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Alex Nelson
Senior Digital Reporter, NationalWorld
Alex Nelson
Senior Digital Reporter, NationalWorld
Alex Nelson is a senior journalist at National World with a specialist interest in gaming, politics, music, film, tech, and conservation news. He holds a degree in music journalism, and has previously contributed columns, articles and reviews to iNews, Official Xbox Magazine, Official PlayStation Magazine, and independent music magazine Artrocker. In 2019 he was awarded ChangeChecker’s ‘Coin Story of the Year’ award.

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Singer-songwriter Self Esteem, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, performing at the Forwards Festival in Bristol. Picture date: Sunday September 4, 2022. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
Singer-songwriter Self Esteem, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, performing at the Forwards Festival in Bristol. Picture date: Sunday September 4, 2022. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

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(Image: Epic Games)

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Performers take part in the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin in 2022 (Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
Performers take part in the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin in 2022 (Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

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Actress Sindu Vee sporting the new transforming red nose in support of Red Nose Day 2023 (Photo: PA Media/Comic Relief)
Actress Sindu Vee sporting the new transforming red nose in support of Red Nose Day 2023 (Photo: PA Media/Comic Relief)

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Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tar in Tar (Photo: Universal Pictures)
Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tar in Tar (Photo: Universal Pictures)

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(Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Grace Caroline Currey and Virginia Gardner star in survival thriller Fall (left), and the real life KXTV/KOVR tower (right) (Photos: Signature Entertainment/Wikimedia Commons)
Grace Caroline Currey and Virginia Gardner star in survival thriller Fall (left), and the real life KXTV/KOVR tower (right) (Photos: Signature Entertainment/Wikimedia Commons)

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(Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Brendan Fraser (second from R), winner of the Best Actor in a Leading Role award, and (L-R) Ke Huy Quan, winner of the Best Actor In A Supporting Role award, Michelle Yeoh, winner of the Best Actress in a Leading Role award and Jamie Lee Curtis, winner of the Best Supporting Actress award (Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

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(Image: Nintendo)

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Julius Caesar lands his craft during his invasion on Britain (Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Julius Caesar lands his craft during his invasion on Britain (Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Michelle Yeoh attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images )
Michelle Yeoh attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images )

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(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Austin Butler is in a relationship with American supermodel Kaia Gerber (Getty Images)

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(Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)

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(Photo: ITV)

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(Photo: IFC Midnight)

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L-R: Joey Essex, The Vivienne and Nile Wilson, the three finalists of Dancing on Ice 2023 (Photos: ITV)
L-R: Joey Essex, The Vivienne and Nile Wilson, the three finalists of Dancing on Ice 2023 (Photos: ITV)

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A mobile user browses through the Chinese owned video-sharing TikTok app on a smartphone (Photo: MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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A worker operates a snow plough near the second runway, in an attempt to get it operational again, at Heathrow Airport, west of London, in December 2010 (Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
A worker operates a snow plough near the second runway, in an attempt to get it operational again, at Heathrow Airport, west of London, in December 2010 (Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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50 Cent in 2018 (Photo: JC Olivera/Getty Images)

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Mae Muller attends the 2022 MTV VMAs at Prudential Center on August 28, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
Mae Muller attends the 2022 MTV VMAs at Prudential Center on August 28, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

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A woman makes her way through a snow flurry in Cheshire in December 2022 (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A woman makes her way through a snow flurry in Cheshire in December 2022 (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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A couple walk their dog in the snow at Dartland Banks nature reserve near Hampstead on 8 March 2023 near Sevenoaks, Kent (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
A couple walk their dog in the snow at Dartland Banks nature reserve near Hampstead on 8 March 2023 near Sevenoaks, Kent (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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(Image: Google)

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(Image: Disney+)

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Julian Casablancas of The Strokes performs during the Lollapalooza Chile festival in 2022 (Photo: Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images)
Julian Casablancas of The Strokes performs during the Lollapalooza Chile festival in 2022 (Photo: Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images)

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A member of the public makes their way through the snow on 18 January 2023 in Carrbridge, United Kingdom (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
A member of the public makes their way through the snow on 18 January 2023 in Carrbridge, United Kingdom (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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(Photo: PA Media)

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(Photo: PA Media)

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(Photo: BBC)

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Boris Johnson - then a Conservative leadership candidate - his father Stanley Johnson in 2019 (Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)
Boris Johnson - then a Conservative leadership candidate - his father Stanley Johnson in 2019 (Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

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(Image: Epic Games)

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Bono onstage at Wembley Stadium in 2009 as part of U2’s “360 degree” world tour (Photo: Leon Neal/AFP via Getty Images)

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Alex Murdaugh is led outside the Colleton County Courthouse by sheriff's deputies after being convicted of two counts of murder.
Alex Murdaugh is led outside the Colleton County Courthouse by sheriff's deputies after being convicted of two counts of murder.

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A family with a baby wearing ear defenders on his fathers shoulders watch Hacienda Classical on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival 2017 (Photo: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
A family with a baby wearing ear defenders on his fathers shoulders watch Hacienda Classical on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival 2017 (Photo: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

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Festivalgoers enjoy the sun and warm weather as they attend Glastonbury 2022 (Photo: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Festivalgoers enjoy the sun and warm weather as they attend Glastonbury 2022 (Photo: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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(Photo: Buena Vista International)

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(Photo: KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)

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(Image: Koei Tecmo)

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Gavin Williamson attends the opening day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham in October 2022 (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Gavin Williamson attends the opening day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham in October 2022 (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

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John Cena stars in WWE 2K23 (Image: 2K Sports)
John Cena stars in WWE 2K23 (Image: 2K Sports)

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Couples that game together, stay together... unless you blue shell them on the final lap of Rainbow Road (Photo: Pexels)
Couples that game together, stay together... unless you blue shell them on the final lap of Rainbow Road (Photo: Pexels)

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(Photo: Disney)

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Many people wear daffodils on St. David’s Day, he national flower of Wales (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Many people wear daffodils on St. David’s Day, he national flower of Wales (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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(Photo: Connect Festival)
(Photo: Connect Festival)

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