St Margaret’s Hospice is inviting people across Somerset to come together and be part of this year’s Light up a Life campaign. Traditionally Light up a Life is the time when the hospice invites the local community to gather in churches across the county for a simple service of remembrance.Continue Reading
A high-profile legal dispute between Amazon and Reliance Industries looks set to forever change the shopping habits of more than a billion peopleContinue Reading
A few years ago I interviewed an actress, and as part of our conversation, she shared an experience that I’ve found myself thinking about ever since. She was performing in a play while pregnant, which meant that she needed to leave the job early. It ended up being an uncomfortableContinue Reading
The news that inmates in Thailand are being handed capsules of a herbal medicine called green chiretta (Andrographis paniculata) to treat asymptomatic and mild COVID is unlikely to come as a surprise to the average Thai citizen. In Thailand, healthcare professionals and the public alike are familiar with green chirettaContinue Reading
There's more going on in the universe than we know. Zolt Levay/Flickr, CC BY-SA The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) sparked worldwide excitement in March as particle physicists reported tantalising evidence for new physics – potentially a new force of nature. Now, our new result, yet to be peer reviewed, fromContinue Reading
Celebrity met statesmanship in the form of Arnold “the Governator” Schwarzenegger, and more recently, in the presidency of former reality star Donald Trump. Celebrities entering politics is an international pasttime. Brazilian footballer-turned-senator Romário de Souza Faria, singer Bobi Wine as runner-up in the (contested) Ugandan presidential elections, and comedian VolodymyrContinue Reading
Sharesa ticks plenty of boxes and is favoured by conditions of an eight-runner Novice Stakes over six furlongs of Kempton polytrack tonight; Middleham-based ‘winning machine’ Mark Johnston is never shy of journeying thoroughbreds long distances and ‘winning brackets’ for this twice-raced Mehmas filly are absolutely vital for stud purposes. FollowingContinue Reading
ARSENAL have unveiled their new-look tunnel and dressing room after it underwent a refurbishment. The Gunners had three weeks to complete the new designs between the matches against Tottenham and Crystal Palace. 3 Arsenal’s changing room displays the words ‘We are the Arsenal’ 3 The famous club motto ‘Victory throughContinue Reading
Marina Demidiuk/Shutterstock Any new infectious disease is an unknown to pregnant women, as it might affect the pregnancy and the developing foetus. Because of this, careful attention has been paid to the effects of COVID on pregnant women ever since the beginning of the pandemic. Now, after 18 months ofContinue Reading
Most of us have dreamt about winning big in the lottery – I know I have. This dream came true for a French ticket-holder, who won the record £184 million EuroMillions jackpot. A sudden income of £184 million would no doubt be life-changing. But what do we actually know aboutContinue Reading
