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The little line of an apostrophe might seem relatively insignificant in itself, but one man’s failure to include it could end up costing him thousands.  The potentially costly blunder was made last year by real estate agent Anthony Zadravic, from Australia, who appeared to accuse his former employer Stuart Gan in a Facebook post of …

Football Focus host Alex Scott was left in tears when she discovered her ancestors owned slaves, as she looked into her family history for BBC One’s Who Do You Think You Are? The 18th series of the BBC show kicked off this week, with comedian Josh Widdecombe, Dame Judi Dench and Scott among those going …

Experts have predicted a solar storm could have a ‘direct hit’ on Earth today, October 11, potentially causing geomagnetic disruption. The prediction comes from forecasters at the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), part of the United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), who issued a geomagnetic storm warning yesterday. Experts described the solar storm …

A budget airline in Ukraine has decided to ditch uniforms involving skirts and high heels in favour of trousers and more comfortable trainers.  Anyone who’s ever worn heels will know that the time between putting them on and starting to feel an uncomfortable pain in your feet is tragically short, so naturally they’re not the …

A father is suing an Illinois police department after officers opened an urn containing his daughter’s ashes and allegedly ‘desecrated’ it during a traffic stop.  The incident took place in April 2020, when Dartavius Barnes of Springfield, Illinois was stopped for speeding and running a stop sign, according to a police report detailing the situation. …

Tipped Minimum Wage In US Hasn’t Increased From $2.13 An Hour For 30 Years by : Emily Brown on : 13 Jun 2021 17:06 PA Images Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders drew attention this week to the fact that while billionaires’ wealth has continued to increase over the last 30 years, tipped minimum wage hasn’t changed by a single penny.  Sanders, who is an independent politician, highlighted the increasing income and wealth disparity with four simple statements shared on Twitter yesterday...

Animal Revived After Surviving 24,000 Years Frozen In Siberian Permafrost by : Emily Brown on : 08 Jun 2021 09:38 Michael Plewka/PA Images A microscopic animal known as a bdelloid rotifer has been revived after being frozen for 24,000 years in Siberian permafrost.  Russian scientists found the multi-celled organism in a core of frozen soil extracted with a drilling rig from the Alayeza River in the Russian Arctic, after which they allowed it to thaw. Advert The research, published this week in...

A woman has filed a lawsuit against Arkansas State Police after an officer who was attempting to get her to pull over caused her to flip her car while she was pregnant.  The incident took placed last June, when Arkansas resident Nicole Harper was driving near Jacksonville and noticed police officer Rodney Dunn signalling for …

Rapper Lil Loaded Dies, 20, A Day Before Court Hearing For Friend’s Death by : Emily Brown on : 01 Jun 2021 07:23 Lil Loaded/Instagram 6locc 6a6y, has died aged 20.  The rapper, whose real name was Dashawn Robertson, was born in San Bernardino, California, before moving to Dallas, Texas, as a child, where he later found fame. Advert 10 Ashkan Mehryari, an attorney for Robertson, confirmed the news of his rapper’s passing in an email to Billboardon Monday, May 31. His death is said t...

<p>A handful of cheetahs are set to be reintroduced into India more than 70 years after the animals were hunted to local extinction in the country.  Through India’s first international big cat reintroduction project, five male cheetahs and three females donated by Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) of South Africa will be brought from Namibia and <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/cheetahs-to-be-finally-reintroduced-to-india-after-last-were-hunted-to-local-extinction...