Victoria Hicks
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Sep 13, 2026
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- Top 1K sites
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- Jul 5, 2026
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Leicestershire self-taught barber wins title of best in UK (opens the original)
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A man with the "best job in the world" who learnt how to cut hair from online videos has been crowned the UK's best barber. Rahul Tanna, who owns "Tannatrims" in Thurmaston, Leicestershire, won the Leading Awards Best Barber 2026. The 27-year-old said he was "so surprised" to beat off competition from other talented barbers across the UK. The award honours new standards in precision, creativity, and grooming excellence. Tanna said he began to learn his craft in 2019. "When I left school, I didn'
Dad's 'guilt' after passing on genetic cancer risk (opens the original)
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"It's not what you want to do as a parent. It's the last thing you want to do." Harjit Singh Nijjer said when he discovered he had inherited a genetic condition he immediately began to worry about potentially passing it on to his son. Harjit, of Market Harborough in Leicestershire, was 48 when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2015. After undergoing surgery and chemotherapy, he found out he had inherited Lynch syndrome - a condition that increases the risk of certain cancers, including bowel
Scientist who cleaned space toilet on work experience now leading Mars exploration teams (opens the original)
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Cleaning a space toilet while on work experience was Claire Parfitt's first introduction to a career away from Earth's orbit. But she never imagined her time at the National Space Centre in Leicester, when she was 14, would one day see her lead a team exploring future Mars missions. Parfitt, originally from Nottingham, now works for the European Space Agency's European Space Research and Technology Centre in the Netherlands. The 42-year-old joined the space industry after securing a physics degr
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