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An asteroid the size of Mount Everest is heading towards Earth next month, but scientists say it is not expected to collide with us. The object, called 52768 (1998 OR2), is one to 2.5 miles wide and will pass within 3,908,791 miles, moving at 19,461 miles per hour. The asteroid was first discovered by NASA … Read more
A once-hidden island has been uncovered in Antarctica after melting glaciers caused by record high temperatures revealed its rocky shore to passing scientists. A group of polar researchers from the Thwaites Offshore Research (THOR) project spotted the island as their ship passed through Pine Island Bay in Antarctica. The island has been named Sif after the … Read more
A woman who shed half her body weight after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis has revealed how she has managed to keep the weight off for seven years. Natasha Bunby, 38, who lives in West Sussex with her husband Marc, 51, and sons Deon, 18, and London, 12, signed up to Slimming World in 2011 … Read more
Amazon opens its first CASHIERLESS supermarket in Seattle where customers can pick up groceries and simply walk out of the store without checking out or opening their wallets This is a larger scale version of its Amazon Go branded convenience stores Any item a customer touches gets added to their basket as they walk around … Read more
A baby’s bladder ballooned so big that it ‘crushed his own kidney’ due to a rare condition that triggered a build-up of urine in the organ. Six-month-old Oliver Smith suffers from Eagle-Barrett syndrome, or Prune Belly, which prevented his urethra from forming properly in the womb. It meant his body was unable to remove urine which … Read more
A Canadian woman said she ‘was preparing to die’ when she was told she had a liver tumor only to be left even more shocked when it turned out to actually be a rare parasite that she will have to treat for the rest of her life. For years, Cassidy Armstrong, 36, of Edmonton, Alberta, … Read more
Taste Of Pakistan 369 Hanworth Rd, Hounslow Rating: Taste Of Pakistan is not the sort of place you’d stumble upon. Unless, that is, you lived halfway down the Han-worth Road, deep in London’s Hounslow. But even then, you might well wander past the faded, unassuming storefront, wedged between a derelict betting shop and shuttered south … Read more
Damage to Woodford investors will be revealed in January: Payouts will start with 56% of the stricken fund sold and £1.65bn raised so far Hundreds of thousands of investors face losses following collapse of the fund They will be told what they are to receive in their first payout on January 13 These will start … Read more
A cancer-surviving toddler who was born with an abnormally large tongue has had life-changing surgery to make it smaller. Baker Roth’s parents hope the procedure will help him eat and breathe easier, and allow him to make sounds so he can eventually talk. The 19-month-old was born with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), a rare overgrowth disorder … Read more