Banshee attempts to retrieve recent losses in a compelling fourteen-runner Fillies’ Novice Stakes over seven furlongs of Kempton polytrack tonight when the obligatory ‘Wednesday-nighter’ will be of immense interest, crowd-wise! For reasons often mentioned this right-handed Kew course doesn’t cut it’ with professional racegoers, and it was the case beforeContinue Reading

Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew launched this afternoon to rescue a 12 year old missing whilst swimming off the coastline between Orcombe Point and Sandy Bay. At 4.46pm today Tuesday 10 August 2021 the crew of Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II  were tasked by H.M. Coastguard to attendContinue Reading

Engraving showing a mother and daughter sitting at a table laden with books, while son stands holding an atlas.

The UK government’s COVID recovery plans for schools have been criticised for prioritising learning over wellbeing. Education specialists routinely extol the benefits sports, creative activities and the performing arts can bring to children. This is particularly relevant in light of the disruptions to schooling and childhood that COVID has wrought.Continue Reading

Many students say they feel COVID has diminished the value of their university experience. Complaints filed with the Office of the Independent Adjudicator in 2020 detail examples of how the pandemic has disrupted students’ learning. A recent report from the Higher Education Policy Institute finds students often say they regardContinue Reading

Danger Close is an outlandish selection for a moderate Nursery Handicap over five furlongs of Chelmsford polytrack tonight and obviously I’ll tell you why and explain myself! Three days ago I chanced Danger Close in a similar race from the worst draw with Luke Morris replacing apprentice Grace McEntee whoContinue Reading

Gut bacteria rewind ageing brain in mice

Neil Lockhart/Shutterstock In 1895, on turning 50, Elie Metchnikoff became increasingly anxious about ageing. As a result, the Russian Nobel prize-winning scientist, and one of the founders of immunology, turned his attention away from immunology and towards gerontology – a term that he coined. He was fascinated by the roleContinue Reading