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Cllr Martin Terry has called the behaviour 'disgraceful'

This is the moment a pub landlord carries out the 'greatest ever' pool shot before going viral.

Kimberley Cook (pictured) was admitted to St Mary's Hospital - on the Isle of Wight - where her condition deteriorated 'very, very quickly'.

Multiple areas will have orders placed on them over Halloween

Behind their bright orange flesh lies a wealth of nutrients-and health benefits which can power you through autumn and beyond.

She is currently in custody, arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer

Aysel Gencay, 72, had a rift with brother Dogan Halil, 74, after she accused him of taking possession of the basement at the family's Islington home for his own benefit.

Volunteers in Penarth, South Wales, were allegedly met with 'abuse and threats' as they placed poppies and the flags on a lamp post ahead of Remembrance Day.

A mathematical proof has finally debunked the idea that we live in a simulation, according to a group of international researchers.

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alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: It is known in the scientific community that if you have a self-sustained oscillation, such as an arteriole, and you add an external stimulus at a similar but not identical frequency, you can lock the two, meaning you can shift the frequency of the oscillator to that of the external stimulus. In fact, it has been shown that if you connect two clocks, they will eventually synchronize their ticking. Distinguished Professor of Physics and Neurobiology David Kleinfeld found that if he applied an external stimulus to a neuron, the entire vasculature would lock at the same frequency. However, if he stimulated two sets of neurons at two different frequencies, something unexpected happened: some arterioles would lock at one frequency and others would lock at another frequency, forming a staircase effect. Searching for an explanation, Kleinfeld enlisted the help of his colleague, Professor of Physics Massimo Vergassola, who specializes in understanding the physics of living systems, and then recruited Ecole Normale Superieure graduate student Marie Sellier-Prono and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Complex Systems Massimo Cencini. Together, the researchers found they could use a classical model of coupled oscillators with an intestinal twist. The gut oscillates naturally due to peristalsis -- the contracting and relaxing of muscles in the digestive tract -- and provided a simplified model over the complex network of blood vessels in the brain. The intestine is unidirectional, meaning frequencies shift in one direction in a gradient from higher to lower. This is what enables food to move in one direction from the beginning of the small intestine to the end of the large intestine. "Coupled oscillators talk to each other and each section of the intestine is an oscillator that talks to the other sections near it," stated Vergassola. "Normally, coupled oscillators are studied in a homogeneous setting, meaning all the oscillators are at more or less similar frequencies. In our case, the oscillators were more varied, just as in the intestine and the brain." In studying the coupled oscillators in the gut, past researchers observed that there is indeed a staircase effect where similar frequencies lock onto those around it, allowing for the rhythmic movement of food through the digestive tract. But the height of the rises or breaks, the length of the stair runs or frequencies, and the conditions under which the staircase phenomenon occurred -- essential features of biological systems -- was something which had not been determined until now. The findings have been published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

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Home bargains are recalling three cult Milka chocolate bars over fears they could trigger a fatal allergic reaction after it emerged they had been mislabeled.

The government's evidence to the NHS pay review body has delivered a stark warning that any increase above that level next year could force cuts to services and staff.

The well-heeled residents of Kensington and Chelsea have once again turned their million-pound mansions in to a spooktactular spectacle for Halloween this year.

Sugababes star Mutya Buena presented a striking look at the Glamour Women Of The Year Awards on Thursday night.

Known as Nanotyrannus lancensis, this new dinosaur was a distant cousin of T.Rex, according to researchers from North Carolina State University.

The Celebrity Traitors' five finalists were revealed after an action-packed penultimate episode which saw a murder in plain sight and a final roundtable slanging match.

From now on, the former Duke of York will simply be known as Mr Andrew Mountbatten Windsor - losing even his birth title of prince.

The meat-free brand THIS™ is urgently recalling one of its popular chicken products due to two undeclared allergens.

Sudanese fighter Abu Lulu - whose real name is Brigadier General Al-Fateh Abdullah Idris - has been called the 'butcher of the century' on social media.