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
Welsh Ultrarunner, Rhys Jenkins, is attempting to set a new world record running from John O’Groats to Land’s End whilst summiting each of the highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales to help in the fight against child abuse. On 13th July 2021, Rhys Jenkins (33, Penarth, South Wales), began hisContinue Reading
Back in 2019 BLEND Bude youth collective took on a challenge of raising funds for PAPYRUS prevention of youth suicide. They decided to incorporate a gruelling walk along the coastal path with raising awareness of the stigmas surrounding mental wellbeing. And so the idea of the Worry Walks began. CreatingContinue Reading
My Little Tip represents an each-way ‘steal’ in the eight-runner Novice Stakes over six furlongs of Chelmsford polytrack tonight and this is a real ‘humdinger’ in my book, following on from another intriguing two-year-old race on ‘good to soft’ Beverley earlier; my only worries, regarding a double, will be ‘non-runners!’Continue Reading
CHELSEA boss Thomas Tuchel was shown a yellow card during the Super Cup after arguing about a challenge made by Antonio Rudiger. The 28-year-old produced a crunching tackle to take both the ball and Villarreal winger Yeremi Pino during the first half of the European tie. 4 Thomas Tuchel wasContinue Reading
Prostock-studio/Shutterstock Earlier in the pandemic, it appeared that the majority of people infected with the coronavirus experienced mild-to-moderate symptoms and generally recovered within two to three weeks, depending on the severity of their illness. However, as time has passed, it’s become clear that some people, regardless of the severity ofContinue Reading
