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Mandatory vaccines could face constitutional challenge, says expert
Introducing mandatory vaccines could be difficult to achieve because of rights afforded by the Constitution, a legal expert has said. David Kenny, associate professor of law at Trinity College in Dublin, said the State would have to show a “very compelling and highly evidenced” common good rationale to remove people’sContinue Reading
St Margaret’s A Mile a Day Challenge in 2022
The hospice is encouraging people across Somerset to take part in the A Mile a Day Challenge throughout 2022 and go the extra mile to support them. St Margaret’s is challenging supporters to run, cycle, swim or even dance a mile a day and log their progress so they canContinue Reading
Superworm returns to Haldon Forest Park with an exciting new family activity trail
Hip, hip, hooray for SUPERWORM! Superworm returns to Haldon Forest Park with an exciting new family activity trail. From the creators of The Gruffalo, the hugely popular children’s picture book Superworm returns to Haldon Forest Park in January 2022 with a brand-new family activity trail. Launching on Saturday 15 January,Continue Reading
Senegal vs Zimbabwe LIVE: Stream, TV channel, team news for AFCON 2022 game
Good morning from Cameroon Welcome to our live coverage of the Africa Cup of Nations clash between Senegal and Zimbabwe at the Kouekong Stadium. The two African countries kick off proceedings in Group B but they won’t be without absences in Bafoussam, as they haven’t been spared by COVID-19. SenegalContinue Reading
The FTC Wants Companies to Find Log4j Fast. It Won’t Be So Easy
The critical vulnerability is buried among endless open source code, and many cyber experts are stumped.Continue Reading
Luke drawn into making the right ‘Call!’
Miscall, clear top-rated on my time handicap but drawn widest in the ten-runner Fillies’ Novices’ Stakes over six furlongs of Wolverhampton tapeta tonight, sets veteran jockey Luke Morris a real poser aboard Archie Watson’s charge; ‘The Sniper’ as Sir Mark Prescott’s stable-jockey is called in the weighing room, will haveContinue Reading
LSO/Rattle at Barbican review: a Julian Anderson premiere made for a dramatic display
Review at a glance T he Moroccan-French composer Ahmed Essyad emails his friends early in the 2020 lockdown, describing the empty sheet of paper in front of him. It may not sound the most promising beginning to a major five-part choral and orchestral work by one of Britain’s leading composers.Continue Reading
Why most hangover cures don’t work but a few might help – new study
Fizkes/Shutterstock Most of us know that horrible feeling of tiredness, headache, sweating, nausea and sensitivity to light – the dreaded hangover. For decades researchers have been exploring potential cures for hangovers induced by alcohol. Now a new systematic review of randomised control trials has revealed what the evidence says –Continue Reading
Don’t look up: several asteroids are heading towards Earth – here’s how we deal with threats in real life
Could it happen? Triff/Shutterstock Don’t look now – but we are currently experiencing a rash of stories about a forthcoming global catastrophe. But in a change from reports of pandemics and climate change, this global catastrophe is produced by the impact of a giant asteroid. Or comet. Or both. ThisContinue Reading
BBC dooms-mongers paint Boris’s Britain as a Covid catastrophe – they’ll never admit we’re showing Europe the way out
THE BBC could barely conceal its satisfaction as Britain notched up 150,000 deaths “with Covid” this weekend. The toll, it noted, was equal to the entire population of Oxford. BBC dooms-mongers paint Boris’s Britain as a Covid catastrophe – they’ll never admit we’re showing Europe the way out To emphasiseContinue Reading