Julian Assange plots to use human rights laws to fight extradition to US after fathering two children while living at Ecuadorian embassy Assange could use human rights laws to fight his extradition to the United States Legal team could use right to family life with Morris and two sons to bolster case Miss Morris revealed … Read more
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 In the spirit of April Fool’s Day, I accidentally selected the wrong make-up in the Good Morning Britain studio at 5am today (we’re self-facially-decorating now) and painted myself bright orange. I only realised when viewers bombarded me on Twitter with pictures of my head next to one of perma-tanned President Trump with … Read more
Slender people consider people with obesity ‘less evolved’ and ‘less human’ than others, a new survey suggests. Public health officials believe that discrimination against people who are overweight is partly for blame for our dismal progress against the obesity epidemic. Despite the fact that one in three Americans and one in four Brits are now … Read more
China has been been given a place on the UN Human Rights Council despite a long-record of human rights abuses. The coronavirus outbreak originated in China late last year, reportedly in the ‘wet’ livestock markets in the city of Wuhan. The country has recorded 3,326 deaths from coronavirus and 81,639 cases but many speculate that … Read more
Police are probing links to unsolved murders after human remains were discovered at the dilapidated former home of a military historian who was jailed for stalking and possessing an arsenal of illegal weaponry. Officers arrived on Tuesday at Appletree Cottage in Chop Gate on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors national park, the former home … Read more
Human remains have been discovered at the dilapidated former home of a military historian who was jailed for stalking and possessing an arsenal of illegal weaponry. Officers arrived on Tuesday at Appletree Cottage in Chop Gate on the edge of the North Yorks Moors national park, the former home of Kenneth Ward, 72. For the … Read more
A new COVID-19 vaccine that fires proteins in the body that destroy the virus within two weeks is just a few months from human trials. The ‘highly scalable’ vaccine is the first peer-reviewed antidote to the coronavirus that currently has much of the world in lockdown or isolation. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh say … Read more
Millionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks loses bid to use European human rights law to overturn £160,000 tax bill on his donations to UKIP Arron Banks owed over £160,000 on almost £1 million in donations to Ukip between October 2014 and March 2015 Donations to political parties which had two MPs elected at the last general … Read more
The oldest genetic material ever extracted from a human has revealed a ‘sister group’ of hominins related to Homo sapiens, Denisovans and Neanderthals. Ancient proteins in the teeth of a fossil were discovered, analysed and dated to reveal the secrets of its owner. It was found this primitive human, a member of the species Homo antecessor, … Read more
The oldest genetic material ever extracted from a human has revealed a ‘sister group’ of hominins related to Homo sapiens, Denisovans and Neanderthals. Ancient proteins in the teeth of a fossil were discovered, analysed and dated to reveal the secrets of its owner. It was found this primitive human, a member of the species Homo antecessor, … Read more