Air travelers to Canada will have to quarantine in a hotel as they await the result of a coronavirus test, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. Trudeau previously announced stricter restrictions would be imposed on nonessential air travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants that have cropped up in the UK, South … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Darcey swaps dancing shoes for boots to visit her Scottish roots By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:56 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 01:59 GMT, 9 February 2021 Darcey Bussell’s Wild Coasts Of Scotland Rating: Britain’s Lost Masterpieces Rating: You can’t get more English than Dame … Read more
Your Garden Made Perfect Rating: Ken Burns: Here and There Rating: Step away from the patio doors! According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, 87,000 people need hospital treatment every year for injuries sustained while gardening. Cuts and falls are the most common disasters, but more than 3,000 accidents involve — yikes! … Read more
The Repair Shop Rating: Mend it for Money Rating: They said it would never be done. More specifically, my wife thought I’d never get round to it. There’s been junk boxed up in our garage, unseen since we moved in more than 20 years ago. But one of the bonuses of lockdown is that we’ve … Read more
A dog owner has slammed Network Rail after he dog was left lying on tracks for three nights after being hit by a train. Georgina Hart was walking her 10-year-old pooch Toto on Tuesday when the dog ran off from Exwick playing fields, near Exeter. When she failed to return, Georgina decided to go home … Read more
Robson Green: Walking Coast to Coast Rating: The Chasers Road Trip: Trains, Brains and Automobiles Rating: Call the palace. Robson Green has found just the job for that awkward member of the Royal Family, the one who has been at a bit of a loose end recently. Prince Andrew can become a beekeeper. The actor … Read more
On nights leading up to a full moon, people go to bed later and sleep for shorter periods of time, a new study reveals. US researchers observed the same variations in both the time of sleep onset and the duration of sleep among indigenous people living in rural settings and college students in urban settings. Sleep … Read more
Getting a good night’s sleep ‘clears the mind’ by removing potentially toxic proteins from the brain, study finds In the study, researchers examined fruit flies’ brain activity and behaviour The neurons that govern flies’ sleep cycles are surprisingly similar to our own During deep sleep, the flies repeatedly extended and retracted their snouts This pumping … Read more
The Truth About Getting Fit At Home Rating: Grand Designs Rating: A couple of years ago, a fitness show claimed anyone in good health ought to be able to sit cross-legged and, with ankles still crossed, stand up. My left knee hurt for eight months. Entirely my own fault, of course. I’m fairly stupid sometimes. … Read more
Pregnant Joss Stone has admitted that she had sleepless nights over giving birth to her first child with her American musician boyfriend, Cody. Talking in a new candid interview, the singer, 33, who is due to give birth around March, said that she once burst into tears and worried: ‘What if I split in half?’ Joss … Read more