Olivia Attwood reveals she ‘survived’ COVID-19 and swine flu

In the years since rising to fame on Love Island, she’s become known for using her Instagram account as a space to candidly share her thoughts with fans. And Olivia Atwood made some more revelations during a session on the image-sharing platform on Friday, when she disclosed that she has successfully battled both the novel … Read more

Lyra Cole, seven, who survived brain tumour at five months old melts hearts with Christmas song

Voice of an angel! Six-year-old girl who survived a brain tumour releases Merry Christmas Everyone as a charity single and delights GMB viewers with her ‘adorable’ rendition live on air Lyra Cole,7, had emergency surgery at five months old to remove brain tumour  Last year sang When A Child is Born to raise money for … Read more

The small businesses that survived coronavirus pandemic 2020

Andy Yates is a successful serial entrepreneur and angel investor who helps and supports a portfolio of growth companies.  He is a regular contributor to This is Money and teamed up with us to run the Great British Entrepreneur Challenge. Here, he tells the stories of the small businesses that he is involved with that … Read more

Early humans may have survived harsh winters more than 400,000 years ago by HIBERNATING

Early humans may have survived harsh winters more than 400,000 years ago by HIBERNATING, fossil experts reveal New fossil evidence suggests our predecessors may have slept through winter Bones from grave shows how we survived harsh winters 400,000 years ago Researchers found signs of hibernation with months of interrupted bone growth By Clare Mccarthy For Mailonline Published: 13:37 … Read more

Newborn baby may have survived if consultant had not left room during difficult birth

A coroner has said that a newborn baby may have survived if a consultant had not left the room and the child had been born a few minutes earlier. The hospital – which has been linked to 20 maternity deaths or serious harm cases – accepted there were failings in their care and offered their sincere … Read more

Diseased Texan man survived on grasshoppers 1,000 years ago

A man who lived in America about 1,000 years ago was forced to live on grasshoppers after contracting a tropical disease that made his colon swell up to six times its normal size. US researchers studied the microscopic gut contents of the now mummified man, buried in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas, US.  They found the … Read more

‘Miracle Mal’ survived Covid after 61 days on a ventilator

A father-of-two whose family were told he had ‘zero chance’ of surviving coronavirus revealed today how he ‘honestly felt it was over’ while being treated in hospital. Mal Martin, 58, spent 61 days on a ventilator after being taken to Bridgend’s Princess of Wales Hospital in March and ended up permanently losing vision in his … Read more

Indus Civilisation people survived on a meat-heavy diet of of pork, beef and BUFFALO 4,500 years ago

People of the Indus Valley civilisation who lived in what is now north-west India 4,000 years ago had a meat-heavy diet, new research indicates Analysis of pottery from the era reveals a preponderance of animal products, including pig, cattle, buffalo and goat meat as well as dairy. Scientists say people living in rural and urban sites … Read more

Prehistory: Archipelago SURVIVED the massive tsunami that cut Britain off from Europe in 6,200 BC

An archipelago survived the tsunami that cut Britain off from Europe 8,200 years ago — and may have been a staging ground for early farmers migrating over from the continent and bringing agricultural practices with them. Researchers from the UK and Estonia analysed sediment cores from the south of Doggerland, which used to link the … Read more

Neighbours kept filming through Covid pandemic as Victorian artists survived lockdown 

Pictured: Neighbours casting director Thea McLeod Australian soap Neighbours has been able to maintain its intense filming schedule throughout most of the Covid pandemic. The beloved show is on track not to lose a single episode for 2020 – even as film and television sets across the globe were forced to halt production for months … Read more