quality of CT scan imagery

Computerized tomography (CT) is one of the most effective medical tests for analysing the effects of many illnesses, including COVID-19. An international team has developed a new method that improves the quality of the images obtained from CT scans. The algorithm, tested on simulated data, enables them to distinguish different body's tissue types better and opens the door to lowering the doses of radiation to which patients are exposed during this type of test.




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UK Weather Forecast: Warm sunny spells and scattered showers today and tomorrow.

Warm sunny spells and scattered showers today and tomorrow.




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From the Archives, 1895: Oscar Wilde arrested in London

The glittering life of playwright Oscar Wilde came undone when his attempt to prosecute the Marquess of Queensberry for libel resulted in his own arrest for "gross indecency".




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Scared new world: in some ways, this lockdown is worse than a coup

We were down the pub when the generals took control. This is very different.




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Scared new world: in some ways, this lockdown is worse than a coup

We were down the pub when the generals took control. This is very different.




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Between a croc and a hard place: Inside a farming couple's fight to save their scaly charges

Farmer John Lever and his wife Lillian say their Koorana Crocodile Farm has just two weeks of food left to feed 3,000 crocodiles, so they're offering an 'adopt a croc' program to raise funds.




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Young people dominate nearly 800,000 job losses since COVID-19 crisis escalated

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a 5.5 per cent slump in jobs in the first week after extensive business shutdowns and social-distancing limits were introduced to contain the virus, new ABS figures show.




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Opposition accuses Government of scaring Victorians with 'worst-case scenario' modelling

The modelling predicts more than a quarter of a million jobs could be lost in Victoria due to the coronavirus pandemic in what Premier Daniel Andrews says is the perhaps the "biggest economic and employment challenge" in the state's history.





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COVID-19 losses just the start of Westpac's woes amid escalating money laundering, tax problems

Westpac joins ANZ in deferring its interim dividend as it braces for the financial impact of COVID-19, but mounting issues around money laundering and tax reporting may cost it almost as much.




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'They got us a beauty': Farmers speak up about falling victim to tractor ad scam

One WA couple who fell victim to a tractor ad scam wants others to know about the dangers, as NT Consumer Affairs uncovers more than 20 similar sites.




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Coronavirus has delivered some scary numbers for Europe, and more are ahead — the financial cost

The collective European economy will contract by 7.7 per cent this year and debt will skyrocket, with Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal among the hardest hit by the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Scared new world: in some ways, this lockdown is worse than a coup

We were down the pub when the generals took control. This is very different.




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5 Bollywood Horror Movies That Are As Scary As Anything That Hollywood Has To Offer




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TV Academy reiterates rule change making Oscar-nominated movies ineligible for Emmys


The TV Academy made the alteration in March in an attempt to limit documentaries from catapulting from the Oscar stage to the Emmy podium.




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Large scale survey telescope to be built in northwest China

Xining, China (XNA) Apr 24, 2020
Chinese experts will build a survey telescope with wide field and high resolution in Lenghu (Cold Lake) Town, in northwest China's Qinghai Province, sources here said. On April 16, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) signed a cooperation agreement with the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province. They plan to build the telescope on top of Sai




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Pascal Dupuis s'implique avec les Cataractes

L’ancien hockeyeur est de retour à Shawinigan, non seulement comme actionnaire, mais aussi dans l’état-major de l’équipe.




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Cadillac dévoile les prix de l’Escalade 2021

General Motors vient tout juste d’annoncer les prix et plusieurs détails sur l’équipement du Cadillac Escalade 2021 de nouvelle génération.




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Scallywags on tasty mission

A FUN children’s show featuring former Junior MasterChef star Jack Lark features a serious message about healthy eating.




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AFL to be played in 'very different landscape' after coronavirus pandemic

The coronavirus shutdown has already had a big impact on the AFL — but could the effects spill over into the way the game is played in future?




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Mal Meninga accuses NRL of using former CEO Todd Greenberg as scapegoat

The rugby league immortal defends Todd Greenberg, who has fallen on his sword, calling on the league to share the blame for the poor financial state it finds itself in during the coronavirus pandemic.