Amateur Photographer magazine runs an annual competition to find the “Amateur Photographer of the Year”. The competition is run over 10 months, each month a different theme is set. Each round is professionally judged and all those who are shortlisted earn points, as do those who make the top 10.Continue Reading
A new initiative to encourage more members of the public to take up sign language as an extra language and skill, is now available to local residents. The Signs4Life scheme is to help people to communicate and engage with children and adults who may be hard of hearing. Radiyya Jahan, Signs4LifeContinue Reading
Updated at 13:40 Virology expert professor Gerald Barry has called for booster vaccines to be given to people who have had Covid following a shorter time frame. At present the recommendation is a six months period between the last dose and the booster for those who had Covid-19. The durationContinue Reading
CRISTIANO RONALDO’S secret weapon is that he sleeps five times a day BEFORE bed and snoozes in the foetal position. Sleep guru Nick Littlehales has lifted the lid on the amazing routines behind the Portuguese superstar’s success. 4 Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo is said to go for a lie-down fiveContinue Reading
A recurring theme of the pandemic has been how COVID’s impacts have not fallen equally across the UK population. The health and financial burden of the disease has been felt disproportionately by people living in deprived areas. An example of the starkness of this disparity is the fact that, onceContinue Reading
Instinction, six lengths winner over course and distance under Brian Smart’s rapidly-aspiring apprentice Gianluca Sanna six weeks ago, is a confident selection for a ten-runner Novice Stakes over five furlongs of Newcastle tapeta this afternoon; my solid reason is the lad’s full 7lbs allowance on a tough uphill track whichContinue Reading
The expedition team will experience physical hardship and the dangers of cold exposure and crevasse falls to obtain rare data. Research stations on the shores of the western Antarctic Peninsula and islands minimise the risk to researchers by focusing on survey sites that can be reached with relatively safe availableContinue Reading
Exmouth RNLI lifeboats will not be available to stand by at this years Christmas Swims in Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton. Due to the recent reported onset of the Covid-19 variant, Omicron, and increasing risks surrounding the transmission of the virus, Exmouth RNLI lifeboats will not be attending to stand byContinue Reading
Having seen off plans by the Government to scrap HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, Luke Pollard, the MP for Devonport, has been pressing Ministers for news of their replacements. For the past few years, the threat to Devonport’s largest ships has been real. HMS Ocean, the Royal Navy flagship, andContinue Reading
Big Jack to ‘Concer’ moderates at Fakenham! was our headline tip yesterday, and didn’t he just with a sensational ride? Gerico Ville, one of two Chris Gordon declarations for a twelve-runner Novices’ Hurdle over two and a half miles of ‘heavy’ Lingfield this afternoon, merits ‘special’ status but I’m alwaysContinue Reading
