The UK has been through two large waves of COVID-19 and is currently in the middle of a third. Yet despite cases being high, both scientists and politicians are cautiously optimistic that the worst of the pandemic is behind the UK. At the same time, it needs to be recognisedContinue Reading
Do you love your Cornish wildlife? Have you ever fancied sponsoring an at-risk animal? Now is your perfect opportunity. Bats need help to keep the roof over their heads. In May 2021 two families of bats were found in the roof at St Sampson’s Church, South Hill. The two maternalContinue Reading
In trying to understand what prompted a man in Plymouth, England to commit the worst mass shooting in the UK for over a decade, attention has turned to his apparent links with the incel community – an online subculture of people who describe themselves as “involuntary celibates”. Jake Davison allegedlyContinue Reading
Sunseeker has partnered with the Bournemouth Air Festival for 2021 to create a spectacular display of new and classic Sunseeker yachts. This is the last call for Sunseeker owners to join an official ‘Parade’ in front of thousands of Air Festival spectators on Saturday 4th September, to take part and helpContinue Reading
Hodler ticks enough boxes to rate an each-way ‘special’ for the class 4 Maiden Stakes over six furlongs of ‘good’ Windsor tonight when the Thames-side venue will be buzzing with ‘City-ites’ bursting to unload their outlandish wages in attempts to supplement them, at expense of bookmakers. It’s always a livelyContinue Reading
Richard Burrow and Kimberley Hauge raised £2,500 for charity with a speed shear on their big day. The newlyweds tied the knot on Sat 31st July at St Peters church in Tiverton. Richard a farm worker has sheared in New Zealand, taken part in 24hour charity shearathon but never beforeContinue Reading
Olga Soloveva/Shutterstock You may have seen the before-and-after-lockdown photos of major cities that appear to show dramatic changes in air quality. In one, the India Gate war memorial in New Delhi is barely visible amid the smog. Then, during lockdown, it’s clearly visible in its red Bharatpur stone grandness. GettingContinue Reading
Some people spite those who are more successful than them. fran_kie/Shutterstock As communism imploded in 1989, the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama asked if liberal democracy was “the end of history”, being the form all societies were destined to take. The past decades have suggested not. Illiberal democracies and hybridContinue Reading
CHELSEA striker Timo Werner chased a lost dog for more than a mile — only to end up defeated. Timo, 25, set off after the terrier which was darting around in distress in a park. 2 Chelsea striker Timo Werner chased a terrier for more than a mile but wasContinue Reading
Krakenimages/Shutterstock At the start of the pandemic, there was a striking sense of shared resolve and solidarity. Facing a public health crisis greater than any in living memory, people were largely united in their support of difficult measures to protect the vulnerable, safeguard the health system and sustain key workers.Continue Reading
