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The video games sector now accounts for more than half of the UK's entire entertainment market, according to a new report. The industry is worth £3.86bn ($4.85bn) - more than double its value in 2007 - said the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). That makes it more lucrative than video and music combined. The success is largely down to three games: Fifa 19, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. The games market has grown, despite the fact that the physical console and PC games market shrank slightly in 2018, and digital also had a modest 12.5% growth. Chief executive of ERA, Kim Bayley said: "The games industry has been incredibly effective in taking advantage of the potential of digital technology to offer new and compelling forms of entertainment. Despite being the youngest of our three sectors, it is now by far the biggest." Three games - Fifa 19, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - each sold more than one million physical units in the UK during 2018. The figures do not take account of the success of mobile and free games such as Fortnite, which has more than 200 million players around the world. Mass market entertainment Piers Harding-Rolls, head of games research at IHS Markit said: "During the last five years the games sector has benefited hugely from the mainstream adoption of games apps on smart devices, and the transition from physical distribution to digital distribution in established parts of the market such as console gaming. "Games are now truly mass market and a very important part of the entertainment sector." He added: "Growth has been fuelled by the dominance of free content and in-game monetisation, which expands the adoption of games but also removes the cap on spending for those gamers that are really engaged in the experiences. "The flexibility of interactive content means it is unique in that it can be monetised in this way, which is an advantage over other forms of entertainment."

The M240i Gran Coupe variant will probably get the same 3.0-liter inline-six gasoline engine, but it will also feature an electric motor rated at around 88 horsepower and 122 pound-feet of torque. All told, total system output will exceed 300 horsepower, but the Gran Coupe might not be as powerful as the gasoline-only M240i, which delivers 335 horsepower. Below the hybrid, BMW will offer a wide range of gasoline and diesel engines. Just like the latest 3 Series, the 2 Series Gran Coupe will feature a 1.5-liter three-cylinder engine, most likely rated at 143 horsepower. BMW will also offer a 2.0-liter four-cylinder with close to 200 horses. The diesel range should include a 2.0-liter four-pot in three flavors: 156, 197, and 240 horsepower. The 2 Series Gran Coupe will be part of the new-generation 2 Series that will replace the F22 model, introduced in late 2013.

A clinical trial has been launched to see if a breath test could detect the presence of cancer. Researchers want to find out if signals of different cancer types can be picked up in patterns of breath molecules. The Cancer Research UK team in Cambridge will collect breath samples from 1,500 people, some with cancer. If the technology is proven, the hope is that breath tests could be used in GP practices to decide if patients need to be referred for more tests. They could potentially be used alongside blood and urine tests to help doctors detect cancer at an early stage, the researchers said. But it will be two years before the results of the exploratory trial are known. GPs' leaders said the research was exciting but they warned patients that breath tests to detect cancer were "unlikely to be commonplace at their GP practice anytime soon". How does the test work? Molecules called volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are released when cells in the body carry out biochemical reactions as part of their behaviour. But if cancer or other conditions are present, the normal behaviour of cells is altered and they appear to produce a different pattern of molecules - and a different signature smell. The research team is trying to find out if this pattern or odour can be identified in people's breath, using breath biopsy technology. Their ultimate aim is to work out if different types of cancer produce different patterns - or signatures - which can be detected at an early stage. What's the potential for the test? This is the start of the trial so we won't know for several years whether or not the initial results are promising. The science behind the test itself is not new. Many researchers around the world have been working on the possibility of breath tests for a number of cancers, including lung, for a number of years. There are some promising signs that breath tests could detect pre-cancerous symptoms, but it is not yet clear how accurate they are. Any breath test used on large numbers of patients would have to be sensitive and accurate to avoid misdiagnoses and false positives. In short, there is a long way to go and much more research needed on more people before a breath test will be appearing in any GP surgeries. It is possible that dogs could be also used to sniff out the odours given off by cancers, and other diseases like Parkinson's. Who will take part in the trial? The trial will start with patients with suspected oesophageal and stomach cancers and then widened to include people with prostate, kidney, bladder, liver and pancreatic cancers in the coming months. Healthy people will also be included in the trial. At Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, participants will be asked to breathe into a face mask for 10 minutes so a sample can be collected. The samples will then be sent to a laboratory in Cambridge to be analysed. 'Best chance of surviving' Rebecca Coldrick, 54, was one of the first people to take part in the trial. She has a condition called Barrett's oesophagus and could go on to develop cancer. "I was very happy to take part in the trial and I want to help with research however I can," she said. "I think the more research done to monitor conditions like mine and the kinder the detection tests developed, the better." Prof Rebecca Fitzgerald, lead trial investigator at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, said: "We urgently need to develop new tools, like this breath test, which could help to detect and diagnose cancer earlier, giving patients the best chance of surviving their disease." Dr David Crosby, head of early detection research at Cancer Research UK, said breath tests were a technology that had the potential "to revolutionise the way we detect and diagnose cancer in the future". Cancer Research UK has made research into this area one of its top priorities.

Extensive debris has washed up on islands off the Dutch north coast after some 270 containers including chemicals fell off a cargo ship in a storm. As the extent of pollution became clear on five islands including Terschelling, coastguards searched the North Sea for missing containers. The cargo fell off the MSC Zoe near the German island of Borkum, but the tide carried many of them to the south-west. Initial images showed children's toys and TVs on Dutch beaches. But officials said three containers carried toxic substances, and Dutch and German coastguards warned local people to steer clear of them. One of those containers had a cargo of peroxide powder, and a 25kg bag of the chemical was found on the island of Schiermonnikoog on Thursday, along with several containers and their contents. What happened to the MSC Zoe? The Panama-registered ship is described as the biggest in Europe, with a potential cargo of 19,000 containers. As Storm Zeetje buffeted northern Germany with gale force winds late on Tuesday night, 270 containers of Zoe's cargo fell off the ship as it made its way through the Wadden Sea from the Belgian port of Antwerp. Waves of up to 10m (33ft) in height were reported on the night and images from the Dutch coastguard showed dozens of containers balanced precariously like dominoes on the deck, about to fall into the sea. By Wednesday morning, strong tides had already swept some of the containers on to beaches on Terschelling, Vlieland and Ameland and Dutch and German coastguard planes scoured the sea for the others. There were fears that other shipping could be damaged by the cargo. The Geneva-based MSC company which owns the ship has asked a salvage company to use sonar equipment to help retrieve the missing containers. Overnight into Thursday, the MSC Zoe docked at Bremerhaven. Several containers were spotted in German waters and a further 11 were seen by the Dutch coastguard floating between the islands of Ameland and Schiermonnikoog. How bad is the pollution? By Thursday five Dutch islands in the Wadden Sea had seen debris from the MSC Zoe wash up on its beaches. On Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog volunteers were helping on Thursday to clear up the mess spilt the previous day. Around 100 soldiers were being sent to the islands part of the clean-up operation. Among the rubbish found on Terschelling's long, sandy beaches were shoes, bags, cushions, chairs, TVs and plastic cups. Children found pink toys among the rubbish. Volunteers had to scoop polystyrene packaging from the dunes. On Ameland, local officials said 130,000kg of debris had been cleared up along an 8km (five-mile) stretch of beach. Further to the east, on Schiermonnikoog, a trail of plastic rubbish, shoes and light bulbs was found on the beaches. "This is truly a disaster. How are we going to clean this up?" said local environmentalist Cynthia Borras. "We were prepared for an oil disaster but not this." Terschelling mayor Bert Wassink feared the clean-up could take a long time. "We've never seen this before. It's becoming more common to see containers falling in the water but never before on this scale," he told public broadcaster NOS. It was not all bad news on Terschelling. The latest exhibit on display in the local shipwreck museum in the town of Formerum featured an "army" of plastic ponies. When the MSC Napoli ran aground off the south-west coast of England in 2007, 80 containers washed ashore. Police had to shut a local beach as people scoured the debris for motorbikes and other merchandise. Police had to use old laws on scavenging that require people to return goods from the stricken ship. Although some flat screen TVs were found in the debris on Wednesday, most concerns on the Dutch islands focused on the environmental damage to the area.

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