Thousands of women experiencing domestic abuse will be able to gain help and support from Refuge’s 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline, thanks to a major grant from Cornwall Freemasons and other Provinces. The 200,000 grant will support the Helpline, which is at the heart of a strategic, co-ordinated response toContinue Reading
Hollie Doyle landed Exclusive Times a short-priced winning favourite on Wolverhampton tapeta Monday, her 160th success of 2021 in the United Kingdom from just over 1000 rides which gives the 25-year-old ‘pocket rocket’ a 16% strike rate; please digest this paragraph, it’s nothing short of sensational! In the first partContinue Reading
ANTHONY JOSHUA should appoint Adam Booth as his next trainer if he is to rip his belts back from Oleksandr Usyk. Watford’s 32-year-old heavyweight hero lost his WBA, IBF and WBO titles to the incredible Ukrainian in September and head trainer Rob McCracken has taken the flak for the gameplan.Continue Reading
divedog/Shutterstock More than 18 months into the pandemic, we’re still hunting for effective antiviral treatments for COVID – medicines that target the coronavirus itself and stop it from developing in the body. So far we have only a handful of options. Remdesivir has been authorised for use, but the latestContinue Reading
Review at a glance When the Courtauld Gallery closed in 2018 for renovation, I feared it might lose the atmosphere that made it one of the most unique London museums. I needn’t have worried – it’s looking better than ever, with a perfectly judged renovation by Witherford Watson Mann architectsContinue Reading
Tensions at the border between Poland and Belarus continue to rise, with thousands of vulnerable migrants stranded in a standoff between the two countries and the geopolitical blocs to which they belong. About 4,000 men, women and children are caught along the border between the two countries, having been reportedlyContinue Reading
Not all tumours can be detected by the body's immune system. Peddalanka Ramesh Babu/ Shutterstock A parasite commonly found in cats’ faeces might one day help treat cancer. My colleagues and I have discovered that the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis – a condition that can be harmful to pregnant womenContinue Reading
Sid Balachandran / Unsplash, CC BY-SA In contrast to the many flamboyant species of birds, most of the 5,000 species of mammals are drab browns or greys. But there are a small number of well known and intriguing exceptions, most notably zebras, skunks, and orcas. Perhaps the most famous ofContinue Reading
GOOD MORNING RED DEVILS FANS Erik Ten Hag is being eyed as a potential replacement for under-pressure Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the Manchester United hot seat. But tempting the current Ajax boss to Old Trafford will be no mean feat. The Independent reports Ten Hag is reluctant to leave theContinue Reading
Sean FitzPatrick, the former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, the lender that collapsed during the financial crisis, has died aged 73. A spokesman for Mr FitzPatrick’s family confirmed that he died on Monday from a cardiac arrest. Mr FitzPatrick oversaw the rise of Anglo Irish Bank from a small DublinContinue Reading
