Eurostar ‘in advanced talks’ with UK and French governments over Covid bailout

Eurostar is in ‘advanced discussions’ for a rescue package with the UK and French governments in an attempt to head off a potential collapse, it emerged today. The head of the French state rail company, the cross-Channel service’s largest shareholder, said it needed a cash injection within weeks. It was revealed in November that the company … Read more

New hope for advanced kidney cancer patients

Patients suffering from advanced kidney cancer could see their life expectancy double thanks to a two-in-one drug treatment. Renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer, can quickly spread through the body and if diagnosed at a late stage it is usually inoperable. In these cases drug treatments are typically the only option … Read more

Irish firm is in ‘advanced’ stages of a swallowable coronavirus vaccine, Leo Varadkar tells his MPs

Take a PILL to ward off Covid? Irish firm is in ‘advanced’ stages of creating oral treatment for the virus, Leo Varadkar tells his MPs MSD Pharmaceutical are in ‘advanced stages’ of producing Covid-19 tablet Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told his party of the development on Wednesday night The company had previously discontinued two experimental vaccines  … Read more

Foxtel in ‘advanced discussions’ to bring Celebrity Googlebox Australia to audiences in 2021

Foxtel is in ‘advanced discussions’ to bring a celebrity version of Googlebox Australia to audiences in 2021 By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:29 GMT, 6 December 2020 | Updated: 10:29 GMT, 6 December 2020 It took out the Best Factual Entertainment Program at this year’s Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts … Read more

Cat Deeley ‘in advanced talks to return to primetime TV with new Saturday night game show’

She’s made a return home to the UK after years working in Los Angeles. And Cat Deeley is working hard on her UK TV comeback, with a new report claiming she’s in line to present a new gameshow for ITV. The Sun report that Cat, 43, is in advanced talks with the channel and has … Read more

Boyzone star Keith Duffy ‘in advanced talks to sign up to I’m A Celebrity’

Boyzone star Keith Duffy is reportedly in advanced talks to sign up to this year’s series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! The singer, 45, has allegedly been approached by show bosses as his tour has been pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s said that he previously was asked to … Read more

Thousands with advanced prostate cancer denied life-extending wonder drug because cost is too high

Thousands of men with advanced prostate cancer will be denied life-extending wonder drug because NHS watchdog says £30,000-a-year cost per treatment is too high The drug abiraterone cuts the risk of men dying within three years by a third  Calls for the drug to be routinely offered to men have been rejected by NICE  The … Read more

Half of advanced cancer patients given new drug saw their tumours stop growing or disappear

Half of advanced cancer patients given new drug saw their tumours stop growing or disappear completely as first clinical trial provides ‘encouraging’ results Researchers in the UK tested berzosertib on 40 patients with advanced tumours Despite being an early trial to evaluate safe dosage, results were ‘encouraging’ Berzosertib works by blocking the protein in cancer cells that … Read more

Scientists create the most advanced human-mouse ‘hybrid’ embryo, with 4% of human cells

Scientists create the most advanced human-mouse ‘hybrid’ embryo ever, with as much as 4% of its blood, brain tissue, and heart cells coming from human stem cells Researchers created a hybrid embryo of mice cells and human stem cells The embyros are the most advanced human-mice hybrids, with some made of up to 4% human … Read more

Republican senators to block 48 of the most advanced fighter jets ever created being deployed to UK

US senators try to BLOCK deployment of 48 fighter jets to UK over Huawei’s involvement in building Britain’s 5G wireless network The amendment is being led by Republican senator for Arkansas Tom Cotton  Attempts to block fleet of F-35A Lightning II aircraft being stationed in the UK The $200 million aircraft project has been nearly … Read more