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Some 28 years have passed since I took my seat, rigid with fear, in Countdown’s Dictionary Corner for the first time and waited for the TV cameras to turn to me. A newly fledged dictionary editor at Oxford University Press, I was a reluctant addition to the hit Channel 4 words and numbers game show, … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer returned to his home in his damaged SUV yesterday after he was in collision with a Deliveroo cyclist. Photographs show a dent to the driver’s side wheel arch of his Toyota Rav 4 and a large scratch. The Labour Party leader is facing questions over the accident, which happened on Sunday while he … Read more
Father-of-two, 25, murdered in hit-and-run was dragged for half a mile under a car after an argument with two men outside a pub, court hears Liam Dent died after being dragged half-a-mile under car, the Old Bailey heard Dent, 25, had earlier been in argument with Martin Eastwood and Daniel Morris Eastwood, 20, the alleged … Read more
Checking in… Countdown’s lexicographer Susie Dent reveals the oddest-named place she’s ever visited and why New York is her favourite foreign city By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 10:46 BST, 15 September 2020 | Updated: 10:47 BST, 15 September 2020 Countdown’s lexicographer Susie Dent checks into our travel Q&A This week Countdown’s lexicographer Susie … Read more
Gavin Williamson has insisted he will not resign and continue to ‘graft away’ while warning that parents who do not send their children back to school risk putting a ‘huge dent in their future life chances’. In an open letter to parents, the Education Secretary acknowledged that some parents may have concerns about their children … Read more
Alexa gets a language lesson… from Susie Dent! Countdown lexicographer gives Amazon’s AI device tips on how to understand accents including Geordie and Glaswegian Amazon’s Alexa has been given lessons in Geordie, Brummie and Glaswegian Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent said: ‘Nowhere is the diversity of English vocabulary more apparent than in Britain’ Research shows a … Read more
Alexa gets a language lesson… from Suzie Dent! Countdown lexicographer gives Amazon’s AI device tips on how to understand accents including Geordie and Glaswegian Amazon’s Alexa has been given lessons in Geordie, Brummie and Glaswegian Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent said: ‘Nowhere is the diversity of English vocabulary more apparent than in Britain’ Research shows a … Read more
NASA is monitoring a ‘small but evolving dent’ in Earth’s magnetic field that could impact satellites and spacecraft. Stretching from South American and to southwest Africa is the South Atlantic Anomaly (SSA), which is a weakened spot in the field that allows charged particles from the sun to dip closer to the surface than usual. … Read more
The housing market continued to show signs of improvement in February, but coronavirus could dent the nascent recovery, Halifax said today. House prices rose 2.8 per cent in the year to February, with the average property gaining £6,443 annually to reach a new record high of £240,677, according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender. That marks a … Read more