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It’s not just Devon: Map reveals faeces contaminated tap water has been detected in TEN areas of England and Wales as experts warn that ongoing cryptosporidium outbreak could spread

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Could you be one of an estimated 44million drinking water supplies potentially contaminated by faeces, according to official data?

MailOnline’s fascinating map reveals which water supplies recorded breaches for bacteria commonly found in the digestive systems of animals and people in water supplies in the UK. 

It comes as 22 cases of a parasite called cryptosporidium, which most commonly enters water supplies via contamination of faeces, have been detected in Devon.

Cryptosporidium infection causes people to suffer weeks of diarrhoea

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‘Dormant’ HIV has ongoing skirmishes with the body’s immune system

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For two decades, the dominant idea in HIV research has been that antiretroviral therapy effectively wipes out active viruses that cause devastating infections but leaves behind a reservoir of infected cells seemingly invisible to the immune system — until treatment is stopped. Then the virus comes roaring back.

Now two new studies reveal that the virus continues to put the immune system through a workout. Some infected cells churn out bits of viral RNA and protein that elicit an immune

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Billy Porter Says He Has to Sell His House Amid Ongoing Strikes

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Billy Porter is making a serious life change to ensure he makes ends meet amid the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.

“I have to sell my house,” Porter, 53, said to the Evening Standard in an interview published on Friday, August 4. “Because we’re on strike. And I don’t know when we’re gonna go back. The life of an artist, until you make f–kyou money — which I haven’t made yet — is still check-to-check.”

Porter explained

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Billy Porters says ‘I have to sell my house’ due to the writes ongoing strikes: ‘you’ve already starved me out’

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Billy Porter said the ongoing writers and actors strikes have forced him to make difficult financial decisions — which includes offloading his Long Island home.

‘I have to sell my house,’ the Pose star, 53, revealed to the Evening Standard. ‘I don’t know when we’re gonna go back [to work].’

Billy, who is in England promoting his music career, explained: ‘The life of an artist, until you make f**k-you money, which I haven’t made yet, is still check-to-check.’

He purchased

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The Chicks Cancel More Concerts Due to ‘Ongoing Illness’

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(L-R) Emily Strayer, Natalie Maines and Martie Maguire of The Chicks Dave Hogan/Hogan Media/Shutterstock

The Chicks have continued to make changes to their tour schedule amid an undisclosed illness.

The band gave fans a “tour update” via Instagram on Tuesday, August 1, sharing a written statement. “Due to an ongoing illness, we regret that we must reschedule our show at Merriweather Post Pavilion and cancel our show at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.”

The Chicks — a.k.a. Natalie Maines

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Meghan and Harry’s ‘hands are tied’ as ongoing strike puts Netflix project ‘on hold’ | Royal | News

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have found themselves with their “hands tied” as the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike threatens their deal with Netflix, an insider claimed.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed a contract with the streaming platform only a few months after they stepped down from their working royal roles.

Since then, they have seen only one of their projects see the light of day – the six-part docuseries Harry & Meghan which was released in December.

With

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Mexican president offers $385M for American company’s Caribbean property in ongoing dispute

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  • Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has proposed a $385 million offer to Alabama-based Vulcan Materials in an effort to settle a contentious disagreement over the company’s former gravel extraction pits on the Yucatan peninsula’s Caribbean coast. 
  • The president’s administration had closed down the pits, prompting a legal battle with Vulcan. 
  • If the offer is rejected, López Obrador hinted at the possibility of seizing the property before he leaves office in September 2024. 

Mexico’s president said Thursday that he has

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Ambulance bosses were given bonuses worth up to £20,000 this year despite ongoing crisis

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Eight NHS ambulance bosses were awarded taxpayer-funded bonuses worth up to £20,000 this year, MailOnline can reveal amid pleas for ministers to call in the Army to tackle the service’s current crisis which has seen patients die in hospital car parks. 

Heart attack and stroke sufferers now have to wait almost an hour for an ambulance to arrive, which medics say is due to unprecedented demand triggering a record number of 999 calls and a lack of space in hospitals

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