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Braintree District Council is hosting a free Wealth and Health Fair on Saturday, January 25th, at Halstead Fire Station from 10 am to 3 pm.

Essex RSPCA centres and Danaher Animal Home have plenty of pets that are looking to find new owners

The pub owner says they are pleased to hear the individual has made a strong recovery

Karla Sofía Gascón, 52, from Spain , has starred in the Mexican musical comedy Emilia Pérez, which depicts a cartel boss who transitions from a man to a woman.

Taylor Swift 's ex-boyfriend, Joe Alwyn , has won over a new audience after making his debut on an American late-night talk show on Tuesday evening.

PC Ahmad Shoaib, 38, allegedly engaged in sexual activity with a 14-year-old boy while off-duty in his car in a public place on April 29, 2023.

Beth Fernley, 26, appeared in court alleged with falsely telling a man he was the father of her child for 'financial gain'.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Colossal BioSciences has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth. Dallas- and Boston-based Colossal is making strides in the scientific breakthroughs toward "de-extinction," or bringing back extinct species like the woolly mammoth, thylacine and the dodo. [...] Since launching in September 2021, Colossal has raised $435 million in total funding. This latest round of capital places the company at a $10.2 billion valuation. Colossal will leverage this latest infusion of capital to continue to advance its genetic engineering technologies while pioneering new revolutionary software, wetware and hardware solutions, which have applications beyond de-extinction including species preservation and human healthcare. "Our recent successes in creating the technologies necessary for our end-to-end de-extinction toolkit have been met with enthusiasm by the investor community. TWG Global and our other partners have been bullish in their desire to help us scale as quickly and efficiently as possible," said CEO Colossal Ben Lamm, in a statement. "This funding will grow our team, support new technology development, expand our de-extinction species list, while continuing to allow us to carry forth our mission to make extinction a thing of the past." Here's a summary of the startup's progress on its efforts to bring back the woolly mammoth, thylacine and the dodo: Woolly Mammoth De-extinction Progress - Generated chromosome-scale reference genomes for elephants and the first de novo assembled mammoth genome - Acquired and aligned 60+ ancient mammoth genomes and 30+ genomes of extant elephant species, improving mammoth-specific variant accuracy - Derived pluripotent stem cells for Asian elephants, advancing reproductive technologies essential for de-extinction Thylacine De-extinction Progress - Created a 99.9% complete ancient genome for the thylacine using long-read and RNA sequencing - Assembled telomere-to-telomere genomes of dasyurid species to understand evolutionary relationships and support conservation of marsupials - Progress in genomics and reproductive technologies positions Colossal ahead of schedule on critical de-extinction steps Dodo De-extinction Progress - Completed high-coverage genomes for the dodo, its relatives, and the critically endangered manumea - Developed tools for avian genome engineering, including techniques for craniofacial gene-editing and primordial germ cell cultivation - Significant advances in avian-specific genetic techniques are driving progress toward dodo restoration and bird conservation

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The Canadian rapper sued Universal Music Group for spreading the 'false and malicious narrative' that he is a pedophile.

A 22-year-old woman has revealed of troubling messages between her boyfriend and an older woman and says she didn't know their relationship had problems.

Angélique Angarni-Filopon, 34, has faced vitriol from online trolls since she became the oldest ever winner of the Miss France beauty pageant.

Amanda Palmer, 49, has been accused by several victims of being aware that her British writer husband was having abusive sexual relationships during the 11 years the pair spent together.

They are both comfortable and trendy

A letter was sent out to parents and carers of Flixton Girls School in Manchester which said that a man had 'walked towards' a year 7 pupil and 'lunged' at her.

President Joe Biden used the farewell speech of his 50-year-political career to issue ominous warnings about his successor Donald Trump and the wealthy allies in his inner circle.

NIK SIMON: England fly out to their warm-weather training camp in Spain next week, before the team head straight to Dublin for their Six Nations opener.

The actress, 55, and Hugh , 64, have reunited to spill the secrets of Bridget Jones and their 25-year friendship to Vogue.

The stars stepped out for a drinks reception at Nexus Club London on Wednesday after broadcaster and charity campaigner Tania received the honour.

JEMIMA CAINER: Today, the Sun, which is currently in success-oriented Capricorn, opposes retrograde Mars in emotionally centred Cancer .

Rangers and Celtic are now the dominant forces in the Scottish women's domestic game, along with Glasgow City, but struggle to achieve the commercial success of WSL teams.