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A fresh bird flu warning has been issued in Glasgow after 22 swans were found dead at a city park.The number of birds found dead at Knightswood Park has almost trebled in just a few days.

Actress, dancer and Holocaust survivor Ruth PosnerTo mark Holocaust Memorial Day, the 93-year-old has partnered with Holocaust Educational Trust to share her story in the hope that current and future generations never forget the horror of the Shoah – especially in the wake of rising antisemitism."How much do you want me to tell you about my life?" she asks, so we start at the beginning.Growing up, Ruth says she had two identities. As a young girl, she considered herself Jewish but primarily thought herself a Pole. She attended a Catholic school, the only Jewish student enrolled, and fully immersed herself in Polish traditions.

At least eight swans have died in a Glasgow park following a bird flu outbreak.

The Berlin Film Festival unveiled the titles selected for its official competition as well as its sidebar Encounters competitive section this morning. Scroll down for the full lineup.

might be . But if you’ve taken a scroll online in the past week, you already know the bad news: Eggs, the , are still doggedly expensive. By the end of last year, a dozen would set you back —120% higher than the same time in 2021. That figure doesn’t reflect the reality in states like California, the most expensive US market, where shoppers were paying  for 12 large Grade A eggs in December.

Another large-scale bird flu outbreak in Aberdeenshire has killed 1,000 hens. The current outbreak on a Fraserburgh farm is the seventh large-scale occurrence of avian flu in the Banff and Buchan region in the last seven years.

A team of global scientists have raised fears the devastating bird flu outbreak could eventually transmit to humans and create a new pandemic.

The show did go on for Perth Theatre’s production of Jack and the Beanstalk after two days of panto performances were cancelled due to a COVID outbreak among the cast.

Lidl has pulled a range of smoked fish products from their shelves just days before Christmas amid Listeria contamination fears.

At least 17 fluffy tern chicks defied the odds to thrive at a Scots nature reserve despite bird flu devastating other sites this year. Scotland’s wildlife agency NatureScot said the survival of the plucky little birds at Forvie National Nature Reserve in Aberdeenshire was “little short of a miracle”.

Those hoping for some snow to fall this festive period might just be in luck, as parts of Scotland could be in for a white Christmas.

Parts of Scotland could be facing even more snow and ice before the end of the week, the Met Office has predicted.

An avian flu outbreak has been confirmed at a historic Scots castle after a number of geese have died.

People have been asked to avoid Findhorn Bay in Moray after 22 pink-footed geese and an “unusual” number of gulls were found dead of suspected bird flu.

I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! is facing chaos after production has been hit with a Covid-19 outbreak just days before the series finale.

Asda has become the latest major supermarket chain to ration the amount of eggs that shoppers can buy following the national shortages.

An outbreak of Scarlet Fever in Scotland has promoted health professionals to issue urgent advice to the public with cases on the rise.

A surveillance network has been set up to monitor migrating geese and wintering waterbirds.

Braiiinnnsss! Resident Evil has experienced not one but two reboots recently.

As UK bird flu cases rise, a Scottish farmer has warned there will be a shortage of Christmas turkeys this year.

Three months after his hoped-for Broadway comeback Paradise Square closed amidst bad box office, legal battles, a Covid outbreak and allegations of a toxic work environment, producer Garth Drabinsky is suing Actors’ Equity for $50 million, accusing the union of waging “an intentional campaign of harassment and abuse” when it placed the Canada-based Drabinsky on its Do Not Work list last summer.

The Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium closed several exhibits on Saturday after a pink-backed pelican passed away due to highly pathogenic avian influenza.  In a statement, the Nebraska zoo said the Simmons Aviary, Lied Jungle and Desert Dome would be closed for at least 10 days. The pelican died on Oct.

Jeff Barnaby, a filmmaker and member of the Mi’kmaw tribe who brought Indigenous cinema to greater attention, has died at 46. He had a yearlong battle with cancer, his representative confirmed.

Michaela Zee editor Dr. Anthony Fauci believes that he should’ve been “much more careful” in his messaging during the initial U.S. COVID-19 outbreak, saying that his early statements should’ve repeated “the uncertainty of what we’re going through.” “When I said, ‘At this particular time, we should not necessarily do anything different,’ that’s when there was, like, five cases in the country,” Fauci said. “But then I said — I kid around about it — it was semicolon, ‘However, this could change rapidly and we need to be prepared.'” Fauci spoke with Washington Post national health reporter Dan Diamond on Oct. 5 at a seminar hosted by the University of Southern California’s Center for Health Journalism. Along with discussing COVID and monkeypox, Fauci recalled the media coverage of his role during the pandemic, and how he was both scrutinized and revered by the public.

It might be a staple of the Christmas dinner but this year turkey could be missing from the menu for millions across the UK. The chairman of the National Farmers' Union poultry board said the current bird flu outbreak could cause 'carnage' on the supply chain this festive season.

We all know the narrative that’s spilled out around Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen‘s struggling marriage. The GOAT quarterback retired from football but then changed his mind and went back — and it upset his wife.

The first official teaser trailer for HBO’s The Last of Us is here!

David Benedict Jonathan Spector’s 2018 comedy “Eureka Day” first attracted attention in productions in Berkeley and Brooklyn. But in its sharp U.K. premiere starring Helen Hunt, this often very funny satire about parental attitudes to an outbreak of mumps has suddenly leapt into focus — since it’s really about fiercely personal, highly politicized responses to enforced vaccination. This depiction of over-articulate parents fighting it out in initially polite then savage dialogue (now playing at the Old Vic in London) owes a huge debt to Yasmina Reza’s more caustic “The God of Carnage,” but anyone searching for proof that timing is everything need look no further. “You can always spot a Eureka Day kid because at soccer games they’re the ones who cheer when the other team scores.” So says Carina (ideally poised Susan Kelechi Watson), the parent new to the private California school which gives the play its otherwise obscure title. Attracted by the school’s dedication to its “social justice component,” Carina has been newly elected to the executive board, whose deliberations in a perkily-colored children’s schoolroom form the play.

Bernard Shaw, the first chief anchor for CNN who helped lead breaking news coverage for more than 20 years, has died.

universe, reprising her role as Alpha in an all-new episode of, an anthology series exploring various lives and stories of the zombie apocalypse. Ahead of Sunday’s premiere of “Dee,” which looks at how the character eventually became the fan-favorite, ET has an exclusive sneak peek of the episode. In the clip, Dee (Morton) is confronted by a new friend, Brooke (Lauren Glazier), who has become fond of her daughter, Lydia (Scarlett Blum). Brooke is concerned about the way Dee is raising her daughter and providing her with a childhood that resembles the world before the outbreak -- something Dee instinctively knows is irresponsible. “Lydia just not so subtly reminded me that her birthday is coming up.

Two further Scots nurseries have been shut due to an Ecoli outbreak - bringing the total number of premises being closed to four.

The number of Covid infections among Los Angeles-area Google employees nearly doubled over the weekend, according to the count on the county’s official Covid workplace outbreak site.

Even as daily Covid case numbers fall in Los Angeles, there has been a rash of infections at one of the city’s glitziest addresses: 321 Hampton Dr in Venice. That’s the location of Google’s Silicon Beach campus.

Jonathan Van Ness thinks the US government's response to the monkeypox outbreak has been "fuelled by homophobia". The 35-year-old TV star has blasted the government's "botched response" to the health crisis in an essay for TIME magazine. He wrote: "Watching the government's botched response to monkeypox has been surreal, and in many ways, I believe it's been fuelled by homophobia and transphobia.

Jonathan Van Ness is not taking the government’s response to the monkeypox outbreak lightly!

Two Scots nurseries have been closed following an outbreak of E Coli which has left a number of children in hospital.