Many countries in Europe are running out of intensive care beds amid a surge of coronavirus cases – as well as the doctors and nurses required to staff them. In Italy, queues of ambulances are parked outside hospitals awaiting beds for patients, while in France the Covid-19 tracking app prominently displays the ICU capacity taken … Read more
Teenagers in the UK are not growing as tall as those in European countries due to worse nutrition, new research has suggested. While average heights in Britain have increased over 35 years, they have not kept the pace with those in other countries, according to a global study led by Imperial College London. British men … Read more
Britain’s earliest known case of tuberculosis exists in a man who died in his mid-30s around 2,200 years ago and fresh analysis has revealed more about his life. The so-called Tarrant Hinton Man was first discovered during excavations in Dorset that started in 1967 and lasted for 18 years. DNA studies in 2002 confirmed his … Read more
Britain’s earliest known case of tuberculosis exists in a man who died in his mid-30s around 2,200 years ago and fresh analysis has revealed more about his life. The so-called Tarrant Hinton Man was first discovered during excavations in Dorset that started in 1967 and lasted for 18 years. DNA studies in 2002 confirmed his … Read more
The date was June 16, 1815. At Quatre Bras, a few miles from the Belgian village of Waterloo, 19-year-old Private Matthew Clay was close to despair. All day, he and his comrades in the 3rd Foot Guards had been fighting to hold back Napoleon Bonaparte’s French army. Now Private Clay was on the move, stumbling … Read more
It’s official, electrified cars are now more popular than diesels in Europe. That’s according to the latest data from industry analysts Jato Dynamics, which today reported that registrations of battery electric, plug-in hybrid and conventional hybrid cars overtook diesel for the first time on record in September. One in four new models bought in 27 … Read more
A mutated strain of coronavirus that originated in Spain may be the culprit behind Europe’s catastrophic second wave, a study has claimed. An international team of scientists tracking the virus as it spreads and evolves, said the variant, called 20A.EU1, is behind 90 per cent of cases in the UK since summer. Every virus mutation … Read more
Violent anti-lockdown demonstrations have continued this evening across Europe as a surge of coronavirus infections have seen governments impose further lockdowns and business closures. In Italy, where violent demonstrations have been taking place for a third night, officials have accused right-wing extremists, soccer hooligans and anarchists of using widespread discontent over new anti-virus restrictions as … Read more
Nigel Farage stumps for Donald Trump and calls him ‘the bravest man I have ever met’ on the campaign trail in Arizona Nigel Farage was brought on stage at a Donald Trump rally in Goodyear, Arizona The Brexit Party leader made a gushing speech about the ‘brave’ President Trump in turn praised Farage as the … Read more
Bison engravings discovered in Spanish caves reveal a common art culture existed across Europe over 25,000 years ago Experts analysed cave drawings from the Aitzbitarte Hill in the Basque Country The engravings — discovered in 2015 — also feature other animals such as birds The style of the drawings matches the so-called Gravettian cultural complex … Read more