How important is the presence of liquid water? It is now widely believed that Mars holds a reasonably large volume of water. However, the surface of the planet is so cold, this water exists only as ice. In order for life to exist on a planet, many scientists believe it is essential for the world … Read more
Eamonn Holmes has said his biggest achievement is ‘surviving’ the TV industry for the past 41 years. The TV veteran, 61, who started his career as a farming reporter on Ulster Television in 1979, said getting on the industry’s ‘conveyor belt’ was hard, but staying on it is much harder. He said on Eamonn Mallie: … Read more
The long wait for an Asian winner of the Masters came to a nerve-filled end on Sunday when Hideki Matsuyama from Japan delivered the victory that will send a golf-obsessed nation into rapture. ‘He’ll be lighting the Olympic flame after this,’ said Sir Nick Faldo on US television, and a starring role at the Tokyo … Read more
The long wait for an Asian winner of the Masters came to a nerve-filled end on Sunday when Hideki Matsuyama from Japan delivered the victory that will send a golf-obsessed nation into rapture. ‘He’ll be lighting the Olympic flame after this,’ said Sir Nick Faldo on US television, and a starring role at the Tokyo … Read more
Oldest surviving inhabitant from remote Scottish island that was abandoned in 1962 after once thriving community dwindled to just 12 celebrates turning 100 Jean Robertson, who now lives in Thurso, was born on island of Stroma in 1921 Said secret to longevity included ‘watching quiz shows and doing crosswords’ The abandoned island of Stroma is located … Read more
Oldest surviving inhabitant from remote Scottish island that was abandoned in 1962 after once thriving community dwindled to just 12 celebrates turning 100 Jean Robertson, who now lives in Thurso, was born on island of Stroma in 1921 Said secret to longevity included ‘watching quiz shows and doing crosswords’ The abandoned island of Stroma is located … Read more
One of the last remaining women code-breakers at the heart of the D-Day secrets campaign at Bletchley Park has died aged 94. Margaret Kelly was only 18 when in 1944 she was posted to the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, during the Second World War. She joined a top secret Nazi code-breaking … Read more
108-year-old woman is given Covid-19 vaccine in Italy, months after surviving coronavirus infection Fatima Negrini, 108, is one of the oldest people in world to get Covid-19 vaccine Fatima, who turns 109 in June, received the jab at her care home in Milan, Italy She survived coronavirus last year and at the time said: ‘God … Read more
Britain’s last surviving female World War Two pilot has dies aged 103 decades after she flew Spitfires, Hurricanes and Hellcats. Eleanor Wadsworth died at her home in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk last month, reported The Sun. She joined the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) trainee pilot scheme after war broke out in 1939. Born in … Read more
Britain’s last surviving female World War Two pilot has dies aged 103 decades after she flew Spitfires, Hurricanes and Hellcats. Eleanor Wadsworth died at her home in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk last month, reported The Sun. She joined the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) trainee pilot scheme after war broke out in 1939. Born in … Read more