August 4th 2021, Somerset, England. Internationally acclaimed land artist Simon Beck has created a giant drawing of the band Sparks – brothers Ron & Russell Mael – on the beach at Brean, near Burnham on Sea, to celebrate the acclaimed release of the film The Sparks Brothers. “We’ve seen fanContinue Reading
Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew launched this lunchtime to rescue two individuals reportedly in difficulty in the River Exe. In their third assignment in three days, at 12.41pm today Thursday 12 August 2021, H.M. Coastguard tasked the crew of Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II to attend a reportContinue Reading
Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew launched this afternoon to rescue two individuals reportedly stranded by the tide off Budleigh Salterton between Otter Point and Brandy Head. At 4.43pm today Wednesday 11 August 2021 the crew of Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II were tasked by H.M. Coastguard to conductContinue Reading
MANCHESTER UNITED star Jesse Lingard revealed he turned to drink to ‘try to ease the pain’ during bad periods at Old Trafford. The midfielder did a stunning job of reviving his career at West Ham last season and has revealed how dark it got before his brother helped bring himContinue Reading
Low-carbohydrate diets have also been shown to help people achieve remission. Elena Shashkina/ Shutterstock Until recently, type 2 diabetes has mainly been managed by controlling risk factors – such as high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar (glucose) levels – usually by prescribing drugs. But this approach doesn’t address theContinue Reading
Oh Herberts Reign, trained by two-year-old specialist Richard Hannon and again mount of long-serving stable jockey Pat Dobbs, improved from debut experience five weeks ago and is all set to make it third time lucky in division two of the Maiden Stakes over seven furlongs of ‘good to soft’ NewburyContinue Reading
The Sars-CoV-2 virus creates about half a mutation per infection. Adao/Shutterstock The pandemic has enabled us to study the details of how evolution happens – in real time. Scientists have generated more than two million genome sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, allowing us to dissect the minutiae of evolutionary changesContinue Reading
The long war in Afghanistan reached a potential watershed on August 6 when Taliban fighters took over Zaranj, a dusty frontier town with a population of some 63,000 on the Afghan-Iranian border. Though geographically and politically marginal, Zaranj was the first provincial centre to fall during a month of rapidContinue Reading
Faber14/Shutterstock Most people in the UK plan to keep wearing masks on public transport or in crowded indoor areas to avoid spreading COVID-19. However, when mask mandates lift – as they have done largely across England – some people say they will no longer wear one if they don’t haveContinue Reading
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Close to 40 million people in the UK have had two COVID vaccine doses. This gives Britain one of the highest rates of coverage in the world, with nearly 60% of the population fully vaccinated. And with vaccines soon to be rolled out to 16- and 17-year-olds,Continue Reading
