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A two-year-old has been seriously injured after being hit by an e-bike in Clacton, Essex.

Buckingham Palace appeared to suggest that another one of the late Queen's grandchildren won't be taking an official royal title.

To neighbours Patrick and Lindsay Clancy seemed like a typical young couple. Yet on a chilly winter's day three years ago, the lives of these outwardly normal, middle-class parents were consumed by tragedy...

Pet owners are being warned to avoid the cyanobacteria algae, which grows faster during hot and dry weather and typically blooms in still bodies of water.

For almost a decade, Julie Lord's evenings followed the same pattern: a glass of Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc that would always inevitably turn into a whole bottle.

Feet are probably the hardest working part of our bodies but they rarely get any appreciation. In fact, they usually only get our attention when they start making their presence known - by their smell.

Count Binface won just over a quarter of the votes cast

Astronomers using JWST have found three actively feeding supermassive black holes in the distant galaxy J0148-4214, seen as it existed about 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang. Two sit just 620 light-years apart near the galaxy's center and are expected to merge within a few hundred million years. Phys.org reports: Theories of galaxy evolution -- based on observations -- suggest that, early in the history of the universe, galaxies came very close to one another and merged. In the process, black holes at their centers also merged, giving rise to even more massive black holes at the centers of the merged galaxies. The analysis yields black hole masses of approximately 80 million, 0.6 million and 2 million solar masses. The most massive black hole is accreting at a lower rate than the nearby black hole with a mass of 0.6 million solar masses, which is actively feeding and even exceeding the maximum accretion rate predicted by basic theories of black hole growth (the Eddington limit). "The JWST data allowed us not only to identify the three black holes, but also to estimate their masses, accretion rates and the stellar mass of the galaxy," says Dr. Giovanni Mazzolari, second author of the study and researcher at MPE. "We find a total stellar mass of about 1.3 billion solar masses, and the black holes represent a significant fraction of that." The central black hole pair is expected to merge within the next few hundred million years. "These results are extremely exciting," adds Roberto Maiolino, professor at the University of Cambridge and co-author of the study. "They suggest that black hole merging may be an additional, fast route for their rapid growth in the early universe." The third black hole, located off-nucleus, may be the remnant of a previous merger, be displaced from the center by a gravitational recoil kick, or be currently migrating inward. The findings have been published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

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The event sees thousands attend each year

Fernandez returned to training earlier this week after the World Cup and the Blues gave their Premier League rivals a deadline of Friday at 5PM to make a move for the 25-year-old.

The Met Office and BBC Weather have warned of a potential risk of thunderstorms across Essex tonight after months of dry weather.

The Met Office and BBC Weather have warned of a potential risk of thunderstorms across Essex tonight after months of dry weather.

Are you now officially an eclipse chaser after watching the sun and the moon play with the light this week? Trips to witness the next major event are already booking up, but some are still available.

Pictures have shown the mass Reform UK celebrations taking place at an estate in Great Oakley after Nigel Farage's win.

Pictures have shown the mass Reform UK celebrations taking place at an estate in Great Oakley after Nigel Farage's win.

Margot Robbie is said to have made a staggering $50million (£37million) for starring in and producing Barbie, amid fears the sequel has stalled over salary negotiations.

Even if your hardware is secure, quantum-ready, encrypted, and future-proof, no one is immune to a supplier letting the side down

Olivia Attwood delighted fans as she gave a sneak peek of her boyfriend Pete Wicks in her latest Instagram photo dump on Friday.

A single vehicle crash is causing length delays for drivers in Chelmsford with the road closed in both directions.

Firefighters have tackled a blaze close to the Hylands Estate within the central reservation on the A414.