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DIY savvy couple with 4 kids transform dining room in just three days for £600 A DIY savvy couple have transformed their dining room to accommodate their growing family for just £600 in three days. Lesley Swales, 57, and 48-year-old Paul Parkin, rolled up their sleeves and built bench seating and a table from scratch […]
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In a study led by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers, scientists found that five genes may play a critical role in determining whether a person will suffer from Lewy body dementia, a devastating disorder that riddles the brain with clumps of abnormal protein deposits called Lewy bodies. Lewy bodies are also a hallmark of […]
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A mum ‘fat-shamed by a camel’ on a holiday with her pals shed a whopping 10st – and then scooped the top prize in a bodybuilding competition. Carla Sheard, who ballooned to 18st at her heaviest while binge-eating takeaways and sweet treats, shrunk to a petite size 8 after hitting the gym and eating healthy, […]
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Here he comes again then, running in from the Fort End, a flat and disobliging pitch underneath, and a new ball with which to work. This is Jimmy Anderson’s 19th year in Test cricket, and his 157th Test, not that any of that seems to make much difference. As his teammate Mark Wood said at […]
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New research from McMaster University has found that psychiatric help for mothers with postpartum depression results in healthy changes in the brains of their babies. The study, published in the journal Depression and Anxiety this week, found treating mothers who had postpartum depression with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) not only helped the moms, but resulted […]
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China’s president, Xi Jinping, has sent out a warning to Joe Biden that he risks a new cold war if he continues with the protectionist policies of his predecessor, Donald Trump. In an address to the virtual World Economic Forum event, Xi called for a multilateral approach to solving the economic crisis caused by Covid-19 […]
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Go get ’em, vault hunter. The Borderlands Legendary Collection is going cheap on Amazon as part of a bigger deal around Take 2’s games. Including Borderlands 1, 2 and the Pre-Sequel, it’s a solid translation of the famous madcap shoot-and-loot sci-fi games (though doesn’t include the third games of the series). Not only that, but […]
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A black plumber said he suspects his race may have factored into a decision to arrest him after a client reported £10,000 missing from her home. Paul Peters, from Aigburth, spent five hours in police custody and two months on bail before the charges were dropped, despite Merseyside Police being aware that his client hadn’t […]
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The opening day of the second Test in Galle was an absorbing arm-wrestle for control and one in which experience very much came to fore. Jimmy Anderson claimed three wickets on his England return but it was an unbeaten 107 from Angelo Mathews that left Sri Lanka the happier at stumps. When the imposing Mathews […]
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University of Illinois Chicago is one of the U.S. sites participating in clinical trials to cure severe red blood congenital diseases such as sickle cell anemia or Thalassemia by safely modifying the DNA of patients’ blood cells. The first cases treated with this approach were recently published in an article co-authored by Dr. Damiano Rondelli, […]
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