Red-bellied black snake found curled up inside a teenager’s asthma puffer

Enough to make you gasssp: Venomous red-bellied black snake is found inside a teen girl’s asthma puffer Venomous red-bellied black snake was found curled up inside an asthma puffer A teenage girl was bringing in her washing at her home in Bli Bli, Sunshine Coast The snake slithered out of her clothes and into her … Read more

Israel is roaring back to life thanks to Covid jab passports as gyms and swimming pools open

There is a new rule at Meir Elbaz’s synagogue near Tel Aviv. Only people who can produce a green pass, Israel’s new Covid passport, may cross the threshold. If you don’t have one of the highly-prized passes, you are relegated to the courtyard and forced to listen to prayers through the open windows. ‘It’s a … Read more

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: We need a jump-start, not just this roadmap 

As roadmaps go, it’s hardly the full AA atlas. Yes, it leads us out of the cul-de-sac we’ve been stuck in since December, but sadly not as far as the open road. That page appears to be missing. If advance indications are to be believed, Boris Johnson’s chart for national reawakening is cautious, highly conditional … Read more

The winning entries in the National Awards category of the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

The Sony World Photography Awards 2021 is shaping up very nicely indeed. The judges have revealed the winners in the competition’s National Awards. And they’re quite something.  Overall, the contest receives entries from over 200 territories. However, these winners are drawn from the 51 countries in its National Awards programme, which celebrates local photography talent. … Read more

SNP civil war as MP calls in police over ‘vicious’ threat’ after being sacked by Nicola Sturgeon

The SNP‘s civil war burst out into the open today as an MP called in police over a ‘vicious threat’ to her personal safety the day after she was sacked from a senior post. Police Scotland said officers are investigating following a report of ‘threatening communications’ being made online against Joanna Cherry. The 54-year-old, an ally of … Read more

Matt Damon and wife Luciana Barroso join Elsa Pataky at a park in Byron Bay after quarantine

Matt Damon and his family have spent their first day out of quarantine soaking up the sun with the Hemsworth clan in Lennox Head, near Byron Bay.  Matt, 50, his wife Luciana Barroso, 45, and their daughters Isabella, 14, Gia, 12, and Stella, 10, were officially released into the Byron Bay community on Sunday morning, … Read more

Is your brain sleep deprived? Low mood, depression and even Alzheimer’s can be linked to tiredness

Most of us operate at 50 per cent of our mental capacity. It’s like having a high-performance Ferrari and just using it to nip to the shops once in a while. Having spent the past 25 years practising as a neurosurgeon, there is not much I don’t know about the workings of the brain, and … Read more

The City’s last ‘open outcry’ trading ring at the London Metal Exchange could close permanently

The City’s last open outcry trading ring – at the London Metal Exchange (LME) – could close after 144 years. The site where traders shout at each other across the floor to set the world’s metal prices has been shut since Covid struck in March. But bosses at the LME now believe it is the … Read more

Melting icebergs in the Antarctic could trigger a chain reaction leading to a new ice age

Icebergs in the Antarctic gradually melting further and further from the frozen continent could be the trigger that plunges Earth into a new ice age, study finds.  Researchers from Cardiff University reconstructed past climate conditions and identified tiny fragments of Antarctic rock dropped in the open ocean as part of a study designed to understand … Read more

Ray Liotta makes his way to Gold’s Gym… 10 days after announcing engagement to Jacy Nittolo

Ray Liotta looks ready for a workout as he makes his way to Gold’s Gym in Venice… 10 days after announcing engagement to Jacy Nittolo By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 07:07 GMT, 8 January 2021 | Updated: 07:07 GMT, 8 January 2021 Ray Liotta and Jacy Nittolo announced their engaged just 10 days ago. … Read more