Hundreds of residents were evacuated on Monday as Polish military divers began a delicate operation to defuse a massive World War II bomb in a channel near the Baltic Sea. The 19ft, 12,000lb device, designed by British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallace, was nicknamed ‘Tallboy’ and also known as an ‘earthquake bomb’. It was dropped by … Read more
‘I am suffering’: Rod Stewart reveals he has to undergo an ankle operation after having knee replacement surgery earlier this year By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 00:46 BST, 8 October 2020 | Updated: 00:56 BST, 8 October 2020 Sir Rod Stewart has revealed he is set to go under the knife once more as … Read more
Having an operation to remove your appendix may become a thing of the past after a study found antibiotics are just as effective as the surgery. Doctors split 1,500 patients who suddenly fell ill with appendicitis, which makes the organ swollen and painful, into two groups. One received a course of antibiotics, while the others … Read more
President Trump’s hospitalization won’t affect his re-election campaign which is continuing to work at ‘full speed’ and is set to launch a push through key battleground states in what is being dubbed ‘Operation MAGA,’ it has been reported. A senior Trump campaign official told Fox News on Saturday that even though Bill Stepien, the campaign … Read more
Royal Navy seize 1.7 tonnes of cocaine in £160million drugs bust in the Caribbean after huge joint operation with US Coast Guard and Dutch warship The UK, US and Dutch troops seized 1.7 tonnes of cocaine and 28kg of amphetamines in the Caribbean Bust was the second in two days after 264kg of cocaine was seized … Read more
Olivia Attwood worries fans as she is hospitalised to undergo mystery operation… before saying all will be revealed in her new reality series By Amelia Wynne For Mailonline Published: 20:54 BST, 2 October 2020 | Updated: 21:01 BST, 2 October 2020 Olivia Attwood worried fans as she posted pictures from a hospital bed after undergoing … Read more
Boris Johnson is set to do whatever he can to ensure that families will be able to gather together for Christmas this year. The Prime Minister is believed to be considering mass-testing, a vaccine roll-out or a temporary break from the rule of six. Sources say that plans for up to three million daily coronavirus … Read more
My doctor has advised me to have my hernia treated, even though it doesn’t cause me pain. I would like to have the procedure under local anaesthetic, but the surgeon said the only options on the NHS were general or spinal — is that so? James Anthony, Hertford, Herts. Hernias are very common and occur … Read more
Government pilots involving ‘lab in a van’ tests by the companies Oxford Nanopore (LamPORE technology), Optigene and DNANudge are already underway, but others are being developed and tested all the time. These are some of the tests that could be involved in Operation Moonshot: HALO – ‘Game-changing’ saliva test HALO saliva test kit: Clients can … Read more
Rapid coronavirus tests that use saliva, work in minutes and cost less than £30 a time could be used to try and hit Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ambition of 10million tests a day in his ‘Operation Moonshot’. The PM yesterday announced plans for mass testing of people in the UK to allow people to return … Read more