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BEL MOONEY: How silly my petty trials of the past now seem

This week Bel advises a reader who is not really worried for himself, but terrified for the young ones.




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Hello yellow! The bright nodding heads of daffodils are a sign that spring’s on the way

British gardening expert Monty Don shared advice for growing daffodils. He advises planting in rich soil that does not dry out too much. Monty recommends sowing rocket this week.




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Bright red blooms will make your garden sizzle this summer – and now’s the time to plant them 

British gardening expert Constance Craig Smith, shared advice for adding excitement to gardens that lasts from July until the end of October. She suggested red blooms for showstopping vibrancy.




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Your silver service: Fill your borders with these shiny hues - just don't call them grey

Nigel Colborn advised gardeners on embracing the silver foliage trend, that was last in vogue in the Sixties. The British gardening expert says most varieties love sun and tolerate drought.




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Tiny flowers pack a punch: Plant small bulbs ...then sit back to watch the show 

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shares advice for giving spring gardens a punch. He suggests planting tiny bulb, crocus now for a show in March.




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A charming new book highlights the delicious heritage apple varieties we're in danger of losing

Caroline Ball explores the apple varieties that Britain is at risk of losing in a fascinating new book. The National Fruit Collection at Brogdale Farm in Kent grows two thousand different kinds of apples.




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Beatrix Potter's exquisite illustrations are the centrepiece of an exhibition

A selection of illustrations by Beatrix Potter are set to feature in the exhibition, Mushrooms: The Art, Design And Future Of Fungi, opening this week at Somerset House in London.




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Think outside the box, says Monty Don 

Monty Don has shared his advice for how to grow and protect a clipped box topiary in your garden. The British gardening expert also answered a series of questions from readers.




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The armchair approach: Nigel Colborn says with a border of succulents, you can sit back

Nigel Colborn has shared his advice on gardening this week. He says succulents can usually shrug off anything the British summer can throw at them. Pictured, Aeonium Zwartkop.




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Violets and pansies have always been among Monty's favourites - and you can plant them now 

Monty Don shares his advice for growing violets and pansies in an extract from his classic book Gardening At Longmeadow. British gardening expert grows violets in Coppice.




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Don't be sluggish! Our mild, wet winter could lead to an invasion of slugs and snails

Monty Don shared his advice for repelling snails and slugs in an extract from his classic book Gardening at Longmeadow. British gardening expert warns against using slug pellets.




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After all the struggles of war, Britain was keen to sit back and smell the roses

Monty Don explores how gardens across Britain transformed after the Second World War. He claims that people wanted lawns, flowers and somewhere to hang the washing.




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Ten brilliantly simple ideas to get the children off their iPads

British gardening expert Tamsin Westhorpe, who is the author of Diary Of A Modern Country Gardener, shared advice for entertaining and educating children during lockdown.




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Gas explosion rips through Russian laboratory containing smallpox, Ebola and HIV viruses 

The explosion, at the Vector laboratory in Siberia, left a worker with second and third degree burns. The lab is one of two places in the world which houses the smallpox disease.




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DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: How to beat coronavirus? Sing Happy Birthday as you wash your hands

You have to use soap and water, and you should wash your hands for about 20 seconds. One way to estimate this is to sing the whole of the Happy Birthday To You song, twice, says DR MOSLEY.




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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: My position on health scares is scepticism... but there must be something in it 

Having read in the Sunday papers that, because of coronavirus, the over-60s should avoid routine visits to surgeries, I emailed my doctor to confirm that my annual medical check-up. would go ahead...




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Brian Tamaki says coronavirus outbreak is the work of SATAN and sign world strayed from God

Destiny Church Leader Brian Tamaki, who previously attacked Islam after the Christchurch shooting, made the comments during a congregation in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sunday.




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Anti-Ebola drug shows early signs it may be effective in fighting Covid-19 

More than half of a group of severely ill COVID-19 patients improved after receiving Gilead's experimental drug remdesivir, doctors reported.




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Coronavirus: Antiviral drug remdesivir performs well in trials

Gilead Sciences announced Wednesday that more than half of the 397 severely ill coronavirus patients it treated with the antiviral Ebola drug Remdesivir were discharged from hospitals.




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Doctor behind remdesivir study says it's a 'glimmer of hope'

In an interview with Good Morning America on Thursday, Dr. Aneesh Mehta of Emory University Medical School - one of the institutions which took part in the study - spoke of its success.




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Oscar Pistorius battled adversity to become South Africa's golden boy

In the months following the London 2012 Olympics, Oscar Pistorius - the world's most famous Paralympian - was an angry, anxious and bitter man.




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Reeva Steenkamp's parents tell of fury at judge as legal experts criticise her decision to acquit Oscar Pistorius of murder

The parents of Reeva Steenkamp have accused Oscar Pistorius of lying in court after repeatedly telling the judge he believed the model was an intruder.




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Pistorius admits being 'haunted' by 'dark side' in e-mail never shown during murder trial

Oscar Pistorius admitted he was ‘haunted’ by his ‘dark side’ in an email. The email is printed in full in a new book written by the mother of one of his former lovers, Sammy Taylor.




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Oscar Pistorius got away with murder of my sister, says Adam Steenkamp in first interview

Adam Steenkamp brands Oscar Pistorius an outright killer who should have been found guilty of deliberate murder after blasting gunshots through the door of the toilet where his girlfriend Reeva was.




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Oscar Pistorius court hears South African officials insist jails are not full of violence

South African prison bosses have hit back at 'inaccurate, serious allegations' in the Oscar Pistorius trial that the country's jails are violent and disease-ridden. 




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Oscar Pistorius trial sees Reeva Steenkamp's cousin talk about shooting

In heart-wrenching testimony that reduced many in the Pretoria courtroom to tears, Kim Martins said the death of Miss Steenkamp (inset) had 'ruined our whole family'.




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Oscar Pistorius must 'pay' with prison sentence... but we're not interested in revenge, insists Reeva Steenkamp's cousin

Reeva Steenkamp's cousin says Oscar Pistorius must 'pay for what he's done' and testified that she didn't believe the sincerity of the athlete's courtroom apology to her family.




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Oscar Pistorius's sister accuses hitman Mikey Schultz of mouthing abuse at her

Self-confessed hitman Mikey Schultz is said to have mouthed 'f*** you' at Aimee Pistorius after she expressed discomfort that he was occupying a place in court normally reserved for the sprinter's family.




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Reeva Steenkamp's sister pleads with judge to jail Oscar Pistorius for twenty years

The sister of Reeva Steenkamp has called for Oscar Pistorius to be handed a harsh jail sentence for her murder, saying it would set a 'precedent all around the world'.




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Oscar Pistorius' sister Aimee speaks for first time to say she'll always love him

Aimee Pistorius made the dramatic show of support today alongside her other brother, Carl, ahead of their middle sibling's sentencing tomorrow.




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Reeva Steenkamp's sister pleads with judge to jail Oscar Pistorius for twenty years

Reeva Steenkamp's sister Simone Cowburn has made a desperate plea to the Pretoria judge who will sentence Oscar tomorrow to hand down a heavy prison sentence to show that disability is no excuse.




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Prosecutors in Oscar Pistorius case consider appeal which could see him face a murder conviction

Prosecutors in the Oscar Pistorius case have consulted with a criminal law expert over a possible appeal, which means the Olympic runner could face a murder conviction again.




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Oscar Pistorius was 'trigger-happy' and 'would have killed someone sooner or later', insists Reeva Steenkamp's mother

Reeva Steenkamp's mother believes Oscar Pistorius 'would have killed someone sooner or later' and that her daughter's 'bad luck' conspired against her.




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Oscar Pistorius' prison gym training sessions with notorious Czech gangster

News of the unlikely partnership was revealed in a letter of complaint to prison authorities by Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir after a treadmill and exercise bike used by the pair were moved.




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Oscar Pistorius' lawyers file court papers opposing prosecutors move to appeal his verdict and sentence

Oscar Pistorius’ lawyers have filed court papers opposing prosecutors move to appeal the verdict and sentence in his murder trial.




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Oscar Pistorius's sister denies giving him balloons and birthday cake during visit

Aimee Pistorius has denied reports that her brother was given preferential treatment on his 28th birthday and she he received 'nothing' prison regulations did not allow.




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Oscar Pistorius's brother reveals tantalising details of jailed athlete's life behind bars

In a wide-ranging interview, Pistorius's older brother Carl, 29, has provided the most detailed picture yet of his brother’s new life at Kgosi Mampuru prison.




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Oscar Pistorius verdict: Judge Thokozile Masipa will respond to prosecution's appeal on Wednesday

A South African judge says she will respond to the prosecution's appeal of the Oscar Pistorius verdict on Wednesday.




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Martin Pistorius who was trapped inside his body reveals how he fell in love

Martin Pistorius, who grew up in South Africa and now lives in England, was just 12 when he slipped into an inexplicable comatose state and spent the next dozen years trapped inside his body.




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'Ghost boy' Martin Pistorius trapped inside his body for years reveals he was abused by carers

Martin Pistorius spent eight years trapped inside his own body unable to speak or move. Now he reveals the abuse he suffered at the hands of the very people paid to look after him in South Africa.




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Oscar Pistorius WILL NOT be released from prison on Friday in surprise decision

The family of Reeva Steenkamp, who was killed by Oscar Pistorius in 2013, released a poignant picture of their daughter aged 14 (pictured) today as his prison release on Friday was put on hold.




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Mansion where Oscar Pistorius blasted model Reeva Steenkamp is STILL empty

The 'blade runner', 28, was jailed in October for five years for shooting the model four times as she cowered in the bathroom of the house in Pretoria, South Africa, which now lies empty.




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Pictured: Oscar Pistorius first 'selfie' since early release for killing Reeva Steenkamp

The convicted killer appears in a ‘selfie’ with rugby player Brett Sharman apparently during a recent evening reunion at the family mansion in Pretoria where he is under house arrest.




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Inside the Pretoria jail cell Oscar Pistorius could return to if he is convicted of murder

With its drab, yellow walls, metal bed, this cramped two metre squared cell at Kgosi Mampuru II jail in Pretoria is where Oscar Pistorius spent 23 hours a day for killing model Reeva Steenkamp




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Oscar Pistorius' six-year jail sentence to be appealed for murdering Reeva Steenkamp

The National Prosecuting Authority said it will appeal the sentence given to the 29-year-old Paralympian which would see him eligible for parole in just three years after the 2013 Valentine's Day murder.




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Stag party shocks onlookers by dressing up as Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris and Oscar Pistorius

A group of men thought to be a stag party has been photographed in Benidorm dressed as Jimmy Savile, Osama Bin Laden, Oscar Pistorius, Rolf Harris and Saddam Hussein, which shocked fellow guests.




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Reeva Steenkamp's sister insists Pistorius must never be freed

The sister of murdered Reeva Steenkamp has warned South African authorities against freeing Oscar Pistorius, saying she believes he will kill again if released.




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Reeva Steenkamp's sister slams Amazon Prime over new documentary

Reeva Steenkamp's family in South Africa today slammed an 'insensitive' new Amazon Prime documentary into her murder for showing the grisly crime scene photos of the model's dead body




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Oscar Pistorius to be secretly freed from prison on compassionate leave

Former Paralympian Oscar, 31, is serving a 15-year-sentence for the murder of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29, who he blasted to death in his own bathroom in South Africa.




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Ex-South Africa football star is 'assassinated by two hitmen you shot him as he arrived home'

Police said they have opened a murder investigation after Mark Batchelor was gunned down as he was driving into his home in Olivedale, Johannesburg at around 6pm.