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ALEX BRUMMER: Greedy grocers under fire over fat cat pay

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The heroics of the supermarkets, whose regiments of staff have kept us fed, watered and toilet papered in lockdown, deserves great applause. Less appetising has been grasping behaviour at board level. On Thursday, directors of Sainsbury’s will face questions at its annual meeting over the pay and bonus package for its incoming chief executive Simon … Read more

Feline on fleek! Cat has an army of Instagram followers thanks to his hilarious white eyebrows

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Feline on fleek! Bombay cat’s hilarious white ‘eyebrows’ which give him a permanent look of concern have won him an army of Instagram followers Cornelius Cornbread, four, from Nashville, Tennessee, is a stunning Bombay cat  He has become popular on Instagram thanks to ‘eyebrow’ marks on his forehead  Owner Karen Mellette says Cornelius has had … Read more

Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos ‘copy cat’ as Amazon buys Zoox

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Elon Musk calls out Jeff Bezos for being a ‘copy cat’ on Twitter after Amazon acquired self-driving startup Zoox for $1billion The comment is in reference to Musk’s ventures with Tesla’s self-driving cars  Zoox, like Tesla, is focused on making self-driving cars and AI software  Musk’s critical tweet is the second public swipe at Bezos … Read more

Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos a ‘copy cat’ after Amazon acquires a self-driving startup for $1billion

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Elon Musk calls out Jeff Bezos for being a ‘copy cat’ on Twitter after Amazon acquires self-driving startup Zoox for $1billion The comment is in reference to Musk’s ventures with Tesla’s self-driving cars  Zoox, like Tesla, is focused on making self-driving cars and AI software  Musk’s critical tweet is the second public swipe at Bezos … Read more

Video of cute cat poking its head into a tube racks up 156 MILLION views

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What’s all the fluff about? Video of a cute cat poking its head into a cardboard tube racks up 156 MILLION views on TikTok – despite users being left baffled by its popularity The video was shared by the account British Promise Cats on TikTok last week  In just seven days it has been viewed … Read more

Cat got your tongue? Herd of cows lick a purring moggy through the bars of their pen

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Cat got your tongue? Herd of cows lick a purring moggy through the bars of their pen Five cows cleaned a cat  with their tongues at a dairy farm near Kiev, Ukraine Bizarre footage taken by Sergey Vasilevich shows the cat enjoying their affection The cows compete with each other to get a lick of the … Read more

Could a cat allergy save you from a severe case of Covid-19?

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People who are cursing their hay fever right now may want to think again. A growing body of evidence suggests that everyday allergies could actually offer some protection against Covid-19. Given that the virus affects the lungs, you might think those with allergy and asthma would be among the worst affected.  Indeed, researchers and doctors … Read more

Coronavirus has withered ‘from an aggressive tiger to a wild cat’, Italian scientist claims

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The coronavirus, once an ‘aggressive tiger’ of a disease, has weakened and become more like a wild cat, according to a top Italian doctor. Professor Matteo Bassetti said he is convinced the virus is ‘changing in severity’ and patients are now surviving infections that would have killed them before.  And if the virus’s weakening is … Read more

Is this fur real! Scientists say it’s cat spit that makes you sneeze, not feline coats

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Is this fur real! Scientists say it’s cat spit that makes you sneeze, not feline coats Experts day the allergic reaction is due to a protein in cat saliva called Fel d1 One in five Britons, about 13 million people, believed to be allergic to moggies  Last year, 1,300 cats had to be rehomed because … Read more