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How Queen Elizabeth II was nearly killed in the 'Lithgow Plot' while on a train in 1970

In April 1970 Queen Elizabeth was mingling with workers at a factory in NSW's central west. She had no idea that just hours before she had been the subject of a failed assassination plot — if the stories are to be believed.

ABC News

Health: Study calls for change in guidance about eating fish during pregnancy

A woman's mercury level during pregnancy is unlikely to have an adverse effect on the development of the child provided that the mother eats fish, according to a new study. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Events and strikes cancelled or postponed after the Queen’s death: from Premier League football to the Proms

The period of royal mourning will be observed from Friday, September 9 until seven days after the Queen’s funeral

Evening Standard

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Nation has ‘come together’ as food from cancelled Mercury Prize event donated

The food will go to homeless people after the Mercury Prize event at the Hammersmith Apollo was cancelled following the Queen’s death.

The Independent UK

Self Esteem helps donate meals to homeless after Mercury Prize postponed due to Queen’s death

Mercury Prize ceremony was postponed after Queen Elizabeth II died aged 96, meaning hundreds of meals were at risk of going to waste

The Independent UK

The Queen: Mercury Prize 2022 ceremony is cancelled last minute “at this time of great national sorrow”

The organisers behind the event offered their thoughts and condolences

Evening Standard

Mercury Prize 2022 food sent to charity after awards show postponed following death of Queen Elizabeth II

The 2022 Mercury Prize Awards were postponed following the announcement of the Queen’s death, leaving plates of hot food unserved

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Horoscope for Friday, Sept. 9, 2022

There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Pisces.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mercury Prize 2022 cancels red carpet out of respect for Queen amid health concerns

Former One Direction singer Harry Styles, Self Esteem and Wet Leg are among the nominees for this year's Mercury Prize. The star-studded event is still expected to go ahead later this evening but no celebrities will walk the red carpet

Daily Mirror

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: on the effects of science

Test your science quotient with this quiz

The Hindu

Who are Wet Leg? How British rock duo met – and what their name means

Isle of Wight alt-rock duo Wet Leg are one of the favourites to bag the Mercury Prize 2022 for their self-titled debut album, which features the hit single Chaise Longue

Daily Mirror

Gwenno: ‘I was scared of using Cornish in the past. You feel like that with languages that are more fragile’

The Welsh artist is up for this year’s Mercury Prize with her resplendent Cornish-language album, ‘Tresor’. She speaks to Roisin O’Connor about wanting to ‘other’ herself in St Ives, her experience of pregnancy, and her view that most people are curious, not fearful, of other cultures

The Independent UK

All back to mine: Harry’s House sets domestic tone for 2022 Mercury prize

Harry Styles’s high-end lockdown album is surprisingly of a piece with other longlisted albums by artists as distinct as Joy Crookes and Gwenno

The Guardian - UK

Mercury Prize 2022: The latest bookies’ odds for the winner of this year’s ceremony

Everything you need to know about the odds on who will win this year’s Mercury Prize

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The Conversation

Frank Drake has passed away but his equation for alien intelligence is more important than ever

How many intelligent civilisations should there be in our galaxy right now? In 1961, the US astrophysicist Frank Drake, who passed away on September 2 at the age of 92, came up with an equation to estimate this. The Drake equation, dating from a stage in his career when he…

Evening Standard

Rescheduled Mercury Prize 2022 shortlist: From Harry Styles to Self Esteem, your guide to this year’s nominees

Your album-by-album lowdown on this year’s contenders, from euphoric rock to a Cornish-language cracker

Liverpool Echo

Horoscopes for week beginning Monday, September 5

Find out what the stars may have in store for you this week

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Your Horos Are Here: Leos Should Think Before Hitting Send This Week Or Drama Will Ensue

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The Independent UK

Yard Act: ‘There were a lot of good reviews for our debut that we disagreed with’

The Leeds-formed band are up for this year’s Mercury Prize with their bristling first album, ‘The Overload’. Frontman James Smith and bassist Ryan Needham meet with Roisin O’Connor to talk about playing with northern stereotpyes, songwriting, and how they wrong-footed the music industry

The Guardian - AU

Japan’s hottest city to give out umbrellas to protect children from sun

After an increase in the number of days when the mercury rose to at least 35C, 9,000 yellow fibreglass umbrellas will be handed out to children in Kumagaya

Evening Standard

Mercury Prize 2022 ceremony: Date, time, lineup, and how to watch

All the nominees apart from Harry Styles will perform live at the ceremony

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Your Horos Are Here: Keep An Eye On Your DMs This Week Taurus ‘Cos Something Spicy Is Coming

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The National (Scotland)

Mercury Prize-nominated Scots musician re-opens distillery after renovation

A MULTI million pound renovation of a whisky distillery has been officially opened by a Mercury Prize nominated jazz musician.

The Guardian - UK

Harry Styles Mercury prize win would be cherry on cake of a charmed year

Former boyband heart-throb playing at Madison Square Garden on the night as part of a critically acclaimed residency

Benzinga

Is Brittney Griner Receiving Her WNBA Salary Now That Her Second Job In Russia Is Kaput?

The Phoenix Mercury played its first playoff game of the postseason last week without their star center, Brittney Griner, who is sitting in a Russian penal colony following her nine-year sentence for inadvertentl

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