Harsh punishments: the Taliban have announced they will reinstate execution and amputations. EPA-EFE/stringer The Taliban are back in the saddle and, with them, the dreadful spectre of the harsh punishments meted out in their previous time in power: public hangings and stonings, amputation of hands and public floggings. Veteran TalibanContinue Reading
For decades, scientists have unsuccessfully tried to prove that zapping the brain can treat depression. The results of an ongoing deep brain stimulation trial hint that it could workContinue Reading
FRANK: WORLD KNOWS WHO WE ARE NOW Thomas Frank says the world are finally starting to know who Brentford are, writes DUNCAN WRIGHT. The Bees followed up holding Liverpool for a draw by winning 2-1 at West Ham today to climb up to seventh in the Premier League. And boss FrankContinue Reading
King Cabo, a completely unconsidered 80/1 chance on debut thirty-one days ago, is the only serious alternative to hot Godolphin-owned favourite Nations Pride in the six-runner Novice Stakes over a mile of Lingfield polytrack today and I’m looking forward to watching Luke Dace’s charge, which could well prove a surpriseContinue Reading
RISING star Saffie Osborne is set to miss the remainder of the year after complications arose from an old injury. The talented young jockey suffered a broken arm and a punctured lung in a horror fall at Windsor last October. 1 Saffie Osborne is set to miss the rest ofContinue Reading
Daniel Murtagh of Melrose Grove, Bawnogue, Clondalkin has been handed a life sentence for the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend Nadine Lott. Ms Lott was unrecognisable to her family after he savagely beat her at her home in Arklow, Co. Wicklow in December 2019. She suffered 64 injuries; the mostContinue Reading
The murder of Sarah Everard has damaged public trust in the police, and has women in the UK seeking answers about their safety in public places. A new government strategy continues to place the burden on women and girls to keep themselves safe, rather than addressing the causes of theirContinue Reading
Early in the coronavirus pandemic, researchers stumbled on an unexpected finding: smokers seemed to be protected from COVID’s worst effects. Initially discovered on a review of hospitalised patients in China, this “smoker’s paradox” was later reported in studies from Italy and France. But it turns out that this wasn’t true,Continue Reading
Ask any Olympian sports person and they tell you winning gold is a marathon of hard work, persistence and continual striving for excellence. Lori Reich, of Shute Fruit and Produce agrees: she has been making preserves from her farm house kitchen for over 20 years transforming the bounty from herContinue Reading
Former slave owners moved to Devon from across the country and empire to retire in coastal resorts, a new book shows. Men and women who had enslaved men, women and children in the West Indies made their home – or second or third home – in the county after emancipationContinue Reading
