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H5N1 strain of bird flu has potential to become pandemic, says UK expert

The H5N1 strain of bird flu has the "potential to become a pandemic", according to an expert at the UK Health Security Agency.

Oasis fans may have been misled, watchdog says as it calls for Ticketmaster changes

Ticketmaster may have misled music fans over Oasis concert ticket prices, a competition watchdog investigation has found.

Sadism, sexual abuse and self-harm: Inside the online gangs where boys compete to be cruel

Warning: This article contains graphic material and references to suicide

What is Signal? The messaging app where Trump officials accidentally shared war plans with a journalist

The security of messaging app Signal was compromised by human error when top US officials accidentally added a journalist to their group chat.

Officials publish list of 'priority pathogens' posing greatest risk to public health

Health officials have published a new list of viruses and bacteria they say pose the greatest threat to public health.

Glowing spiral appears in night sky - as Met Office reveals likely cause

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? 

Hacking by criminals and spies has reached 'unprecedented complexity', Microsoft says

A surge in hacking attempts by criminals, fraudsters and spy agencies has reached a level of "unprecedented complexity" that only artificial intelligence…

Bird flu tops list of viruses likely to cause another pandemic - so authorities are on high alert

A sheep infected with bird flu will ring another alarm bell as the virus continues to drift into mammals.

Bird flu detected in sheep in England for the first time

Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in England for the first time, the government has said.

Race to clean up billions of plastic 'nurdles' that washed up in UK after tanker crash

Clean-up teams are in a race against time to remove billions of plastic pellets that are building up on England's east coast before they are washed…

US attorney general threatens 20-year jail sentences for damaging Elon Musk's Tesla cars

The US attorney general has said three people alleged to have damaged Tesla cars and charging stations could be jailed for up to 20 years.

Happiest country in the world revealed - and one where a stranger's most likely to return a lost wallet

Strangers are about twice as kind as people think, according to a UN-backed report on global happiness.

Three quarters of a million pieces of rubbish found on UK beaches

Conservationists picked up hundreds of thousands of pieces of rubbish from British beaches last year, according to a charity.

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