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Designers from across the globe gathered for Paris Fashion Week to push style boundaries - with one creator's statement pieces standing out among the rest.

Slashdot covered the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest in 2008 and 2010 — though it's been running since 1983. Entrants competed to write the worst-possible first sentence for a novel, in a contest started by English professor Scott E. Rice at San Jose State University (which sponsored the contest). In its first year it drew over 10,000 entries! Over the years the bad first sentences were even collected into actual books (that were edited by Rice). But after 43 years, Rice delivered his own disappointing first sentence. "It is with deep regrets that I announce the conclusion of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest." Being a year and a half older than Joseph Biden, I find the BLFC becoming increasingly burdensome and would like to put myself out to pasture while I still have some vim and vigor! When I initiated the competition in 1983, inviting entrants to submit bad opening sentences to imaginary novels, I never dreamed that we would receive thousands of entrants from all over the U.S. and the globe, or that the contest would survive for over four decades. I am especially grateful to our entrants for keeping the contest alive and to our Panel of Undistinguished Judges who dutifully selected each year's "winners." And, of course, I would like to thank my daughter, EJ, who has been indispensable the last several years of the contest. It's been 42 good years but, alas, all good things must come to an end. Rest assured we're keeping the BLFC spirit alive by maintaining our archive for posterity so that generations and generations hence may witness your greatness! His daughter EJ added their own words of thanks: Lastly, any little bit you could spare towards helping us keep the archive going (a few bucks is great!) would be greatly appreciated (EJ's Venmo is @elizabeth-rice-12). Thank you so much for your joy and enthusiasm — the noble Bulweriers have made working on the contest a treasure!!

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The owners blamed rising costs, as the government hikes up minimum wage and national insurance contributions, as well as sharp fuel price rises.

Meghan Markle is back on our screens - this time with a new cookery and lifestyle show, 'With Love, Meghan' and FEMAIL tried out some of the Duchess of Sussex's latest recipes.

Queues form outside the station and staff even help customers fill up their cars

Michelle Keegan has provided an update on the future of her hit BBC show Ten Pound Poms, as she is soon set to become a parent for the first time with husband Mark Wright

Next time you run into your local cafe to use the toilet always check the loo roll.

JD Vance issued a scathing message on social media for protestors he met while walking with his toddler.

In a video captured by an onlooker and posted to both X and Instagram , the thugs, dressed in all black, are initially seen whizzing along a street on their mopeds before slowing down at a crossroad.

Damaged corneas were repaired at a Harvard teaching hospital in a unique clinical trial, reports New Atlas: Since it's on the frontline of potential hazards from the outside world, the cornea features a population of limbal epithelial stem cells, which repair minor damage to keep the surface smooth and functional... The new study, conducted by scientists at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, investigated a new treatment called cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cells (CALEC). This involves removing stem cells from a patient's uninjured eye, growing their population in the lab for a few weeks, then surgically transplanting them into the injured eye. The phase 1/2 trial recruited 14 patients to undergo the procedure, and followed them for 18 months afterwards... By the first checkup at three months, the corneas of seven (50%) of the participants had been completely restored. By the 12-month mark, that number had increased to 11 (79%) patients. Two other participants met the definition for partial success, so the team claims an overall success rate of 92% for CALEC.

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Dogs of all shapes and sizes have arrived at Birmingham 's National Exhibition Centre this morning for the Crufts finale.

Rebecca Holloway, 31, died at Low Newton Prison, County Durham, on Thursday, February 13, after being jailed for 12-and-a-half years at Teesside Crown Court in 2020.

From the likes of Kathy Bates and Sharon Osbourne to Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey, there are a number of stars who have credited the drug for their weight loss.

Russian special forces crept miles through a gas pipeline near the town of Sudzha in an attempt to surprise Ukrainian forces as part of a major offensive to eject Ukrainian soldiers from Kursk.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard has issued Luigi Mangione a blunt warning about the mail flooding in from his loyal fanbase.

Tzipi Hotovely, has demanded that the London School of Economics immediately cancel the event promoting a book that she warns will 'grow support' for the terrorist organisation.

Locals have been warned the smell is likely to get worse

Graeme Hicks, 32, was arrested last year after he boarded a bus in Braintree and sexually assaulted passengers. He was due for sentence on Friday.

Various roads have been scheduled to close across Essex, with new proposals for 20mph Zones submitted by Essex County Council in some residential areas.

The Real Housewives Of Cheshire star, 40, and her now husband jetted off to the south pacific for their nuptials, with no family or friends in attendance.