There were more than 25,000 complaints about packaged bank accounts last year as Britons were left with monthly fees for perks rendered useless by the pandemic. Customers of the likes of Halifax, NatWest and Nationwide Building Society are charged upwards of £10 a month for additional benefits like breakdown cover, travel and mobile phone insurance … Read more
A British mother was arrested in Cyprus and is facing a 4,000 Euro fine after she called the village mayor ‘useless’ in a Facebook rant. Three police officers turned up at Kaela Charalampous’s home to take her to a police station on charges of slander and insulting name calling. A warrant for her arrest had … Read more
A new Covid variant spotted in Britain is not a threat because it does not appear to carry any vaccine-resistant mutations, an infectious diseases expert has said. Samples of the New York B.1.526 variant taken from infected US patients were found to contain the troublesome E484K mutation, which can partially evade the immune system. But … Read more
Electric car with the ‘performance of a sleepy vole’ is branded worst motor ever as experts reveal ten most useless vehicles of all time The Reva G-Wiz topped the list of worst motors compiled by Auto Express It pipped the likes of the Austin Allegro, Morris Marina and the Reliant Robin By Gemma Parry For … Read more
An Oxford professor has warned that Covid mutations could render the vaccine useless. Richard Moxon – a paediatrics professor at Oxford University – said a mutation could ‘suddenly change the behaviour of the virus’ making it either more severe or render a vaccine useless. But he stressed that fears about the impact of mutations on … Read more
A council has been accused of being ‘racist’ for trying to rename a Plymouth square honouring slave trader and naval commander Sir John Hawkins after the city’s black football legend Jack Leslie. During the summer Plymouth City Council proposed renaming Sir John Hawkins Square after the Plymouth Argyle player who is the club’s fourth highest … Read more
A council has been accused of being ‘racist’ for trying to rename a Plymouth square honouring slave trader and naval commander Sir John Hawkins after the city’s black football legend Jack Leslie. During the summer Plymouth City Council proposed renaming Sir John Hawkins Square after the Plymouth Argyle player who is the club’s fourth highest … Read more
N95 face masks with built-in valves allow streams of unfiltered, exhaled air to escape — making them useless at stopping the spread of coronavirus, a study has warned. A researcher from the US used high speed cameras to film the patterns of airflow that come from an uncovered mouth, a valve-less N95 mask and a … Read more
Wormageddon! Scientist provokes ire of Twitter users and is accused of sexism, racism and privilege after saying roundworms are ‘overhyped’ On July 18 @JustTheZooOfUs tweeted: ‘What is the most overhyped animal?’ Michael Eisen, editor of science journal eLife, replied that it was the roundworm Social media exploded with defense of roundworm and threats to boycott … Read more
If there’s one phrase I’m sick of (spoken by Boris and Co in a serious tone) it’s ‘scientific advice’ and its partner-in-crime ‘medical advice’. So far members of the public have been the guinea pigs for the Prime Minister’s steep learning curve, ever since Covid-19 arrived in our lives. And we know from bitter experience … Read more