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Just when you thought it was safe … the shark movie is back for more
Shark-themed films are enjoying a boom in 2026, with roughly half a dozen releases already this year coinciding with Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week. The genre’s enduring appeal lies in sharks occupying a middle ground between everyday reality and horror-movie menace, since audiences know real sharks exist and can be dangerous, even though cinematic depictions…
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An Extreme Solar Storm May Be Even More Devastating Than Previously Imagined
New research suggests that scientists may have significantly underestimated how severely Earth could be affected by an extreme solar storm on the scale of the 1859 Carrington Event, a once-in-a-thousand-years phenomenon that caused telegraph systems to fail and produced aurorae as far south as Cuba. The study challenges a long-held assumption that Earth’s magnetic field…
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Zoo staff rescue near-extinct snails from remote rock
Chester Zoo conservationists have successfully reintroduced 300 captive-bred Madeiran land snails to a remote rock on Bugio Island, part of Portugal’s Madeira archipelago, after the species was nearly wiped out in the wild. The rescue matters because just 21 of the tiny snails were originally found clinging to the rock, believed to be the last…
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‘Kill Jackie,’ Starring a Glamorous, Lethal Catherine Zeta-Jones, Acquired by Warner Bros. Discovery for HBO Max (EXCLUSIVE)
Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired the revenge thriller “Kill Jackie,” starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, for HBO Max in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, France and Belgium. The deal extends to two of HBO’s most established international streaming markets, with HBO Max reportedly on track to overtake Prime Video as Spain’s second-largest streamer by the…
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Underdogs by Louise Powell review – a powerful debut with plenty of northern soul
Louise Powell’s debut novel, Underdogs, is reviewed as a powerful and authentic portrait of Easington and Easington Colliery, former mining villages in east Durham left to decline after the pit closures of the 1980s and 90s. Set in 1998, the story follows a bereaved 10-year-old, George Wheatley, and his grieving father Reg, who are drawn…
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Millionaires flee Britain as courts, wildfires and voting rights dominate
Wealth exodus hits a 20-year low as legal battles rage over Trump’s mail-in voting order and D4vd’s murder trial, wildfires scorch France and Spain, and AI bias claims and John Stones’s Inter move round off the bulletin.
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British chickens could be fuelling surge in bug linked to bowel cancer, study suggests
A study reported by the Daily Mail suggests that chickens reared in Britain could be contributing to a rise in a bacterial infection that has been linked to bowel cancer. The findings add to growing concern among researchers about the role poultry may play in spreading pathogens capable of colonising the human gut, with potential…
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Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem
An investigation by the nonprofit AI Forensics has found that Hugging Face, a major open-source AI platform valued in the billions, is widely used to generate nonconsensual nude “deepfake” images. The finding is significant because it shows that even as US, EU and UK authorities move to crack down on “nudify” tools, a large mainstream…
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On the frontline fighting the UK’s ‘most dangerous plant’
A conservation project in County Tyrone says it is making progress in tackling giant hogweed, an invasive plant described as the UK’s most dangerous due to a sap that causes painful blistering and scarring on contact with skin. The Ballinderry Rivers Trust has been treating a source of the plant near Cookstown, focusing on areas…
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Where is best to see the Buck Moon?
The Buck Moon, the second of three consecutive summer full moons, is set to rise over the West of England on Wednesday night, offering stargazers across Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Somerset a chance to spot the orange, amber or golden orb. Peak illumination technically occurs at 15:36 BST, but as this happens below the horizon,…