Updated 8.20pm Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has survived a motion of no confidence after the Dáil voted confidence by 92 votes to 59. Controversy surrounding the failed appointment of former government minister Katherine Zappone as a special envoy to the United Nations led to the motion of noContinue Reading
Burlingham/Shutterstock Drones have become the signature tool of 21st-century warfare, particularly by US forces in the “war on terror”. The fundamental rationale for drone use relies on their “surgical precision”, supposedly saving civilian lives. But headlines show us this isn’t true. A recent US drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan mistakenlyContinue Reading
E d Balls’ memoir Appetite is about food and family. It’s about politics as well, of course, Balls being one of the pillars of New Labour – he was Secretary for Children and Families under his old boss, Gordon Brown, as well as Shadow Chancellor and Shadow Home Secretary. It’sContinue Reading
Luxor Flush shouldn’t be extended to build on an encouraging course and distance debut five weeks ago when contesting division one of the Novice Stakes over five furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Beverley this afternoon. Veteran jockey Graham Lee was aboard Ollie Pear’s charge when the Footstepsinthesand gelding, a 33/1Continue Reading
Why on Earth does Apple’s iPhone 13 still have an intrusive black slab cut out of its screen? Many others manage just fine withoutContinue Reading
Craft a woolly flag to celebrate 10 year of the Woolly weekend for the a chance to win £50 to spend on woolly products at the Woolly Weekend. Ten years ago the first Woolly Weekend was held, bringing stallholders into the old house at Kelly to share their love ofContinue Reading
In the two decades that followed the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, significant progress was made in education in Afghanistan. By 2017, the number of schools had more than quintupled. School enrolment, from grades one to twelve, had reached 9.2 million pupils, 39% of whom were girls. ThisContinue Reading
FOOTBALL legend Pele has thanked fans for their get-well messages after leaving intensive care following a colon tumour op. The three-time Brazil World Cup winner also cracked a new joke about being ready to play football again in his first social media post since his hospital move. 1 The three-timeContinue Reading
Kazantseva Olga/Shutterstock Two weeks after your second COVID-19 vaccine dose, the protective effects of vaccination will be at their highest. At this point, you’re fully vaccinated. If you still get COVID-19 after this point, you’ve suffered a “breakthrough” infection. Broadly speaking, breakthrough infections are similar to regular COVID-19 infections inContinue Reading
One of the hand prints discovered in Tibet that is believed to have been made by children. Matthew Bennett, Author provided Fossilised footprints, and more rarely, hand prints, can be found around the world; left as people went about their daily business, preserved by freak acts of geological preservation. InContinue Reading
