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[ad_1] Mark Williams won the Welsh Open in 1996 and 1999 and remains the only Welshman to win the title. Dates: February 15-21 Venue of events: Celtic Manor Resort, Newport Coverage: Watch it live on BBC Two Wales, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button, the BBC Sport website and the BBC …

[ad_1] Community coronavirus infection rates have fallen further in the UK, the latest figures show. Boris Johnson is likely to study carefully the estimates released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as he prepares to set out his “roadmap” for lifting the lockdown in England next week. The data …

[ad_1] Wildfires are spreading to fuel-rich regions of the world that used to be less prone to burning, according to a new analysis of 20 years of data by The Guardian. While the overall annual burning area in the world has remained relatively static in this period, research indicates a …

[ad_1] Some commentators believe that Facebook has called Australia a hoax. They may be about to find out that Australia is not lying. The platform’s own irresponsible and chaotic implementation of its Australian news “ban” appears to have brought together the country – citizens and politicians from every corridor – …

[ad_1] The government is moving ahead with the launch of a new £ 800 million “high risk, high reward” scientific agency to provide rapid funding to UK inventors and researchers. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), said to have been the brainchild of former senior adviser to Prime Minister …

[ad_1] Politicians, news providers and civil society groups in the UK and US have reached out to Facebook and said that the company’s decision to block all media content on its platform in Australia should accelerate movements to put your powers under control. In a move condemned as “an attempt …

[ad_1] A new efficacy study of Israel’s COVID vaccine has concluded that the Pfizer / BioNTech jab is up to 85% effective after the first dose. The research, conducted by the Sheba Medical Center, the nation’s largest hospital, has been published in the Lancet medical journal. The hospital evaluated the …

[ad_1] Throughout their long and illustrious history in Europe, the Rangers haven’t seen many games as dramatic as this one. On an astonishing night in Antwerp, Steven Gerrard’s team led 1-0 and were 3-2 down before claiming victory by one goal in seven. Certainly the now typical lament of the …

[ad_1] Humanity is waging a “foolish and suicidal” war against nature that is causing human suffering and huge economic losses while accelerating the destruction of life on Earth, said UN Secretary General António Guterres. Guterres’ most severe warning to date came with the release of a UN report establishing the …

[ad_1] I It wasn’t taken by surprise, exactly. I run a small perfume company and in mid-December we stopped shipping deliveries to European Union countries because we wanted to make sure nothing got caught up in the rush to beat the new business rules. Somehow, I had been preparing for …