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Abba, Mariah Carey and Lewis Capaldi among first artists to receive BRIT Billion award
Brit Fusion Magnets Set For US Gamma Ray Bombardment Test
Tokamak Energy said Sandia was one of the few places in the world capable of housing the system while exposing the company’s superconducting magnets to gamma radiation comparable with the expected emissions of a fusion power plant. Research and analysis on sets of individual magnets will run for six months at the New Mexico facility, which is so powerful it can do a 60-year lifetime test in just two weeks, Tokamak Energy said. The company recently signed an agreement with UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to jointly develop technology, and share resources and equipment for the development of a Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP).
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Barbie makers team up with Brit model, 21, to unveil first doll with Down’s syndrome
MODEL Ellie Goldstein gets to grips with her history-making toy — the first Barbie with Down’s syndrome features.
Bosses at Mattel teamed up with the 21-year-old Brit to unveil it as part of Barbie’s inclusive Fashionistas line.
Ellie, 21, said: “I am so happy that there is a Barbie with Down’s syndrome.
“Seeing the doll, I felt so overwhelmed.
“It meant a lot to me and I’m so honoured and proud that Barbie chose me to show the doll to the world.
“Diversity is important to me.
“People need to see more people like me out there in the world.”
The doll is available to pre-order from toy firm Smyths.
It comes after the first Barbie dolls with prosthetic legs and hearing aids were launched last year.
The diversed dolls include a Ken doll with skin pigment condition vitiligo and a Barbie in a wheelchair.
Other new Kens are shorter and less muscular.
The hearing aidswere designed in collaboration with audiologist Dr Jen Richardson.
Brit tourist caught deadly dengue fever in top European hotspot
A BRIT holidaymaker has caught the deadly jungle bug, dengue fever, in the south of France.
Medics revealed a 44-year-old woman was infected with the virus on a family trip close to Nice in September.
The holidaymaker has caught dengue fever near Nice, France[/caption]
Mosquitoes are responsible for spreading dengue fever[/caption]
She went to A&E in the UK with a three-day fever, pains and a rash but later made a full recovery.
Dengue is most often found in tropical countries like Vietnam and Brazil.
But global warming means the mosquitoes that spread the dengue virus are comfortable coming further north, with cases set to rise in future.
French health officials warned of an outbreak in the country’s south last year.
Dr Owain Donnelly, from London’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases, said the spread of the illness is “rapidly changing”.
He said: “Hotter temperatures and more rainfall, and increasing global trade and tourism, mean we may see more parts of Europe with the right combination of factors for dengue outbreaks.”
The virus causes fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, vomiting and a blotchy rash.
It usually heals on its own but around five per cent of cases are severe and can be deadly.
Around 50million people per year are infected with dengue, mainly in Asia, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
It does not spread between people but is carried by the Asian tiger mosquito, which is on the rise in Europe.
Speaking at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Dr Donnelly added: “Physicians should consider testing for dengue if patients live in or have visited countries even where it is not widespread.”
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Moment Brit envoy storms out of UN meeting as Putin’s ‘kid catcher’ wanted for abduction of Ukrainian children speaks
THIS is the moment diplomats from the UK and other countries stormed out of a UN meeting as a Russian mum branded “Putin’s child catcher” spoke.
Ex-music teacher Maria Lvova-Belova, 38, is wanted on war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court – accused of abducting children from Ukraine and sending them to Russia.
Several ambassadors left the room as Marie Lvova-Belova, top right of screen, started speaking[/caption]
Vladimir Putin and his ‘child catcher’ Lvova-Belova[/caption]
She demanded an informal UN meeting to focus on “evacuating children from conflict zones”.
But Britain and the US blocked the informal conference from being webcast by the UN.
Diplomats from the countries and from Malta and Albania promptly left the room as Lvova-Belova started speaking to UN Security Council members by video.
US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said the US joined Britain in blocking the webcast so Lvova-Belova did not have “an international podium to spread disinformation and to try to defend her horrible actions that are taking place in Ukraine”.
After returning to the room after Lvova-Belova had spoken, British diplomat Asima Ghazi-Bouillon told the meeting: “Russia claims it is protecting these children.
“Instead this is a calculated policy that seeks to erase Ukrainian identity and statehood.”
During her statement, Lvova-Belova showed footage of Ukrainian children in Russia, then said: “I want to stress that unlike the Ukrainian side, we don’t use children for propaganda.”
The ICC last month issued arrest warrants for Lvova-Belova and Vladimir Putin over their alleged involvement in the abductions of children from Ukraine.
A panel of judges agreed that there were “reasonable grounds” to believe that Vlad and his children’s rights commissioner bore responsibility for the “unlawful deportation” of Ukrainian children.
An investigation by The Sun into Ukraine’s missing children back in September revealed that thousands of children have been deported during Putin’s invasion.
Ukraine’s human rights chief, Dmytro Lubinets, has said 16,226 children were deported and the country has managed to bring back just 308 of them.
Footage meanwhile emerged of Lvova-Belova bragging as she talked about taking a boy from Ukraine during a meeting with Putin.
Since being appointed Putin’s children’s commissioner in 2021, she has portrayed the forced deportation of Ukrainian children as a Russian rescue mission.
She has adopted 18 children and also five biological kids with her husband, a Russian Orthodox priest.
Russia’s UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said last month that the informal meeting had been planned long before the ICC announcement.
He said it was not intended to be a rebuttal of the charges against Putin and Lvova-Belova.
Diplomats have said it is rare for a UN webcast to be blocked.
Lvova-Belova had demanded an informal UN meeting to focus on ‘evacuating children from conflict zones’[/caption]
The ICC last month issued arrest warrants for Lvova-Belova and Putin[/caption]
Brit student died after accidentally hitting his head falling into hotel swimming pool on holiday, inquest hears
A BRIT student died while on holiday when he hit his head falling into a hotel swimming pool, an inquest has heard.
Student Charlie Hopkins, 23, from Buckley, north Wales, tragically died while visiting a friend in Tulum, Mexico on April 8, 2021.
History student Charlie Hopkins, 23, suffered a fractured skull when he fell into the pool[/caption]
The inquest heard it was a mystery how he fell into the water because no-one else was in the pool when the 1am tragedy took place.
CCTV footage showed Charlie walking on a balcony through the hotel’s reception area in his underpants on April 9, 2021.
The hearing was told no-one else was in the pool in Tulum, Mexico, but “very soon afterwards” a camera captured the water in the pool being disturbed.
Another guest discovered his body on the bottom of the pool about five hours later.
Charlie, of Buckley, North Wales, had studied history at University College, London.
In a statement read at the inquest his father Mark described him as “bubbly” and “the light and soul of every room he was in”.
He was a keen musician and strong campaigner for LGBT rights.
He said that Charlie had good friends in London where he lived – but was glad to jet off on holiday when the lockdown restrictions during the Covid pandemic were eased.
He checked into the two-storey Hotel Turquoise Petit in Tulum on April 8, 2021.
He was invited there by his pal Alex who lived in Mexico.
The inquest in Ruthin heard he had a video call to his parents almost every day while he was there.
“We became concerned when we didn’t hear from him for 24 hours,” said Mr Hopkins.
On April 9 they received the “devastating” call that he had been found dead.
His father said: “He was a lively, loving, trusting young man. He saw only the good in everyone.
“Charlie would always finish talking to someone and say ‘I love that person’ – that’s just the sort of person he was.”
Mr Hopkins’ family said his death has left them “broken” and that their lives have been “turned upside down.”
A post-mortem examination was carried out in Mexico. His body was later repatriated.
Home Office pathologist Dr Brian Rodgers confirmed the cause of death as “a blunt force head injury and drowning, consistent with a fall from height”.
John Gittins, senior coroner for North Wales East and Central, said initally there were some initial concerns that he had been assaulted.
But the coroner said he had probably hit his head somehow while entering the pool, adding: “There is absolutely no reason to give consideration to it being a deliberate act.”
He recorded a conclusion of accidental death.
UFC 286 scorecards revealed as Brit Leon Edwards beats Kamaru Usman in trilogy fight despite point deduction
THE scorecards for Leon Edwards’ trilogy fight with Kamaru Usman have been revealed.
The Brummie bruiser retained his welterweight title on Saturday night with a majority decision victory over the former pound-for-pound champion in the main event of UFC 286 at London’s O2 Arena.
Leon Edwards retained his welterweight title with a majority decision victory over Kamaru Usman[/caption]
Rocky’s striking was on point in his first title defence[/caption]
MMA fans were divided over the outcome of Edward’s first title defence, which many believe Usman edged.
Two of the judges scored the first two rounds in favour of Edwards, with one giving Usman the second stanza.
All three judges were in unison with their scoring of the third, in which Edwards was deducted a point.
Veteran judge Ben Cartlidge scored the fourth stanza in favour of Usman and gave the fifth to Edwards.
And judges David Lethaby and Chris Lee scored both fights in favour of the defending champion.
The former street kid turned Birmingham community icon Edwards was overcome with emotion after retaining the strap.
He said: “He didn’t get any takedowns and I was defending multiple of his shots.
“I want to say thank you to him, he’s been a great competitor.
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“I was trying to get the head kick, but fair play to him because he had perfect defence.”
Usman cut a dejected figure but insisted his second loss on the bounce won’t send him into retirement.
He said: “I think I did enough to win but it was close, I’m not done and I’ll see him again.
“He put on a hell of a gameplan.
“I’m going to get back to my coaches because I can’t sit out for too long, I start getting antsy.”