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The Queensland mum charged with the murder of her three-year-old daughter described her little girl as her 'divine baby'. 

The British Medical Association is urging members to support up to six months of walkouts, with fears nurses, teachers and other public sector workers could follow.

One in three adults (33 per cent) admit to snacking every night, with more than two in three (68 per cent) opting for the likes of chocolates, sweets and biscuits.

A mother-in-law has been slammed for the 'disrespectful' dress she plans to wear to her son's wedding that bares a striking resemblance to a bridal gown.

Fingringhoe is a small village in Essex which is known for having a name that always makes people laugh - but it has a lot more to offer than just a chuckle

Chipmaker Hygon, which recently teased a 128-core, 512-thread CPU, merges with server-maker Sugon

China has spawned a supercomputing contender.…

Researchers at King's College London have discovered a link between abdominal fat and a painful chronic inflammatory skin condition.

King Frederik X of Denmark celebrated his 57th birthday yesterday on the balcony at Amalienborg Palace. But royal watchers' couldn't help but notice the way the King interacted with his wife, Queen Mary

Taiwan's tech expo dishes up the usual oddities - some less bonkers than they seem

Computex  Taiwan’s Computex conference sprawls across four exhibition halls in which almost 1,500 exhibitors jostle for attention.…

Pete Goodman, 48, served as the Operations and Training Manager for S&G Security, making him a fixture on Colchester’s bars and clubs

Macmillan Cancer Support is a charity close to their hearts.

It might not technically be in Essex any more, but to many people that live there it always will be

Nikon will raise prices on its cameras and imaging products in the United States starting June 23, citing President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese-made goods as the reason for what the company calls a "necessary price adjustment." The Japanese camera maker joins a growing list of photography equipment manufacturers implementing price increases, including Canon, Sony, Leica, and lens maker Sigma. Nikon told investors the tariffs could slash its profits by 10 billion yen ($70 million) in the upcoming fiscal year, though the company has not disclosed which specific products will see increases or by how much prices will rise.

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DISPATCH BY DOMINIC KING: How could this happen? One moment there was a tickertape explosion, the sky thick with plumes of red smoke, the new smell of celebration.

The list of hapless nitwits who rejected megastars-to-be is a long one, but none blundered more badly than Thomas Cadell, writes Christopher Stevens.

Details of the Commons Speaker's staffing bill, obtained by the Mail, reveal it has ballooned to more than £1 million a year.

The study, by the Marriage Foundation think-tank, found the level of family breakdown has increased fivefold since the 1970s and has reached 'epidemic proportions'.

New submitter zuki shares an obit published at The Register: John Young, the co-founder of the legendary internet archive Cryptome, died at the age of 89 on March 28. The Register talked to friends and peers who gave tribute to a bright, pugnacious man who was devoted to the public's right to know. Before WikiLeaks, OpenLeaks, BayFiles, or Transparency Toolkit, there was Cryptome - an open internet archive that inspired them all, helped ignite the first digital crypto war, and even gave Julian Assange his start before falling out with him on principle.

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The Lady T, based in Eastbourne, East Sussex, was held in Boulogne-sur-Mer, at risk of confiscation, after being intercepted by the Pluvier, a French Navy Ship, on Thursday.

Kid Cudi sensationally revealed on the stand of Diddy's sex trafficking trial last week that his $140,000 Porsche was blown up after the hip hop mogul found out he had been seeing his girlfriend.