The UK must "prepare for the worst" this winter rather than relying on the development of a coronavirus vaccine, a senior scientist has warned.

Sir John Bell, regius professor of medicine at Oxford University, told MPs that planning for the pandemic had relied "too heavily on assumptions" and it was better to prepare to face the colder months without banking on a breakthrough by scientists hunting for a vaccination.

The UK's blindness charity says e-scooters remain a "real and genuine threat" ahead of their legalisation.

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) said that the government's safeguards, announced this week, had failed to assuage its fears.

Other witnesses at a parliamentary transport committee hearing said the top speed and weight of the e-scooters were higher than they should be.

It will become legal to ride e-scooters on Great Britain's roads from Saturday.

Richard Madeley has apologised after he was criticised for giving "dangerous" advice in a newspaper column.

He was accused of downplaying a reader's fears that their neighbour might be suffering domestic violence.

Writing in Saturday's Daily Telegraph, Madeley told the reader: "If they were going to kill each other, they'd have done it by now."

On Tuesday, the TV presenter said he was "so annoyed" with himself for having "misjudged" his response.

"My critics today are absolutely right," he wrote.

"I misjudged this one, tonally and in content. So annoyed with self."

Madeley added that he had "reached out" to various people to apologise, and that he would address the topic in his column next weekend.

In 1988, 20million British viewers tuned in to watch Jason Donovan marry Kylie Minogue on Neighbours

She is considered to be one of the last true stars of Old Hollywood, and on Wednesday, Olivia de Havilland turned 104.

The British-American Dame is perhaps best-known for her role as Melanie Hamilton in Gone with the Wind (1939), for which she received her first of her five Oscar nominations.

Olivia - sister of actress Joan Fontaine - went on to win two Best Actress Oscars for To Each His Own (1946) and The Heiress (1949) respectively, and her life and career is still captivating to the entertainment industry to this day.

Well played the hammers. Good results for Man Utd. In the last 15 years only once has a team with a better goal difference finished outside the top 4:
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4 Spurs +26
5 Man City +28

Evil Dead II actor Danny Hicks has died aged 68 just four weeks after revealing he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

The actor - who was most known for his roles in several Sam Raimi films including Evil Dead II, and Darkman - has passed away at the age of 68 following a battle with stage four cancer, according to his company Full Empire Promotions.

The company posted a tribute reel of his performances on screen on YouTube on Tuesday and wrote: 'Danny passed away at his home in CA. We love you Danny, rest easy my friend. No more pain. (sic)'

Furious 7 marked the final film performance of Paul Walker, who died in a car accident on November 30, 2013. The film was dedicated to his memory.

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Pop group McFly have signed their first record deal since 2009, and will release a new album via BMG this year.

It comes seven years after the group's last single, after which they scrapped an entire record to form a "supergroup" with fellow pop stars Busted.

Inter-band tensions later derailed an attempt to reunite as McFly in 2017.

"There was a strong possibility McFly would never happen again," singer Tom Fletcher tells the BBC. "We genuinely didn't know how to get back on track."

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Liverpool have taken Man City's Premier League title, now they want their records - Alan Shearer

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Former Arsenal youth striker Stephy Mavididi has joined French side Montpellier from Juventus for £5.7m.

The 22-year-old England Under-20 international spent last season on loan at Ligue 1 outfit Dijon, scoring eight times in 28 games.

Mavididi was a product of Arsenal's academy but did not make a senior appearance before joining Italian champions Juventus in 2018.

"I am very happy to join Montpellier," said the forward.

Mavididi, who had loan spells at Charlton and Preston while at Arsenal, made one appearance for Juventus.

Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Newman's major film roles include The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), Harper (1966), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), and leading roles in The Sting (1973), Slap Shot (1977), The Verdict (1982), and voice role of Doc Hudson in the first installment of Disney-Pixar's Cars as his final acting performance, with voice recordings being used again in Cars 3 (2017). A ten-time Oscar nominee, Newman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Color of Money (1986). He also received the Academy Honorary Award, and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

Genevieve O'Reilly (born 6 January 1977) is an Irish actress known for her work in the Star Wars franchise as Mon Mothma, having portrayed the character in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Rogue One, and as well as her voice role as the character in Star Wars Rebels, and as Moira in Overwatch.

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Dotty has announced she's leaving BBC Radio 1Xtra after six years.

The DJ told listeners her departure will be at the end of July, and that she "wanted to end on a high note".

"This week marks my four year anniversary on The 1Xtra Breakfast Show and it has been the most incredible experience of my life," she said.

She added: "After almost 1,000 early mornings, I think it's finally time for me to turn off my alarm clock and rest."

The Greenland Cup was an association football friendly knock-out tournament controlled by the Football Association of Greenland. The Greenland National Football Team competed as a regular in its short-lived running. Despite being the representing country, Greenland never won the Greenland Cup. It ran from 1980 to 1984, with 3 tournaments overall.

It was contested by the Greenland, Faroe Islands and Iceland senior male national teams who, at the time, were not affiliated with FIFA. The Faroe Islands and Iceland were the only teams to win the tournament. Both countries have since gone on to become UEFA and FIFA members.

The Football Association of Greenland's president, Lars Lundblad, mentioned the interest in reviving the Greenland Cup after the improvement of Greenland's team and would be possible if Greenland joins FIFA.

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William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. Handy was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. One of many musicians who played the distinctively American blues music, Handy did not create the blues genre but was the first to publish music in the blues form, thereby taking the blues from a regional music style (Delta blues) with a limited audience to a new level of popularity.