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The innovative method of pest control has seen tens of thousands of octopuses released into the sea to take on the blue crabs.

Forecasters the Met Office and the BBC have forecast heavy rain and thunderstorms across most of Essex today, as drivers are warned of floods to key routes.

Forecasters the Met Office and the BBC have forecast heavy rain and thunderstorms across most of Essex today, as drivers are warned of floods to key routes.

Heavy rain and thunder has been forecast across most parts of Essex this morning ahead of a what is expected to be a very wet day across the county.

Heavy rain and thunder has been forecast across most parts of Essex this morning ahead of a what is expected to be a very wet day across the county.

It's perhaps the most versatile product sitting in your fridge. Yoghurt is a staple in 90 per cent of UK households, bought 2.7 billion times a year across the country.

There was a sprinkling of magic in the air at the Leicester Square Odeon in London last night.

Joey King and Maisie Williams both turned heads with stylish outfits at the Practical Magic 2 premiere held at the Leicester Square Odeon in London on Tuesday night.

Furious neighbours living near the Hammersmith Ram yesterday condemned the move as 'absolutely shameful', claiming the high street is already plagued by similar stores.

The 57-year-old actress was joined by new boyfriend Jim Curtis as she met up with Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow for dinner in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.

The English actor, 49, had been slated to co-star in the independent thriller with Priyanka Chopra , who is also a producer on the project.

A French court has for the first time recognized cosmic radiation as a contributing occupational factor in a flight attendant's breast cancer, alongside passive smoking and years of night work. The landmark ruling could open the door to similar claims from other aircrew, as research continues to link long-term high-altitude flying with elevated exposure to radiation-related cancers. The BBC reports: Sophie Lainault, a 59 year-old former stewardess on Air France, sought to have her cancer recognized as an occupational disease, brought on by conditions at work. This has now been confirmed in a landmark court ruling in the southwestern town of Bayonne, which said that cosmic radiation was one of three carcinogenic hazards arising from her profession. [...] As stewardess and later purser on Air France airliners, Lainault clocked up 12,600 flight hours between 1989 and 2019. More than half of these were at night. Many long-distance high-altitude flights from Paris would have taken her near the North Pole, where exposure to radiation from space -- strictly speaking particles from the sun and other stars -- is the most intense. A study this month at the Harvard Medical School in the US found that flight attendants and pilots had the highest level of radiation-related cancer deaths among more than 500 different professions. In all, about 6.9% of deaths among flight attendants and 6.7% of deaths among pilots were from radiation-related cancers, according to the analysis. These proportions were higher than for other professions including nuclear technologists, who are routinely exposed to radiation from non-cosmic sources yet placed 12th on the list, the authors said. "In France the link between breast cancer and certain hazards has been established for a number of professions, such as nurses ... but this is the first time for an air-hostess," said Lainault's lawyer Elisabeth Leroux.

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Shoppers have been shunning Britain's sweltering high streets according to new industry figures to show evidence of weak consumer demand.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man accused of masterminding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks will finally face trial in 2028, a judge declared on Wednesday.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said ministers weren't doing enough to prevent asylum seekers falling into poverty, and that more should be given access to benefits.

Just days after two South Florida businessmen perished in a horrific helicopter crash in Kenya, their Coral Gables home was ransacked by two greedy burglars.

The legendary actor died on Tuesday night at his Los Angeles home at the age of 80. Newly released 911 audio has given more insight on what happened.

Britain is more exposed than any other major economy to disruption by artificial intelligence (AI), new research suggests.

Jesy Nelson has 'hard launched' her new relationship with her boyfriend Ben Davies by sharing the first photo of him on her Instagram page.

Graham Norton's promising new show The Neighbourhood has been axed after it was panned by viewers and received poor ratings.