Studying flying reptiles called pterosaurs that lived 200 million years ago could help engineers develop a new generation of ‘super drones’ with better stability. The prehistoric reptiles that soared above the dinosaurs are the biggest animals ever to take to the air and they ruled the skies for 160 million years. Despite their aeronautic excellence, … Read more
March was the quietest month in A&E since NHS records began because of Britain’s coronavirus crisis, figures today show. Casualty departments in England recorded just 1.53million attendances last month, down 430,000 – 22 per cent – on February. The number is also 630,000 lower (29 per cent) than March 2019, when 2.17million visits were made to … Read more
Two nurses have been amazed at the kindness showed by strangers as they battle coronavirus on the frontlines. A shopper in Pontefract insisted on paying for a maternity-ward nurse’s groceries while in Sussex a stranger raised £705 for for an A&E nurse whose car was broken into while she was working. Luke Welsh, 30, overheard … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK EILEEN: THE MAKING OF GEORGE ORWELL by Sylvia Topp (Unbound £20, 560 pp) Back in 1934, a poem appeared in the Sunderland Church High School magazine, written by one of its alumnae, Eileen Maud O’Shaugnessy. Its title? End Of The Century, 1984. The poem foresaw a bleak near-future in which scholars, … Read more
Pure, not prissy: Indian at its best By Tom Parker Bowles Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 BST, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 14 March 2020 Opheem 65 Summer Row, Birmingham Rating: Birmingham’s finest Balti, Al Frash, closed a few months back. No one’s entirely sure why, but we’re all united … Read more
What does it take to raise a future king or queen? Only a handful of women in history truly know and we’re celebrating them today in a pictorial Mother’s Day special The Duchess of Cambridge with Prince George and Princess Charlotte in Germany, 2017, moments before Charlotte threw a tantrum The women who raise Royalty Since … Read more
Back to the grind! 11th century water-mill just yards from place Thomas Hardy wrote Return of the Native whirs to life again to help meet demand for flour during lockdown Sturminster Newton Mill in Dorset was first mentioned in the Domesday Book, which was written in 1086 Wessex author Hardy lived yards from the mill … Read more
Now you see it… The cunningly camouflaged superyacht ‘Hide’, which is covered in dark reflective materials that mirror the sea ‘Hide’, measuring 164ft in length, is a vessel designed to live up to its name and blend in with the environment She was created by designer Anna Borla, a finalist in Boat’s 2020 Young Designer of … Read more
Customers stampede forces Next to close its website as online shoppers rush to buy clothes By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:46 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 23:08 BST, 14 April 2020 Next’s website was forced to close itself to orders after just one hour yesterday as shoppers flooded online to buy … Read more
Apple reveals new £419 iPhone SE with 4.7-inch screen, Touch ID fingerprint scanner and single-lens camera capable of creating depth-effect photos using Portrait Mode Like its predecessor, the second-generation iPhone SE has a 4.7-inch screen It also has a physical Home button with TouchID fingerprint reader However, it has been upgraded with an A13 Bionic … Read more