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Turkey-Syria earthquake: the risk of aftershocks and what can be done to protect rescuers
As the first United Nations aid convoy made it across the Turkish border into Syria, the regional death toll from the earthquakes four days earlier climbed steadily past 19,000. And it looks set to rise higher still. Quite a lot of these will be new deaths, caused by aftershocks andContinue Reading
UFC star Chandler vows to ‘SMACK’ Conor McGregor if he talks about his wife
MICHAEL CHANDLER has warned Conor McGregor he’ll get “smacked” if he uses his family for trash talk ahead of their showdown. The three-time Bellator lightweight champion will welcome McGregor back to the octagon later this year after they coach season 31 of the Ultimate Fighter. 4 Michael Chandler will welcomeContinue Reading
Dream Team managers would do well to remember James Maddison’s impressive stats over the last three years
LEICESTER won the FA Cup for the first time in their history in 2021 but the club’s fortunes have steadily declined since that impressive achievement. The Foxes finished outside of the European places last season and they’re on track for a bottom-half finish this term having lost 12 of theirContinue Reading
Dogs and cats can be expensive – five ways to save money on pet care as the cost of living rises
Some pet owners are facing heartbreaking choices due to rising prices. Budimir Jevtic/Shutterstock For anyone with a pet, you’ll know how much happiness they can bring to your life. Pets are part of the family – which is why, as someone who shares their life with a companion animal, it’sContinue Reading
Bertie Ahern’s Fianna Fáil return ‘very welcome’, says former junior minister
Former Fianna Fáil junior minister Conor Lenihan has described the return of Bertie Ahern as “a very welcome thing”. “I think, in particular, his skills of organisation, which ultimately, when I was elected in 1997, won us three successive general elections, will also be a huge plus for the partyContinue Reading
Want to avoid heated arguments? Try this technique before having a difficult conversation
Conflict is unavoidable but we don't have to argue Master1305/Shutterstock Listening to people talk about views that clash with your own can be galling. Families all over the world avoid controversial topics. In the UK, for example, mention Brexit and watch everyone in the room tense up. But if youContinue Reading
Mercury Prize-winning rapper Little Simz to perform at 2023 EE Bafta Film Awards
The London-born rapper said she was “excited and honoured” to be part of the event, due to take place on February 19. Nominations for the 2023 ceremony were announced last month, with Netflix’s anti-war epic All Quiet On The Western Front leading the pack with 14 nominations. Martin McDonagh’s TheContinue Reading
BCG: how a century-old vaccine is being used against everything from cancer to autoimmune diseases
BCG vaccine scar TuktaBaby/EPA In March 2020, as the UK was preparing to go into lockdown, two new trials were posted on the clinicaltrials.gov database. The researchers were proposing that BCG, an old vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), should be tested for its protective effect against COVID. As vaccines tend toContinue Reading
Turkey-Syria earthquakes: shallow depth of main shocks is a key reason why they’ve been so devastating
The earthquakes that struck in Turkey and Syria in the early hours of February 6 have led to terrible destruction on a scale not seen in Europe for many decades. At the time of writing, the death toll has risen beyond 11,000 people and will continue to rise over theContinue Reading
Maths that will help you as an adult: from baking a cake to asking for a pay rise
DimaBerlin/Shutterstock The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has proposed that school pupils should continue learning maths until 18 in order to obtain the numeracy skills needed in careers and everyday adult life. This proposal may be useful to current teenagers – but what about those of us who have already startedContinue Reading