Recent official South African medical reports and countrywide COVID data have indicated that since early November, when omicron was first detected, COVID cases substantially increased. However, most patients had, at worst, mild symptoms, and cases are now in steep decline. These observations substantially differ from the previous waves, including thoseContinue Reading

‘We wuz robbed’ and to be honest I’m fed up with the cynicism of our bookmaking profession which is allowed to ‘cheat’ punters unceremoniously! On Tuesday we had one winner and two placed runners which should have given readers/punters useful profit with a place treble and two successful doubles but,Continue Reading

Antarctica's 'doomsday' glacier: how its collapse could trigger global floods and swallow islands

Glaciers like Antarctica's Byrd Glacier are showing cracks and movement. United States Geological Survey , CC BY-SA The massive Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by 65cm if it were to completely collapse. And, worryingly, recent research suggests that its long-term stability isContinue Reading

Nev: TAA and Robertson are Prem’s best ever Gary Neville rates Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson as the Prem’s best ever full-backs. Neville, who played as a right-back at Manchester United, was very impressed with Alexander-Arnold and Robertson during the Reds’ 2-2 draw at Tottenham on Sunday. The footballer-turned-pundit can’t remember twoContinue Reading