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Covid isolation ‘likely to be slashed to five days’ in bid to combat staffing crisis and get Brits back to work
THE Covid isolation period is reportedly likely to be cut to five days to help combat the staffing crisis and get Brits back to work. Government scientists have reportedly told Boris Johnson he would have to accept a slightly increased risk of people leaving isolation while still infectious if heContinue Reading
Here’s where (and how) you are most likely to catch COVID – new study
VGstockstudio/Shutterstock Two years into the pandemic, most of us are fed up. COVID case rates are higher than they’ve ever been and hospitalisation rates are once again rising rapidly in many countries. Against this bleak picture, we yearn to get back to normal. We’d like to meet friends in aContinue Reading
When a smell evokes a memory: new research offers clues about how the two are linked in the brain
wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock In an episode of the popular TV series Black Mirror called Crocodile, an investigator asks a witness to smell a bottle of beer. The aim is to refresh her memory of a crime scene (the crime took place near a brewery). This might not exactly be standard practice, butContinue Reading
Novak Djokovic: the legal problem of having one rule for some, another for everyone else
Since the start of the pandemic, anyone wishing to enter Australia has had to contend with one of the strictest immigration and quarantine regimes in the world. While requirements have been loosened for vaccinated visa-holders, tough rules remain in place for the unvaccinated. Naturally, Australian residents and others around theContinue Reading
Dr Robert Simpson-White is celebrating his 100th birthday
Dr Robert Simpson-White is celebrating his 100th birthday on January 18th. Dr Simpson-White was a very well known family GP in Plymouth, from the early 1950’s, after taking over his father’s practice on Union Street. In 1961 he moved his surgery to Adelaide Street, Stonehouse, where he practised single handedlyContinue Reading
In response to the government’s announcement on cladding in Parliament
In response to the government’s announcement on cladding in Parliament today, Luke Pollard, the MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport said: “It was clear that the Government’s refusal to help leaseholders was unsustainable. Today’s announcement is a step in the right direction but it’s still a job half done becauseContinue Reading
Music Lotto supporting independent UK artists & venues launches this Feb
The Music Lotto is an independent fundraising lottery project, helping to raise regular and substantial funding for independent artists and grassroots venues in England, Scotland and Wales – starting in Feb ‘22. It’s no secret that funding for artists and venues has been sparse during and even before the lastContinue Reading
Algeria vs Sierra Leone LIVE: Stream, TV channel, teams for AFCON 2022 opener
Caulker on swapping England for Sierra Leone Steven Caulker says representing Sierra Leone could mean even more to him than pulling on the Three Lions jersey. Recalling a trip he made to fund the building of a school in the country, he said: “I’m not someone who cries but thatContinue Reading
What are the symptoms of omicron?
Dragana Gordic/Shutterstock For nearly two years, millions of members of the public have been submitting daily health reports to the ZOE COVID Study, helping us to track the pandemic as it unfolds. In particular, the 480 million reports submitted via the study’s app have shown that as the virus hasContinue Reading
Hopefully this ‘special’ will prove sufficiently ‘Street-wise!’
The Street is worth addressing in a seventeen-runner Maiden Hurdle over two and a half miles of ‘good to soft’ Doncaster today and we might just get an inflated price; Nicky Henderson-trained City Chief, a beaten-favourite, will be a serious target for ‘big-hitters’ but needs to improve if Emma Lavelle’sContinue Reading