MERCANTILE INVESTMENT: £2bn trust pins hopes on UK’s purple patch By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 13 March 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 13 March 2021 Fund manager Guy Anderson is excited about the prospects for the UK economy and the stock market – more so than at any time in … Read more
A genetic treatment has been developed that leads to fruit flies living as much as nine per cent longer. Two therapies were created which each target a protein and they both were found to stave off signs of Alzheimer’s as well as elongating healthy lifespan. While the findings raise the possibility of replicating the treatments … Read more
The second-known person to naturally cure their HIV infection has been discovered by scientists in Argentina, raising hopes for a future cure. The patient, an Argentinian woman in her thirties from the city of Esperanza, was found to have no disease-causing or ‘intact’ virus, eight years after being diagnosed. A group of Harvard-based scientists announced … Read more
Is the Government preparing to backtrack on 1% pay rise for nurses? Justice Secretary Robert Buckland says he hopes NHS staff get an ‘appropriate’ rise – as health service boss Simon Stevens appeals for calm amid talk of strike action Mr Buckland said he hoped that nurses get an ‘appropriate’ pay increase Ministers have previously … Read more
‘I want to be a young dad’: Sam Asghari says he hopes to start a family with girlfriend Britney Spears… and discusses his dreams of becoming an action hero By Heather Waugh For Dailymail.com Published: 17:39 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 17:40 GMT, 6 March 2021 Britney Spears‘ boyfriend Sam Asghari has revealed his … Read more
Foreign holidays hopes boosted: WHO appears to be warming to ‘vaccine passports’ plan in bid to get world moving again Dr Michael Ryan said agency ‘looking at different options’ on vaccine passports But he stressed there were still ‘serious human rights and ethical’ concerns EU said its ‘vaccine passports’ scheme may be opened up to UK … Read more
Hopes of foreign summer holidays were given a boost last night after the European Union said its ‘vaccine passports’ scheme could be opened up to the UK. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced plans for a so-called ‘Digital Green Pass’ to kick-start travel. It could come into force as early as June and the … Read more
7ft 9in Nigerian basketball player hopes to become NBA’s tallest ever player after Shaquille O’Neal shared viral footage of him on the court Abiodun Adegoke’s height allows him to dunk with both feet still on the ground The 18-year-old is currently training at a youth development camp in Dubai Footage of Adegoke dunking with ease … Read more
7ft 9in Nigerian basketball player hopes to become NBA’s tallest ever player after Shaquille O’Neal shared viral footage of him on the court Abiodun Adegoke’s height allows him to dunk with both feet still on the ground The 18-year-old is currently training at a youth development camp in Dubai Footage of Adegoke dunking with ease … Read more
EU leaders have agreed to introduce vaccine passports by the summer in a boost to Britons planning holidays on Europe’s beaches. Having suffered its deepest recession to date and still floundering on the rollout of its vaccination programme, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that ‘everyone agreed that we need a digital vaccination certificate’ programme during … Read more