JOSHUA BUATSI raced to his second win in three violent months with a one-sided battering of Ricards Bolotniks. The man nicknamed ‘Just Business’ raced to his 15th straight victory, in promoter Eddie Hearn’s Essex garden, with a clinic in precision punching that ended brutally in the 11th. 3 Joshua BuatsiContinue Reading
People have been gaining weight during the pandemic Nicoleta Ionescu/Shutterstock We ate a lot more during the pandemic. The latest figures by Public Health England suggest that more than 40% of British adults gained an average of 3kg during the pandemic. The reasons for the rise in body weights seem,Continue Reading
China’s vaccine-development system has been busy during the pandemic. Two Chinese vaccines are now being used around the world: the Sinopharm vaccine and the CoronaVac vaccine. The latter, developed by the Sinovac Biotech company, is the latest COVID-19 vaccine to be authorised for emergency use by the World Health OrganizationContinue Reading
Rachel Bush, 60, from Kingston, Devon, and her faithful terrier Ruby are walking the entire 630 miles of the South West Coast Path to raise funds for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association after her friend and neighbour contracted the disease. Seeing the devastating impact of MND on her friend –Continue Reading
Public Events 14th/15th August Covid-19 restrictions prevented the nation from commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day in May and Victory over Japan (VJ) Day in August in a manner fitting the efforts and sacrifice of those men and women of the British Empire who took part.Continue Reading
Michael Wick/Shutterstock.com Nicola Patron: Oil from soybeans gene-edited to produce a “high oleic” oil with no trans fats and less saturated fat is already on sale in the United States. Other products including low-acrylamide potatoes and non-browning mushrooms are expected to be launched in the near future. The work IContinue Reading
Crowds gathered to watch the spectacle of over 100 beautiful Exmoor ponies being gathered from around 3000 acres of Brendon Common and coming off the moor. The event is becoming a popular draw for both spectators and riders and this year people came from all over the UK to experienceContinue Reading
Macon Belle and Minnamoolka come out similarly, on my time-handicap, for an intriguing class 5 Restricted Maiden Stakes over an extended five furlongs of (unwatered) ‘good’ ground Bath tonight but preference is definitely for the former, drawn much the best in stall one, seven places inside Mick Channon’s charge. BothContinue Reading
A military-style DIY SOS team has stepped in to overhaul the outdoor learning space at an East Devon school for children with special needs. Pupils and staff at Mill Water School in East Budleigh have had an incredibly difficult year and have been urgently needing extra shelters and outdoor learningContinue Reading
August 4th 2021, Somerset, England. Internationally acclaimed land artist Simon Beck has created a giant drawing of the band Sparks – brothers Ron & Russell Mael – on the beach at Brean, near Burnham on Sea, to celebrate the acclaimed release of the film The Sparks Brothers. “We’ve seen fanContinue Reading
