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In the first two seasons of Netflixs The Crown, Vanessa Kirby portrays Princess Margaret as a graceful, glamorous force to be reckoned withand by all accounts, she was. The younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II rubbed elbows with the Hollywood elite, landed on…

October 24, 2019 7 min read Days after 9/11, while many Americans were watching the news in a state of shock and horror, a team of 12 Green Berets took action. They covertly entered Afghanistan and began to wage war against the Taliban ... on horseback. I…

A years-long cystic fibrosis drug pricing standoff has finally yielded a deal, and now thousands of patients in the U.K. are set to access key medicines from Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Vertex and NHS England have struck a deal requiring the drugmaker to submit …

Vertex and British health authorities have been stuck in cystic fibrosis (CF) drug pricing negotiations for years, but now those talks may finally yield a deal.  National Health Service (NHS) chief executive Simon Stevens said at a committee hearing his agen…

The winner of England's Tree of the Year contest has been announced as the "spectacular" Allerton Oak in Liverpool. The tree in Calderstones Park received more than 34 percent of the 11,000 votes cast in the annual competition, run by the Woodland Trust. Me…

The boss of the Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit has spoken of the need for industry input to tackle problems and urged patience for those eager to hear results of operations. Ron McNaughton, head of the SFCIU at Food Standards Scotland, said food crim…

Image copyrightNiall Benvie/WTMLImage caption The Last Ent of Affric is Scotland's 2019 Tree of the Year A lone elm whose remote location has protected it from Dutch elm disease has been named Scotland's Tree of the Year. The Last "Ent" of Affric beat com…

Canadas federal election campaign highlighted a struggle that caught the world by surprise. Prime minister Justin Trudeau was on the ropes throughout the campaign, just four years after his meteoric rise to power and global fandom, even though he ultimately m…

Archaeologists hunt for evidence of a 17th-century English family accused of witchcraftIn the fields belonging to Malkin Tower Farm, outside the village of Blacko, in Lancashires borough of Pendle, stands a solitary tree where small charms, fruit, and even th…

“Slick, speedy, but lacking in stamina, the Pixel 4 comes oh so close to greatness.” Camera is excellent Silky smooth display Snappy performance Software smarts Battery life is mediocre Lac…