Coronavirus UK: ‘Extraordinary’ doctor, still working at 84, dies

An ‘extraordinary’ GP, who was still working at the age of 84, has become the ninth family doctor to die from coronavirus. Dr Karamat Mirza, who was raised in Pakistan by a family of doctors before moving to England in 1966, was still treating patients up until two weeks ago at the Old Road Medical … Read more

Hamish Blake’s extraordinary multi-million dollar Lego Masters salary is revealed

Hamish Blake’s extraordinary multi-million dollar Lego Masters salary is revealed – amid claims he’s planning baby number three with wife Zoë By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:23 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 00:29 BST, 27 April 2020 Channel Nine is doing everything to keep its golden boy Hamish Blake from straying … Read more

Trump’s aides launched extraordinary effort to push hydroxychloroquine as coronavirus treatment

Donald Trump’s aides on the front lines of the White House coronavirus response launched a huge behind-the-scenes effort to push antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the new virus. Brett Giroir, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, sent a group email in early April outlining the White … Read more

Extraordinary moment small plane makes an emergency landing on a packed Canadian highway

Extraordinary moment small plane makes an emergency landing on a packed Canadian highway A pilot managed to safely land on a busy road outside Quebec City, Canada The plane found a clear spot on Highway 40 and narrowly avoided moving cars Traffic came to a halt behind the plane as it crawled along the road … Read more

Who is telling the truth? Extraordinary row breaks out between Boris Johnson’s scientific advisers

A furious row broke out among Government scientists tonight over whether they raised the alarm early enough over just how deadly coronavirus could be. A devastating Reuters investigation published today suggested that the scientific committees that advised Boris Johnson didn’t study, until mid-March, the option of a stringent lockdown.  However, the chief scientific adviser Sir … Read more

Birds are adopting ‘extraordinary behaviours’ to survive the impact of climate change

Climate change is forcing birds to find new and ‘extraordinary’ ways to survive including using bread to bait fish and dropping mussels on rocks to break the shell.  Researchers from McGill University, Montreal studied data on more than 8,600 bird species to look at changes in their feeding and hunting techniques over time. They found … Read more