Vampire bats who roost together tend to forage for blood together too, study finds 

Even vampire bats enjoy dinner with friends! Females who roost together tend to forage for blood together too, study finds Researchers strapped backpack sensors to 50 female vampire bats in Panama Just over half were wild bats and the rest had been in captivity for two years The team found that females who roost together … Read more

I was not responsible for blood products as minister, Lord Ken Clarke tells Infected Blood Inquiry

Ken Clarke has said he was ‘not responsible’ for blood products during his time as health minister in the early days of the infected blood scandal, an inquiry has heard. Lord Clarke said the emerging controversy surrounding the blood products was something that ‘hardly ever came across my desk’ as he was dealing with policies … Read more

Dexter: New Blood trailer finds the Dark Passenger returning

Dexter Morgan returns as Jim Lindsay as he tries to make a new life without the Dark Passenger in the new trailer for Dexter: New Blood. The trailer was unveiled during the new show’s  panel at Comic-Con@Home 2021 on Sunday, with Showtime also revealing the show will premiere Sunday, November 7. The show is set … Read more

Euro 2020: Zara Tindall ‘wiped blood from Wembley seat after husband Mike broke up fight’ 

Zara Tindall ‘wiped blood from Wembley seat after husband Mike broke up fight between two England fans during Euros final’ Zara Tindall wiped blood from a seat at Wembley after Mike broke up a fight  Royal ‘pulled a handkerchief from her handbag to clean up mess pre-game’ A man was sat near the couple when … Read more

Former pupils and parents tell public inquiry how disabled school kids were given contaminated blood

Parents who sent their children to a specialist school where disabled pupils were given infected blood products were not given details of the treatment their sons were receiving, an inquiry has heard. Several pupils who attended the Lord Mayor Treloar College, a special education boarding school in Hampshire, in the 1970s and 1980s were given … Read more