One in four doctors come from countries that are ‘banned from working for the NHS’

One in four new NHS medics come from countries that are ‘banned’ from working for the health service, figures have revealed. The NHS’ Code of Practice lists 97 nations that ‘should not be actively recruited from’ because they receive aid or suffer from a shortages of medics. But an investigation has shown certain NHS trusts … Read more

Humans were brewing beer in central Europe 6,000 years ago

Neolithic man may have been brewing beer 6,000 years ago, according to scientists who have developed a new method to analyse grains. Austrian researchers claim the first evidence of European production of malt-based drinks, including beer, from grains dating back to around 4,000 BC.  The team say the thinning of a tiny layer of tissue … Read more

Couple branded ‘deluded’ for asking people to fund ‘dream wedding’ amid the coronavirus pandemic

Couple are branded ‘deluded’ and ‘self-centered’ for asking people to fund their ‘dream traditional wedding’ and honeymoon amid the coronavirus pandemic Couple, believed to be from the UK, asked for donations to fund ‘dream wedding’ Also revealed needed money for honeymoon in either Peru, Dubai or Egypt  People were outraged and branded the couple ‘tacky’ … Read more

Mummy of a teenage girl dripping in expensive jewellery discovered

The remains of a teenage girl who died 3,500 years ago have been found in a tomb in Egypt, covered in jewels that may have been a bridal dowry.   Spanish archaeologists found the remains of the girl during a dig near the city of Luxor in Egypt and say she would have been 15 or … Read more

Ancient sphinx sculpture with head of a ram discovered at 3,000-year-old abandoned workshop in Egypt

Ancient sandstone sphinx with the head of a ram discovered at 3,000-year-old abandoned workshop in Egypt linked to King Tut’s grandfather Researchers discovered ancient abandoned workshop at Gebel el Silsila in Egypt There, they found a ram-headed sphinx, hieroglyphic fragments, ancient texts They say it dates to the 18th Dynasty during reign of pharaoh Amenhotep III  … Read more

Lasers, X-rays and infrared are helping to discover the secrets of ancient Egyptian mummies

Modern technology is ‘shining a light’ on what daily life was like in ancient Egypt by using lasers, X-rays, and infrared to examine the bones of mummies.  A number of bone samples dating back between 2,000 and 4,000 years have been tested using the Advanced Light Source at Berkeley Labs in California.  It works by … Read more

WHAT BOOK would Wilbur Smith take to a desert island? 

WHAT BOOK would Wilbur Smith take to a desert island? Wilbur Smith revealed that he’s currently reading The Egyptian by Mika Waltari He would take My African Journey by Winston Churchill to a desert island He said King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:09 … Read more

The Prince Of Egypt review: As musical theatre, this gives banality a bad name

The Prince Of Egypt Dominion Theatre, London                            Until October 31, 2hrs 45mins Rating: Half a century ago Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz had a hit with Godspell. Then, in 1991, he begat an Old Testament stinker called Children Of Eden. Now there’s this … Read more