Girl, six, with 'heat rash' rushed to hospital with 'Pac-Man disease'
Esmae Smith has been in hospital since April as doctors fight to stop the illness
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: The people of Makerfield (and Britain) deserve better than cynical, self-serving spiv Andy Burnham. We're in the middle of an anti-democratic stitch-up
Extra, extra, read all about it! Andy Burnham is 'wargaming' a snap general election after his 'honeymoon' period on becoming Prime Minister. No he isn't.
Claude celebrates Anthropic's stock market float with blockbuster ... outage
Chatbot has no respect for timing of its maker's financial announcement
'Something had to give': Why KSI REALLY left The Sidemen as insiders tell CODIE BULLEN about new project, role of his mystery partner... and how the rest of the group reacted to his news
He's one of Britain's most successful social media stars and built an impressive career, having made his name as part of the hugely successful YouTube group The Sidemen.
Comedy legend Bobby Davro, 67, reveals he is battling prostate cancer three years after the tragic death of his fiancée Vicky Wright
Comedy legend Bobby Davro has revealed he is battling prostate cancer three years after the tragic death of his fiancée Vicky Wright and two years after his stroke.
Brother and father of Essex teen's killer to face weapons charges
The father and brother of convicted murderer Vickrum Digwa are facing charges related to alleged weapons offences, dated back to the day Henry Nowak was killed.
Brother and father of Essex teen's killer to face weapons charges
The father and brother of convicted murderer Vickrum Digwa are facing charges related to alleged weapons offences, dated back to the day Henry Nowak was killed.
MAGA influencer admits attacking woman after her German boyfriend 'racially abused family' at London Tube station
Melissa Rein Lively, 40, an American founder of the anti-woke PR firm America First PR, admitted her involvement in the incident and has agreed to pay compensation by July 14.
HPE declares Juniper deal a 'home run' as AI and networking fuel record quarter
Networking orders surged, AI demand showed little sign of slowing, and HPE used the occasion to take a victory lap over its $14 billion Juniper bet
Taste of nostalgia! The frozen favourites from your childhood that no longer exist - as the freezer section goes posh with £4.50 M&S olive oil ice cream and Waitrose's £12.50 Whole Lobster
In years gone by, frozen food was all about speed and convenience foods on a budget, with TV dinners, naughty sweet treats, and filling sides sorted for loose change and in a matter of moments.
Has Big Green Egg trend finally cracked? £4,500 charcoal oven named 'Bertha' - loved by Michelin-starred chefs - is set to be this summer's must-have BBQ for big spenders
Lancaster-based company Bertha Ovens is set to rival US invention the Big Green Egg as this summer's most lusted after BBQ.
Man stabbed with scissors in 'unprovoked' attack at Wethersfield asylum centre
The victim had suffered two stab wounds to his head and to the back of his left thigh
M&S boss: Britain has 'rarely' been 'less friendly to growth' after Labour tax hikes
Archie Norman said that the company's role was to 'ride the waves' of higher taxes but that that smaller firms have suffered more - resulting in the continued 'decline' of local High Streets.
My life as a slave for Opus Dei: How two sisters endured seven years of hell trapped in Catholic 'cult'. Read it in The Crime Desk newsletter
When Sheila Joyce turned 10 and enrolled at a local cookery school it was the first step towards becoming a 'slave' for the Catholic sect Opus Dei. Read it in The Crime Desk newsletter.
Grandfather's £145,000 estate is wiped out instead of being passed on to his family because of plummeting value of his 'unsellable' retirement flat
Antony Whelton, known as Tony, purchased an apartment for £185,950 in 2008 that ultimately proved impossible to sell - with other flats now being listed for as little as £7,500.
I was on a cruise with Shirley Ballas and witnessed her diva-like behaviour first-hand, reveals ALEX DOYLE. The BBC doesn't know the half of it...
Along with a group of other journalists, I had been invited on to the ship by a cruise company to promote its line and, ironically, Shirley Ballas herself. I'm sad to say, I felt bullied by her.
DR MAX PEMBERTON: This 11p tablet could help every woman over 50 with a wine habit. Even one glass a night has an insidious effect on your health - but there's an easy fix. I take it myself
Walk into any pharmacy, health store or trendy cafe and you'll see rows of it on sale, offered in every variety from tablets and powders to fizzy drinks.
I stayed in the Baden-Baden hotel with the England players' families 20 years ago. It'll NEVER be allowed again - and this is why: rows in the bar, Cheryl Cole's snark and the painful revenge the WAGs got on the media
EXCLUSIVE BY OLIVER HOLT: It was early evening in the Oleander Bar at the Brenners Park Hotel in the pretty German spa town of Baden-Baden when Victoria Beckham came over to talk.
POLL OF THE DAY: Are Reform's backers driven by ideology rather than protest, as top pollster claims?
Professor Sir John Curtice said his latest analysis was that the insurgent party's supporters are a 'coalition' of people with 'distinct socially conservative views' .
Google Requests Permission to Release 32 Million Mosquitoes In California and Florida
Google has asked the EPA for permission to release up to 32 million sterile male mosquitoes in California and Florida over two years. The effort is part of the company's Debug program, which uses Wolbachia-infected males to reduce populations of disease-spreading Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Google cites a similar approach in Singapore that helped suppress mosquito populations and reduce dengue cases. The Guardian reports: As part of its successful "Debug" program, Google is tapping into its tech expertise to raise an army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower the number of illness-spreading bugs. Mosquitoes -- the world's deadliest animal -- kill more people than any other creature in the world every year by spreading lethal diseases such as dengue, West Nile virus, Zika, chikungunya and malaria.
A notice (PDF) from the federal register shows the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing Google's request to release up to 16 million mosquitoes annually, in Florida and California, over the span of two years. The EPA will decide whether to greenlight Google's request for an experimental use permit after a public comment period, which ends on 5 June.
Male mosquitoes don't bite or carry disease. One of the main approaches Google is testing involves rearing male mosquitoes with a naturally occurring bacteria, called wolbachia, which stops them from having offspring with wild female mosquitoes. When an infected male tries to mate with a wild female, her eggs won't hatch; Google explains in a blog post: "the population gets smaller with each generation."
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