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3 weeks ago | 
aol.com | Andrew Rogers
So gaming's biggest weekend for new announcements is here, with dozens of titles being shown off for the first time. Summer Game Fest kicked off the annual preview marathon in the US last night as the industry's major studios tried to grab attention with new reveals and glossy trailers. This year, some of the biggest stars from film and music were there to add some stardust too.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Andrew Rogers
Bond, Game of Thrones and the Wu-Tang Clan: Five things announced at Summer Game FestAndrew RogersPlaySide StudiosNo Game of Thrones game would be complete without dragonsSo gaming's biggest weekend for new announcements is here, with dozens of titles being shown off for the first time. Summer Game Fest kicked of the annual preview marathon in the US last night as the industry's major studios tried to grab attention with new reveals and glossy trailers.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Andrew Rogers |James Gallagher
England will be the first country in the world to start vaccinating people against the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea. It will not be available for everyone. The focus will mainly be on gay and bisexual men with a history of multiple sexual partners or an STI. The vaccine is 30-40% effective, but NHS England hopes it will reverse soaring numbers of infections. There were more than 85,000 cases in 2023 – the highest since records began in 1918.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Andrew Rogers |Tom Richardson
"I made a real decision when I was, like, 11 that I wasn't gonna be like a typical teenager," says Bella Ramsey. Talk about an understatement. By the time Bella was 13, they had been cast in the world's biggest TV show at the time, Game of Thrones. And when the actor, now 21 years old, speaks to BBC Newsbeat, it's the night after walking the red carpet at the London premiere of The Last of Us season two.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Andrew Rogers
Landing a publishing deal was a dream come true for Jack Strange. "It was incredible. I'd had so many rejections along the way," he says. "So when someone said yes, I cried because it's everything I ever wanted."Before Jack published debut novel Look Up, Handsome, he'd written other, self-published titles.
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Mar 29, 2025 | 
msn.com | Andrew Rogers
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Andrew Rogers
Conventional wisdom tells us professional athletes perform best in front of a home crowd. Great Britain's Olympic team won a record medal haul at London 2012 and England's Lionesses won the Euros at Wembley in 2022, 56 years after the men's national football team won the World Cup at home. AdvertisementDoes that same home advantage apply in esports? BBC Newsbeat asked four competitors at this weekend's Rocket League Championship Series in Birmingham to find out.
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Mar 26, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Andrew Rogers
FKA twigs has apologised to fans after pulling out of her North American tour at the last minute over visa issues. She was due to perform in Chicago on Wednesday with further dates planned in New York and Toronto. Posting on Instagram, the Cellophane singer blamed members of her team for not getting the visa needed for US immigration sorted before she was due to travel. "Production did not fill out the paperwork in a timely manner," she says in a video, recorded while sitting on the floor.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Pria Rai |Andrew Rogers
When Abaka Debrah thinks about the future, he has one big mission in mind. "I want to write for the next generation of young black boys," he says. His new novel Where Geezers Call Home is partly inspired by the UK riots last year, while also drawing on his own experiences of moving to the UK from Ghana aged two. The book has just won the New Writers' Prize on Stormzy's #Merky Books label, with the story catching the attention of the judges, including the rapper himself.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Andrew Rogers
Max was in the shower when he got a call few would want. "My phone is connected to a speaker in the shower. That goes off, and I'm like: 'Oh no'," he says. He was told he'd tested positive for gonorrhoea. His was one of more than 85,000 cases in England last year - the highest level ever recorded. Numbers are similarly high across the rest of the UK and have more than doubled over the last decade. Catching gonorrhoea once doesn't stop you from getting it again.
