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A huge iceberg weighing hundreds of billions of tons is now just 30 miles away from South Georgia – threatening the habitat of millions of penguins. Iceberg A68a – which broke from the Antarctic’s Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017 – slid towards the open ocean for over two years until it hit the powerful Circumpolar … Read more
Eton College has temporarily closed due to a coronavirus outbreak among students and teachers. The £42,500-a-year school’s headmaster Simon Henderson wrote a letter to parents saying ‘a large number of symptomatic boys and staff tested positive’ for the virus. Mr Henderson said there is a ‘real danger’ the number could spiral out of control this … Read more
Should you ever be lucky enough to visit Almhult in Sweden, there’s only one place to stay — the Ikea Hotel. In the drawer of your sparse room, furnished with an Ikea bed, Ikea curtains and Ikea Grusblad duvet, you will find two publications: the Gideons New Testament and the Ikea catalogue. It’s an apt … Read more
A medical centre has closed after one member of staff tested positive for coronavirus and ‘a large number’ were forced to self-isolate – sparking concern for patients at the practice. Ardblair Medical Centre in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, closed and its phone number was set to direct patients to NHS 111 after an unknown number of its … Read more
The US Supreme Court has ordered all late mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania to be counted separately, as Joe Biden continues to pick up steam in the state where he now leads by more than 19,000 votes. Justice Samuel Alito on Friday announced all Pennsylvania counties must segregate ballots that arrived after Election Day, following an … Read more
Donald Trump has closed the gap on Joe Biden in Arizona to less than 47,000 votes, following a dump of mail-in ballots from Maricopa County Thursday night. Biden remains in the lead in the state but only by 46,257 or 50.1 per cent, compared to Trump’s 48.5 per cent, with approximately 200,000 ballots left to count. … Read more
Donald Trump has closed the gap on Joe Biden in Arizona to less than 47,000 votes, following a dump of mail-in ballots from Maricopa County Thursday night. Biden remains in the lead in the state but only by 46,257 or 50.1 per cent, compared to Trump’s 48.5 per cent, with approximately 200,000 ballots left to count. … Read more
Germany is closing in on Britain’s daily coronavirus cases after it recorded nearly 20,000 new coronavirus cases today, as countries across Europe battle a second wave. Germany’s national disease control centre the Robert Koch Institute said a record 19,990 infections had been confirmed in the past 24 hours today. That tops the previous record of 19,059 … Read more
The price of pink diamonds is expected to soar after the Argyle Diamond Mine which produced nearly the entire world supply closes this week. The world’s largest pink diamond mine began when a group of geologists stumbled across a stone in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in the 1970s. Since owner Rio Tinto began … Read more
Jade Thirlwall’s bar Arbeia CLOSES just a year after launching as it’s hit by ‘tough times’ during COVID-19 pandemic By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 11:59 BST, 16 October 2020 | Updated: 12:06 BST, 16 October 2020 Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall’s bar Arbeia has announced it will be closing temporarily after being hit by ‘tough … Read more