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Fortnum & Mason reports its first post-tax loss in a decade

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Fortnum & Mason reports its first post-tax loss in a decade after stores were forced to close By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 24 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 January 2021 Fortnum & Mason has reported its first post-tax loss in a decade after stores were forced to close.  … Read more

Mars’ ‘Happy Face’ crater has grown in decade due to thermal erosion

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Mars has something to smile about! The infamous ‘Happy Face’ crater near the Red Planet’s south pole has gotten noticeably bigger over the last decade. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter first recorded the grinning visage in 2011, using its powerful High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera. Researchers compared an image of the crater from October 2011 to … Read more

Say cheese! Mars’ ‘Happy Face’ crater has significantly grown over a decade due to thermal erosion

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Mars has something to smile about! The infamous ‘Happy Face’ crater near the Red Planet’s south pole has gotten noticeably bigger over the last decade. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter first recorded the grinning visage in 2011, using its powerful High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera. Researchers compared an image of the crater from October 2011 to … Read more

Drug used for more than a decade to treat cancer could cure Covid-19

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A drug that’s been used for more than a decade to treat cancer could cure people with Covid-19, according to a new study. The drug, called pralatrexate, is a chemotherapy medication that was originally developed to treat lymphomas – tumours that originate in the glands. Chinese researchers found pralatrexate outperforms remdesivir, which is currently the leading … Read more

House prices of £2million properties in rural areas rise by the fastest rate in a decade

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House prices of £2million properties in rural areas have risen by the fastest rate in a decade as wealthy people in cities hunt for countryside retreats across the UK. Homes in the southwest, the Cotswolds and Scotland were most popular as well as luxury properties in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Norfolk.  While countryside homes like … Read more

Pop songs will get shorter this decade because of faltering attention spans

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Pop songs will get shorter on average by the end of this decade because of faltering attention spans and ‘skipping culture’ on streaming services, experts say.  Attention spans of music fans has dropped from 12 seconds to eight since the year 2000, according to research from Samsung.  As a result it’s more important than ever for … Read more

Current vaccination speed would take UK a decade to get coronavirus jabs to everyone

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Britain won’t vaccinate all 30million vulnerable residents against Covid for a decade, if Number 10’s mammoth operation continues at the current speed. Department of Health bosses today claimed 137,897 people across Britain were given the approved Pfizer/BioNTech jab during the first eight days of the UK’s biggest-ever vaccination drive. At that rate — roughly 17,237 … Read more

Hoarder who didn’t put her bins out for a DECADE resorted to wearing nappies

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A hoarder who refused to put out the bins for ten years resorted to wearing nappies after the 27 tonnes of rubbish inside her home stopped her from accessing the bathroom.  Sylvie from York, who is in her 60s, began using incontinence pads and nappies after the accumulating waste left her surrounded by five to six … Read more

5 Seconds of Summer celebrate almost a decade together as they reflect on their journey

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How far they’ve come! 5 Seconds of Summer shares throwback picture taken during their first concert – as the band reflects on decade of fame By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:10 GMT, 3 December 2020 | Updated: 03:11 GMT, 3 December 2020 Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer made a spectacular comeback … Read more