Americans should start getting screened for colon and rectal cancer five years earlier – at age 45, instead of 50 – new U.S. Preventive Service Task Force recommendations say. Colorectal cancer is the third highest cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., and it’s impacting more people under age 50. Earlier screenings can save up … Read more
My neighbour’s tree is blocking the sunlight in my garden. With every year the tree grows taller, the problem worsens. I have made a number of polite requests to my neighbour to either prune or cut down the tree, which he has rebuffed. We now get almost no sunlight in our back garden, but he … Read more
Beauty Knowhow: A real force of nature By Edwina Ings-chambers Published: 00:02 BST, 9 May 2021 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 9 May 2021 Famed for its clean, pure ingredients, New Zealand’s skincare is in the spotlight With the recent arrival in the UK of Emma Lewisham – a leading natural skincare brand from New Zealand … Read more
Israeli ground troops have stormed into Gaza as its air force bombarded targets and officials ordered everyone living within miles of the border to go to bunkers amid fears of fierce retaliation from Hamas. The Israel Defense Force tweeted from its official account on Thursday night: ‘IDF air and ground troops are currently attacking in … Read more
Masked gang force Mercedes off the road and attack driver with baseball bat in terrifying ambush before fleeing with cash Masked gang wearing dark clothing and face masks forced Mercedes off road They then set upon the silver car with baseball bats in Liverpool on Monday Police believed they used force to stop car before … Read more
Mice are extremely social animals, but researchers have programmed them to form instant social bonds with a single beam of light. Scientists at Northwestern University designed tiny, wireless brain implant that activate single neurons to force mice to socially interact with one another in real time – and when stimulation is desynchronized, socializing stops. This … Read more
British paratroopers shot ten ‘entirely innocent’ people dead at the ‘Ballymurphy massacre’, a coroner has ruled. The lethal force used across three days at the 1971 ‘Ballymurphy massacre’ in Belfast, after troops were ‘fired at by IRA gunmen’, was not justified, the inquest found. None of the civilians – including a mother of eight and a … Read more
The lethal force used at the 1971 ‘Ballymurphy massacre’ in Belfast was not justified, a coroner has ruled. The ten civilians – including a mother of eight and a Catholic priest – killed across three days during the arrest of IRA suspects were ‘entirely innocent’, Mrs Siobhan Keegan said. None were members of a paramilitary organisation, posed any threat … Read more
Border Force officials have detained around 180 migrants trying to cross the Channel in the last three days as people smugglers take advantage of good weather to make the treacherous 21-mile crossing from France. Around 50 migrants are thought to have been caught by officers today, meaning more than 2,500 people have been prevented from … Read more
Border Force officials have detained around 180 migrants trying to cross the Channel in the last three days as people smugglers take advantage of good weather to make the treacherous 21-mile crossing from France. Around 50 migrants are thought to have been caught by officers today, meaning more than 2,500 people have been prevented from … Read more