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Laverne & Shirley star David Lander dies at 73 after a decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis

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Laverne & Shirley star David Lander dies at 73 after a decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 21:20 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:43 GMT, 5 December 2020 Veteran character actor David Lander, most famous for his role of Andrew ‘Squiggy’ Squiggman on classic 70s TV series Laverne & Shirley, has … Read more

Africa is free of polio after decades-long battle

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Africa is free of polio after years of trying to eradicate the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared. The landmark achievement comes after decades of campaigning and vaccination programmes across the continent. No cases of polio have been diagnosed in Africa in four years — the threshold to certify eradication of the crippling … Read more