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Biogen Alzheimer’s drug and the battle over dementia treatment of the future
The FDA’s approval of Biogen‘s Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm was a landmark moment in the life of Dr. Paul Aisen. The director of the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute at USC has spent the past three decades focused on treating the neurodegenerative disease, and in recent years helped shepherd this particular drugContinue Reading
Schoolchildren’s ‘Eyes of the World’ art installation sends powerful message to G7 leaders
Thousands of schoolchildren from Cornwall, Devon and Dorset have created a massive ‘Eyes of the World’ art installation, to send a message to Boris Johnson and the G7 world leaders that they want to see action on the climate crisis and for everyone to be safe from Covid by beingContinue Reading
A morning at stover country park
A morning at stover Country Park today, A great place to photograph wild birds. Today a stunning Mandarin duck and a beautiful family of 8 signets. Stover Country Park contains over 114 acres of woodland, heathland, grassland, lake and marsh and a substantial variety of wildlife. It is a site ofContinue Reading
Letter to Editor
Great to see the Cornish weather doing its best to impress G7 world leaders. Visiting Helston yesterday the weather was on the deck and nothing flew from RNAS Culdrose. It’s just as I always remember it from holidays to Cornwall in August as a kid – dull, damp and depressing! Continue Reading
The Helen foundation’s campaign smashes through initial target
In March 2021, The Helen Foundation embarked on its most ambitious fundraiser ever. Its THF40for40 campaign planned to raise £40,000 by late December of this year but supported by over 250 generous donors, the campaign has already broken through the initial target within two months of its launch. Helen’s 40thContinue Reading
An exciting day could end up ‘Seinsational!’
Sam Twiston-Davies provided a solid reason why I’ve long placed tremendous emphasis on jockeyship when winning on the somewhat recalcitrant Dr Richard Newland-trained Olympic Conqueror over two tense miles of Uttoxeter last Thursday; a short-head verdict over Ambassador doesn’t tell half the story. Alright so it was the second legContinue Reading
“Children’s Fire” brings light to the need for G7 to hold the good of the children at the core of its leadership
The Children’s Fire is a principle, a prayer and a commitment: a reminder that the well being of the children, of all species and all life, be put at the centre of decisionmaking. Honouring this principle commits us to listening to each other and finding common ground in creating aContinue Reading
Cornwall Freemasons to become strategic partner of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
More than 30,000 young people with disabilities and special educational needs will be able to take part in The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, thanks to a grant of £300,000 from the Freemasons. The Freemasons in Cornwall have become a strategic partner of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE), funding aContinue Reading
Local MP Luke Pollard is seeking volunteers in Plymouth to collaborate on a Covid Memorial Quilt
The Quilt is a creative project, asking people across Plymouth to come contribute a patch to reflect on their experiences of the pandemic. The patches contributed will be sewn together, and the Plymouth Covid Memorial Quilt will be displayed later this year alongside – a collection of statements that willContinue Reading
‘Profitable’ to ensure our ‘Income’ today!
Another short-priced ‘professional special’ double yesterday became a ‘full house’ because C’mon Kenny was withdrawn earlier due to over-watering at Nottingham, again! Income is a time-handicap ‘special’ expected to bring reward for serious punters in a twelve-runner Maiden Fillies’ Stakes over six furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Goodwood tonight;Continue Reading