RAC says icy winter has triggered a record rise in pothole-related breakdowns

The number of drivers suffering pothole-related vehicle breakdowns rose by a record amount in the first quarter of 2021, a report has revealed. Almost 4,700 motorists called the RAC due to their car being stricken after driving through a crater in the road between January and March 2021 – the equivalent of 52 call-outs for … Read more

PIERS MORGAN: I’m triggered too, Demi Lovato

The Bigg Chill sells delicious frozen yogurts. I know this because I’ve eaten many of them. It’s a delightful family-run store in a basic strip mall in Westwood, Los Angeles, that I often visited in pre-pandemic times because it’s just a five-minute drive from my house in the city. Sometimes I’m having an ‘eating day’ … Read more

Schapelle Corby reveals how Dancing With The Stars triggered her fear of ‘body contact’

‘I don’t like people touching me’: Schapelle Corby reveals how being on Dancing with the Stars triggered her fear of ‘body contact’ after nine years in a cramped Bali prison By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:22 BST, 12 April 2021 | Updated: 07:08 BST, 13 April 2021 Schapelle Corby impressed the judges … Read more

Melting glaciers may have triggered a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Alaska in 1958

Alaska’s melting glaciers may have set the stage for a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in 1958 that triggered a massive avalanche of about 90 million tons of rock down into the narrow inlet of Lituya Bay. A new study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute found ice loss has influenced the timing and location … Read more

Magnetic reversal 42,000 years ago triggered climate change 

A reversal of the magnetic poles 42,000 years ago triggered catastrophic climate change and may have wiped out Neanderthals, a new study shows. Australian researchers have analysed the radiocarbon record from ancient trees in New Zealand that were alive when the magnetic poles flipped. The trees revealed spikes in atmospheric radiocarbon levels, caused by the collapse … Read more

Magnetic reversal 42,000 years ago triggered climate change 

A reversal of the magnetic poles 42,000 years ago triggered catastrophic climate change and may have wiped out Neanderthals, a new study shows. Aussie researchers have analysed the radiocarbon record from ancient trees in New Zealand that were alive when the magnetic poles flipped. The trees revealed spikes in atmospheric radiocarbon levels, caused by the collapse … Read more

At least 200 people are missing and nine dead after glacier triggered a huge flood in northern India

At least 200 people are missing in northern India after a piece of Himalayan glacier broke off, sending a massive flood of water and debris crashing into two dams and sweeping away roads and bridges. Nine bodies have been recovered, Surjeet Singh, a police official told the Associated Press, and a desperate operation has been launched to … Read more

Boris Johnson blames Chinese for Covid saying pandemic triggered by ‘demented’ traditional medicine

Boris Johnson launched a blistering attack on China, blaming its ‘demented’ traditional medical practices for the coronavirus pandemic. In a speech to world leaders yesterday he attacked people who ‘grind up the scales of a pangolin’ in a bid to become more ‘potent’. He made the remarks in a speech to the One Planet Summit, … Read more

Boris Johnson blames Chinese for Covid saying pandemic triggered by ‘demented’ traditional medicine

Boris Johnson launched a blistering attack on China, blaming its ‘demented’ traditional medical practices for the coronavirus pandemic. In a speech to world leaders yesterday he attacked people who ‘grind up the scales of a pangolin’ in a bid to become more ‘potent’. He made the remarks in a speech to the One Planet Summit, … Read more

New coronavirus variant has triggered ‘explosive’ outbreaks in London schools

By David Churchill What has happened to the coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of Covid has developed which is said to spread far faster. A ‘strain’ is a new version of a virus which has genetic mutations. The new strain is a version of Sars-Cov-2, the coronavirus which causes the disease Covid-19. … Read more