Don’t look down! Heart-in-mouth moment visitor risks his life to look over 150ft cliff at Birling Gap beauty spot in Sussex Man peered over the cliff at Birling Gap, near Eastbourne, in East Sussex, today He wore a rucksack and his trainers as he peered over the unstable cliff edge Scene comes a day after a curious … Read more
Elizabeth Hurley risked outraging her fans on Wednesday after she shared a picture of her cat killing a rabbit. The model, 54, took to Instagram to praise her ‘beastly’ 16-year-old pet, called Mitzi, as she claimed it was protecting her lettuce patch. Elizabeth shared a picture of her cat in her garden with a limp rabbit … Read more
The NHS coronavirus contact tracing app risks sidelining millions of people who don’t have a mobile phone when ministers roll it out nationwide. One in five Britons do not have a phone and therefore won’t benefit from the app, according to experts on an ethical panel overseeing its development. It’s likely these people will be … Read more
Health officials are putting an entire Long Island town on a diet to drive down rising obesity rates amid the coronavirus pandemic. With many of us stuck in our homes – ordering take-out and stress eating – a weight gain phenomenon has emerged nicknamed the ‘Quarantine 15.’ Now, doctors and fitness instructors in Huntington, which … Read more
Female surgeons face higher risks of infertility or pregnancy complications than the general population because they are exposed to toxic ‘surgical smoke’ and radiation in the operating room, a new study suggests. While we’ve long known that female surgeons face higher risks than other women, researchers at the Mayo Clinic say that efforts to reduce … Read more
Ministers were today facing union warnings over walkouts if health and safety demands are not met when lockdown eases – as Keir Starmer jibed that PPE is not a ‘luxury item’. The government is facing a furious backlash at its draft ‘road map’ for starting to loosen the draconian curbs strangling the economy and plunging … Read more
Urgent probe into obesity link to Covid-19 deaths: Matt Hancock orders health officials to find why certain groups including the overweight, men and ethnic minorities are more likely to die Matt Hancock has ordered health officials to trawl through victim records He said it was too early to suggest weight was a factor but data … Read more
Modern science has scarcely presented a more crucial goal, offering untold riches and perhaps even a Nobel prize to the victor, as well as the chance to return the world to normal. Yet the search for a cure for coronavirus is also uniquely perilous thanks to the dangers inherent in rushing new medical products to … Read more
Gordon Ramsay has risked further umbrage from his neighbours after heading out on a 22 mile cycle ride on Sunday. The chef, 53, has already irked Cornish residents after moving into his second home, a £4.4 million mansion in the West Country, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Taking to Instagram on the weekend, Gordon shared a snap … Read more
ACLU warns contact tracing apps designed to monitor spread of COVID-19 could have ‘significant’ privacy risks if they do not have proper safeguards The ACLU says contact tracing apps will have to be made with privacy in mind It said that apps could have significant privacy risks if not designed properly Among other things the … Read more