The first ever evidence of a dinosaur which swam, lived and hunted underwater has been discovered in the now-barren wilderness of the Saharan desert. But 100 million years ago this region would have been a lush oasis interspersed with rivers and waterways teeming with life. And lurking beneath the surface, sitting atop the entire food … Read more
A final section of the new Genoa bridge was slotted into place on Tuesday, two years after 43 people were killed when a colossal stretch of the highway collapsed. Italy‘s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte stood beneath the gleaming structure and took solace in its completion amid the coronavirus pandemic which has wiped out nearly 27,000 of … Read more
Viola Davis treated her best friend of 31 years to a complete home renovation on Monday’s episode of Celebrity IOU. But unlike other the other celebrities, she didn’t lie and keep her pal completely in the dark. Instead, she delighted in telling her about it from the start. ‘What is happening?’ cried Michelle O’Neill, when … Read more
Doctors’ desperation over PPE: One in four medics is forced to re-use vital protective clothing as it emerges the failure to stockpile gowns and visors dates back 11 YEARS Officials failed to buy enough gowns when setting up an emergency stockpile in 2009 Washing protective clothes at temperatures high enough to kill coronavirus weakens their … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
Senior sister Anthea Allen has been a nurse for well over 20 years and thought she had ‘seen it all’ in her long NHS career. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. When it hit, she was — still is — among those in charge of the critical care unit at St George’s Hospital in South London, … Read more
Has world’s oldest cold case been solved: Rape and murder case of 16-year-old girl scout Margaret ‘Peggy’ Beck which was reopened 57 years after her death leads detectives to suspect aged 80 traced through a DNA database Margaret ‘Peggy’ Beck, 16, was raped and killed at in Colorado, U.S. in 1963 57 years later new … Read more
Loyal dog ‘waits for its owner to return home for THREE YEARS without realising it has been abandoned’ The faithful pet has waited for its owner since 2017 at an estate in Xi’an, China Its owner moved back to South Korea without saying good-bye, it is alleged Some residents have taken it in turns to … Read more
Amazing rock art depicting ‘woolly mammoths and rhinos’ were created by an ancient man at least 15,000 years ago, says a new study. The petroglyphs straddling the border between Russia and Mongolia are 7,000 years older than previously thought. The finds at the ancient alfresco ‘art gallery’ have been confirmed in a detailed study by … Read more
A great-grandmother died after testing positive for coronavirus on the same day as her husband – who saw her for one last kiss when they passed in a hospital corridor. Tributes have poured in after the death of Carol Kleiman, 78, who was admitted to St James’ Hospital in Leeds with her 83-year-old husband Harvey … Read more