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Chocolatey treats are permitted today but parents watching children scoff a Cadbury Creme Egg might be surprised to learn just how much sugar the seasonal candy packs in.

Martin O'Donovan, 46, was fatally injured around 11.45pm on Friday night in the upmarket suburb of Woolton, in Liverpool.

The town it resides in has some controversial opinions about how nice it really is

Seven statues, including the Millicent Fawcett statue, were defaced with graffiti during a protest against the Supreme Court ruling on Saturday.

JLo performed her first headline show at a Formula One Grand Prix for 11 years as she thrilled fans in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - but not before she was the subject of a painful joke.

Discover magazine reports that a team of researchers have produced evidence that the ancient building blocks for water have been here on earth "since early in the planet's history, according to a study published in the journal Icarus." Pinpointing when and where Earth's hydrogen [originated] is an essential key to understanding how life arose on the planet. Without hydrogen, there's no water, and without water, life can't exist here. Ironically, researchers turned to a meteorite containing hydrogen to prove that such former bodies did not provide the H2 ingredient of water's H2O recipe. They examined a rare type of meteorite — known as an enstatite chondrite — that was built similarly to early Earth 4.5 billion years ago and the team discovered hydrogen present in the chemical. The logic is that if this material resembling early Earth's composition can contain hydrogen, so too could the young planet.... Since the proto-Earth was made of material similar to enstatite chondrites, by the time the immature planet had grown large enough to be struck by asteroids, it would have already stashed enough hydrogen to explain Earth's present-day water supply.Although this study likely won't resolve the debate over Earth's original water source, it tilts the ta ble toward an internal, not external one. "We now think that the material that built our planet — which we can study using these rare meteorites — was far richer in hydrogen than we thought previously," James Bryson, an Oxford professor and an author of the paper, said in a press release. "This finding supports the idea that the formation of water on Earth was a natural process, rather than a fluke of hydrated asteroids bombarding our planet after it formed."

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Suzanne Timms was reading an old newspaper article about a woman's remains being found in a remote forest in Oregon when something stopped her in her tracks.

Property investor Eddie Dilleen, Booby Tape co-founders Bianca and Bridgett Roccisano and The Quick Flick founder Iris Smit all have something in common - they started from nothing.

A Washington nuclear site that was used in World War II and was dubbed the 'underground Chernobyl ' is a disaster waiting to happen.

The Dublin-born sports presenter says she's exhilarated to mark a big birthday she never thought she'd see following two cancer diagnosis.

Rebel Wilson has pulled out all the stops for Easter. 

A Perth mother took her 9-year-old daughter for a makeup session - only to be met with judgmental looks. But the mum hit back in a viral Facebook post offering a devastating explanation.

While the eighth amendment states that prisoners should not be subjected to 'cruel and unusual punishment', botched executions continue to happen with astonishing regularity

The 55-year-old is one of Donald Trump's closest allies, with the president joining him at UFC 314 in Miami, Florida last weekend.

Famed Australian scientist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki has weighed in on the controversy surrounding Jeff Bezo's all-female Blue Origin space flight.

A man has revealed how running 'saved his life' after the grief of tragically losing his mother - prompting him to start a coaching app that is now helping people train for the London Marathon.

Denmark's royal family arrived at the lavish Royal Theatre's Old Stage in Copenhagen yesterday evening to mark Queen Mary and King Frederik X's second child's coming of age.

Prince Harry has long held the reputation for being the 'resident joker' of the Royal Family so it is no wonder he knows just what button to press to make Meghan Markle, 43, crumble into fits of laughter.

Where can you go if you want to mix some urbanity with glorious sunshine? New research by holiday rental platform Holidu analysed Europe's sunniest cities.

Clinton Harrison was on the first tee with Suzanne Cherry, 62, when she was hit by the van which was being chased by police.