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Care South supports Margaret Green Animal Rescue
with £1,500 from the Chairman’s 2020 Fund award Margaret Green Animal Rescue has been selected by Care South as one of its beneficiaries of the Chairman’s 2020 Fund. Margaret Green Animal Rescue take in pets that become homeless due to a change in circumstances or that have been neglected, mistreatedContinue Reading
F1 Russian Grand Prix LIVE: Bottas goes fastest in FP1, Hamilton and Verstappen next – stream, TV, latest updates
HAMMER TIME Lewis Hamilton is adamant he will not crack under the pressure of his intense F1 title fight with Max Verstappen. The rivalry has exploded on track with the two coming to blows at the British and Italian Grands Prix. Last out at Monza, Hamilton said he was luckyContinue Reading
Time to go all out for ‘Power!
Kimngrace should just about retrieve recent losses in a ten-runner Maiden Fillies’ Stakes over six furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Haydock this afternoon even though the career-best effort of this Richard Hughes-trained Profitable juvenile was down the Newbury straight last month against sixteen rivals at class one level in aContinue Reading
Covid vaccine booster campaign begins in Ireland next week
The Covid vaccination campaign will move to a new phase next week as the health service begins to administer third doses of the jab to vulnerable groups, the chief executive of the HSE has confirmed. Paul Reid said those eligible for a third vaccine dose can make appointments from Wednesday,Continue Reading
A new oral antiviral drug for COVID is being tested in humans – can it make a difference?
Despite the effectiveness of vaccines, we still need drugs to treat COVID. Even people who have been double vaccinated stand a small chance of getting COVID and ending up moderately or even severely ill. There are drugs to treat COVID, but they have to be given in hospital. One promisingContinue Reading
Fossil footprints prove humans populated the Americas thousands of years earlier than we thought
Are these the footprints of the first-known American teen? Matthew Robert Bennett, Author provided Our species began migrating out of Africa around 100,000 years ago. Aside from Antarctica, the Americas were the last continents humans reached, with the early pioneers crossing the now-submerged Bering land bridge that once connected easternContinue Reading
German election: continuing popularity of far-right AfD has roots in east-west divide
Sunday’s parliamentary election in Germany will see Angela Merkel’s 16-year stint as chancellor come to an end. She was the first person from the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) to rise to the post. The performance of the populist radical right party the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is alsoContinue Reading
German election explained: why is it always so hard to form a government?
It is quite unusual for the two largest parties in a given country to form a coalition. In the UK, it took the second world war to bring such a grand coalition about. Grand coalitions promise extreme stability, given that they provide an overwhelming majority. In parliament, it is easyContinue Reading
The best budget tablets to buy right now
Pick up a budget tablet from Android or Amazon to build into your entertainment and education schedulesContinue Reading
Alexander Litvinenko: court judgment on assassinated Russian spy has cross-border implications
Alexander Litvinenko in University College Hospital after being poisoned with a radioactive substance. Wikimedia Commons The European court of human rights has ruled that Russia is responsible for the 2006 assassination of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in the UK. The six to one judgment is significant for human rights standards,Continue Reading