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Time is running out for customers with Post Office card accounts
Around 24,000 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) customers with a Post Office card account have just three weeks left to update the department with new payment details before the 30 November deadline, or risk having payments paused. From 1 December 2021, HMRC will stop making tax credits, Child Benefit andContinue Reading
Education South West’s South Devon UTC judged good in all areas by Ofsted
South Devon UTC has been judged good in all areas by Ofsted last month. The UTC joined Education South West team of schools formally on February 1st 2021, having previously been supported by the Trust from September 2020. Ofsted recognised the high-quality resources in Health Care and Engineering which meansContinue Reading
Thousands of women will be aided by £200,000 grant from the Freemasons to National Domestic Abuse Helpline
Thousands of women experiencing domestic abuse will be able to gain help and support from Refuge’s 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline, thanks to a major grant from Cornwall Freemasons and other Provinces. The 200,000 grant will support the Helpline, which is at the heart of a strategic, co-ordinated response toContinue Reading
Tamarama to thwart record-breaking Hollie and land our nap!
Hollie Doyle landed Exclusive Times a short-priced winning favourite on Wolverhampton tapeta Monday, her 160th success of 2021 in the United Kingdom from just over 1000 rides which gives the 25-year-old ‘pocket rocket’ a 16% strike rate; please digest this paragraph, it’s nothing short of sensational! In the first partContinue Reading
AJ should hire Booth for Usyk fight, says mastermind who paired Fury & SugarHill
ANTHONY JOSHUA should appoint Adam Booth as his next trainer if he is to rip his belts back from Oleksandr Usyk. Watford’s 32-year-old heavyweight hero lost his WBA, IBF and WBO titles to the incredible Ukrainian in September and head trainer Rob McCracken has taken the flak for the gameplan.Continue Reading
Promising COVID treatments could be growing under the sea – here’s how to find them
divedog/Shutterstock More than 18 months into the pandemic, we’re still hunting for effective antiviral treatments for COVID – medicines that target the coronavirus itself and stop it from developing in the body. So far we have only a handful of options. Remdesivir has been authorised for use, but the latestContinue Reading
London’s Courtauld Gallery reopens, and it’s magnificent
Review at a glance When the Courtauld Gallery closed in 2018 for renovation, I feared it might lose the atmosphere that made it one of the most unique London museums. I needn’t have worried – it’s looking better than ever, with a perfectly judged renovation by Witherford Watson Mann architectsContinue Reading
Belarus: border crisis with Poland loses sight of the people trapped in the middle
Tensions at the border between Poland and Belarus continue to rise, with thousands of vulnerable migrants stranded in a standoff between the two countries and the geopolitical blocs to which they belong. About 4,000 men, women and children are caught along the border between the two countries, having been reportedlyContinue Reading
A dangerous parasite could be used to treat cancer – new research in mice
Not all tumours can be detected by the body's immune system. Peddalanka Ramesh Babu/ Shutterstock A parasite commonly found in cats’ faeces might one day help treat cancer. My colleagues and I have discovered that the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis – a condition that can be harmful to pregnant womenContinue Reading
We discovered why giant pandas are black and white: here’s how
Sid Balachandran / Unsplash, CC BY-SA In contrast to the many flamboyant species of birds, most of the 5,000 species of mammals are drab browns or greys. But there are a small number of well known and intriguing exceptions, most notably zebras, skunks, and orcas. Perhaps the most famous ofContinue Reading