Common, Danny Glover, and Bernie Sanders leading line-up of stars and activists celebrating Harry Belafonte’s upcoming 94th birthday By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 02:50 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 02:50 GMT, 17 February 2021 Common, Danny Glover, and Bernie Sanders are leading a virtual line-up of stars, civil rights leaders, and activists celebrating … Read more
Health and safety last! Shocking snaps show reckless workers defying basic common sense – including one who climbed inside a wood chipper A selection of startling pictures have revealed the risky things people do at work These reckless workers seem to have abandoned every health and safety rule Someone put up sign after someone put … Read more
Does UK need to overhaul its Covid symptom list? Cough, fatigue and headache are most common signs of illness, study claims – but they aren’t all eligible for swab tests ONS report found fewer than half get symptoms before testing positive Cough is the most common, but fever and anosmia further down the list Headache … Read more
An experimental cancer drug derived from a poisonous plant could stop Covid-19 in its tracks, researchers believe. Nottingham University academics claim thapsigargin should be effective against the coronavirus behind the pandemic and others that cause common colds. The drug, derived from the ‘deadly carrot’ thapsia plant — which is deadly to cattle and sheep and … Read more
Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was common, reanalysis of thirteen 48,000-year-old Neanderthal teeth from Jersey has revealed. The teeth were first uncovered between 1910–11 from the top of a small granite ledge within the La Cotte de St Brelade cave by archaeologists with the Société Jersiaise. While the teeth had been assumed to come from a … Read more
New coronavirus variants across the global could interrupt the progress being made in the battle against the pandemic. Over the past few weeks, a number of new strains have been found, including in the UK, South Africa and Brazil. Scientists warn that these new variants could easily reinfect people who have survived COVID-19 because there … Read more
A common parasite spread by cats may increase your risk of developing brain cancer, scientists have warned. The parasite, called toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), is usually spread to humans through contact with cat faeces, or by eating undercooked meat. Most people who become infected with the parasite are not aware of it, and will not … Read more
Police confronted protesters chanting ‘take your freedom back’ as they marched through Clapham on Saturday to call for opposition against national lockdown measures ordering people to stay at home. The protest, organised by group StandupX, was attended by a few dozen people who marched from Clapham Common, in south London, and then down the high … Read more
Lorraine Kelly has joked that she thought she was ‘too common’ to hang out with Elizabeth Hurley. The presenter, 61, who returns to RuPaul’s Drag Race UK series 2 for a fun TV segment challenge, spoke about the upcoming series with Michelle Visage, Alan Carr and Graham Norton in a virtual press day attended by MailOnline. Talking about Elizabeth’s, 55, debut … Read more
The UK had to adjust to a more digital or ‘virtual’ way of life in 2020, and as we go in to 2021 many of us will still be working from home for the foreseeable future. For those who hoped they might go back into office sooner rather than later, now is the time to … Read more