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A patient has died from a confirmed case of Lassa fever, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said.

Stacey Solomon is worried she is 'boring' after an innocent Google search became not so innocent.

With rolling hills and striking valleys, the Yorkshire Dales is the place to go for wild and beautiful scenery.

If you’re a reader of this website, you probably are of the same mind as us that anything Cate Blanchett chooses to appear in is something we want to watch. Film, TV show, or if she decides to moonlight as a stand-up comedian, we’re down to give her the benefit of the doubt.

Kanye West, 44, didn’t hold back about Kim Kardashian, 41, and Pete Davidson, 28, in Fivio Foreign‘s new rap song “City of God,” which features Ye and Alicia Keys. Kanye took shots at his ex-wife’s relationship with the Saturday Night Live star on the track, amidst turmoil between the famous exes who share four children. “This afternoon, a hundred goons pullin’ up to SNL / When I pull up, it’s dead on arrival / They act like they love me, they don’t even like you,” Ye sings.The “Gold Digger” rapper also mentioned his daughter Chicago‘s 4th birthday party which, according to Kanye, Kim did not invite him to. “They threw a party, won’t even invite you / You black and you rich, they sayin’ you psycho, it’s like a cycle / If you text me anything hype you better text back and say it’s a typo.”Kanye dissed Kim and Pete’s blossoming relationship another time on the track. “And if I let ’em have my wife, n***as should thank me / With this Balenciaga and Balenci’ boots and a new blue Yankee,” he sings. Ye previously called out his ex-wife’s new boyfriend in his song “My Life Was Never Eazy” that came out in January. He mentioned beating Pete up in the track. 

Outré horror maestro Peter Strickland is back. The filmmaker behind such Eurotica, vintage, throwback classics such as “Berberian Sound Studio” (2012), “The Duke of Burgundy” (2014), and “In Fabric” (2018), returns to the Berlin Film Festival this week (today, in fact), with his latest deliciously bizarro offering, “Flux Gourmet.” The premise? Something like beef within the culinary/sonic art collective world and a whole set of egos and intestinal issues.

Tom Holland is calling Timothee Chalamet!

IN TONIGHT'S episode of EastEnders, Mick Carter will make a shocking request to Janine Butcher. After going for a drink with Angela, things turn awkward when he decides that he doesn't want to see her again. The Queen Vic landlord has to ask someone for help...

Guy Lodge Film CriticFor many of us, the first mental image prompted by the name Karen Blixen is of a radiant Meryl Streep, resplendent in oatmeal linen and undulating safari hat, romantically lit in the tawny Kenyan dusk. If you wish that to remain the case, best to steer clear of “The Pact” — not that Bille August’s flat, unflattering portrait of the older Blixen should be appointment viewing for anyone.

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Minecraft were discovered on a group of youth’s phones.As reported by Moscow Times (via Eurogamer), three teens – Nikita Uvarov, Denis Mikhailenko, and Bogdan Andreyev – were all 14 when they were arrested in 2020 for hanging political leaflets around an FSB building in Siberia. The FSB is Russia’s security service, and is the successor of the KGB.The trio have since been found guilty of “undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities,” which the state says includes plotting to blow up an FSB building they had constructed in Minecraft.This was discovered via the teens’ phones, which – as well as showing a plot to blow up the building in Minecraft – allegedly also included videos of them making pyrotechnics and throwing Molotov cocktails at a wall.Now, Uvarov has been issued a five year sentence to be carried out at a penal colony, whilst Mikhailenko and Andreyev were given three and four-year suspended sentences respectively.Before being given a harsher sentence for his part in the Minecraft “plot”, Uvarov was kept at a pre-trial detention centre where he says he was put under mental and physical pressure.In his closing statement to court, Uvarov said “I am not a terrorist, I am not guilty,” and added that he “would just like to finish my studies, get an education and go somewhere far away from here, somewhere I don’t irritate anyone from the special services.”Earlier in the week, it was announced that the ‘My Wedding Stories‘ pack for The Sims 4 will not launch in Russia due to the country’s homophobic law.

Liam Gallagher has confirmed that Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig will feature on his upcoming new solo album ‘C’MON YOU KNOW’ on a track called ‘Moscow Rules’.The follow-up to Gallagher’s 2019 LP ‘Why Me? Why Not.’ is set for release on May 27, and was previewed recently by the single ‘Everything’s Electric’.‘Everything’s Electric’ was co-written by Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, and Gallagher has now confirmed that Koenig is another big-name contributor to the record.Speaking to Jasper Leijdens on the KINK IN TOUCH WITH podcast this week, Gallagher revealed that the Vampire Weekend frontman features on a track called ‘Moscow Rules’.“Ezra plays some mad instruments on a song called ‘Moscow Rules’,” Gallagher said. “We wrote that one together with Andrew [Wyatt].”The official tracklist for ‘C’MON YOU KNOW’ has yet to be announced, but you can pre-order the record here.Gallagher performed his latest single ‘Everything’s Electric’ live for the first time earlier this week at this year’s BRIT Awards.The former Oasis frontman is set to tour this year in support of ‘C’MON YOU KNOW’, including two sold-out gigs at Knebworth.

Beyond Good And Evil 2 is still only in the pre-production stage at Ubisoft.This comes from a recent Bloomberg report that had spoken to developers on the title. In video games pre-production often refers to the planning phase, where certain concepts and ideas are being fine-tuned and outlined, although no such specifics are given in the Bloomberg article.Beyond Good And Evil 2 was announced at Ubisoft’s E3 2017 presentation five years ago, and it was said that the game would have multiple planets to explore and use a procedural generation tool in its design.It was also announced at E3 2018 that HitRecord – founded by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt – would be crowdsourcing fan work to put into the game.

Kirstie Allsopp has taken to social media to share her thoughts on wearing masks.The star called out how Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton are leading by example as they wear reusable face coverings.In a message to her Twitter account earlier today, Kirstie was angry at the number of disposable face masks being used.She shared an image of Prince William wearing a reusable face covering to illustrate her point.Kirstie penned in view of her 426,000 followers: “Whenever possible ⁦@KensingtonRoyal⁩ wear reusable masks, they both lead by example.“I SO wish more people in the public eye did this.“Sick of seeing prominent folk in disposable masks which are so environmentally toxic.”The image Kirstie used was of Prince William in the United Arab Emirates.The official Duke and Duchess of Cambridge account on Instagram had shared the update this morning.On their page, they had posted images of Prince William greeting crowds and exploring the 2020 Dubai Expo.Alongside this, he wrote: “Thank you for a wonderful day in the UAE!“From visiting the Jubail Mangroves and Jebel Ali Port to seeing our Earthshot finalists and celebrating the UK National Day @expo2020dubai.“It was great to spend time celebrating sustainability, collaboration and innovation.“And also to see this police car…!”The Duke of Cambridge was in the UAE for just one day to discuss climate change.Following Kirstie’s tweets, many of the Location, Location, Location star’s followers weighed in with their thoughts.User Cat Wood posted an image of a discarded mask, writing: “Sick of seeing these on the beach every day…”Gary Turner added: “You can talk some sense.Totally agree.”However, Claire Dunnage argued: “Aren't they wearing them to control the spread of

The mother-of-four, who took part in the dating series in the hopes of finding true love, was then mocked by narrator Rob Beckett, who chimed in, quipping: "What's next? "The gladiators weren't real gladiators!"In January 2021, Ulrika stopped by Good Morning Britain for an interview with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid. But things took a turn for the worse when the controversial TV personality failed to tell the difference between her north from her south, showing all the more signs that the weather reporting gig was never her dream job. During her chat with the pair, Ulrika went on to say she hadn't reported the weather in well over three decades, adding that she had "no idea" what to expect when she landed the position at 21 years old. "I think I had no idea what to expect when I started I was 21 and you were told to talk as much as you could about your personal life because you were giving a piece of yourself."Nowadays, people have a greater understanding of what that means and what the consequences of that is."Meanwhile, on the latest series of Celebs Go Dating, Ulrika has made it no secret that she's ready to settle down with a man who treated her like a "normal person".The former Celebrity Big Brother star signed up for the programme three years after her split from her third husband, American advertising executive Brian Monet.Ulrika and Brian married back in 2008, the same year they would welcome their son Malcolm. The Swedish-British socialite had previously been married to John Turnbull from 1990 to 1995.And after three years of marriage, Ulrika's second marriage to Lance Gerarrard-Wright had also collapsed.Speaking of her reasons for signing up to Celebs Go Dating in the first place, she revealed: "At some point

Lily James had a massive makeover to play Playboy model Pamela Anderson for the Hulu series Pam And Tommy.There has been much said about her prosthetic breasts and fake blonde hair to look more like the Baywatch actress.But on Thursday the makeup artist for the series shared new details of her transformation like how he used veneers, covered up Lily's thick eyebrows to pencil on thin ones and used a forehead prosthetic as he talked to WWD. So much work: Lily James had a massive makeover to play Playboy model Pamela Anderson for the Hulu series Pam And Tommy.

Britney Spears' little sister Jamie Lynn is reportedly in the preliminary phase of starting a podcast as part of her Hollywood comeback.She is allegedly planning to host a podcast giving a candid account of life in showbiz - and her famous sister, TMZreports.Jamie Lynn, 30, has been hitting the headlines for her gossipy memoir after her promotional efforts set off a seething feud with Britney. New venture:Britney Spears' little sister Jamie Lynn is reportedly in the early stages of starting a podcast as part of her comeback; she is pictured as a guest on the Call Her Daddy podcastJamie Lynn apparently wants to have guests on her show, which is to be a frank forum with no subject off the table, it is claimed.The podcast is said to be a final step in a three-stage comeback that began with the memoir and her decision to start acting again.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentAfter Oscar nominations were announced Feb. 8, the buzz seems equally centered on who was nominated and who wasn’t.There’s an impressive roster of work in both categories.

Kanye West has pledged allegiance to Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign and claimed the US is in better shape now than when Barack Obama was in office

Kanye West will vote for Donald Trump to stay in office four more years this November. The musician, designer andentrepreneur told GQ in a lengthy series of interviews published Wednesday that despite all the waves it created when he donned a Make America Great Again hat, he remains with Team Trump.

TV viewers haven't seen much of Jason Segel since How I Met Your Mother ended its long run in 2014. Even moviegoers haven't seen him as much as they used to.