Jamaica’s bobsleigh team qualify for the Olympics for the first time in 24 years
‘It’ll be fire on ice!’ Echoes of Cool Runnings as Jamaica’s bobsleigh team qualify for the Olympics for the first time in 24 years Three bobsleigh events will be held…
PROFESSOR GUY LESCHZINER looks at managing sleep apnoea
Millions of people are having trouble sleeping after the pandemic. For the past three days we’ve shared advice from consultant neurologist and sleep specialist Professor Guy Leschziner. Sleeping insomnia does…
Sadiq Khan plots to hit motorists in London with ‘pay per mile’ charges
Sadiq Khan plans to hit London motorists with “pay per mile” charges in order to make polluting drivers take public transport. City Hall says road user charging is ‘fair scheme’…
UK cases continue to plunge, Plan B curbs may soon be lifted, and WHO says light at end of tunnel
Three doses of Covid optimism were delivered yesterday. As cases fell further, there are hints that Plan B could soon be lifted. A leading government adviser said a 41 per…
Covid could be turning children into ‘fussy eaters’ because it can distort their sense of smell
Experts believe that Covid can make kids ‘fussy eaters,’ as it can distort the sense of smell. Covid can trigger parosmia, which causes often unpleasant smell distortions Some sufferers might…
The mystery of who handed Anne Frank over to the Nazis in 1944 might finally have been solved
Huddled together with her family in a secret annexe, its entrance hidden behind a bookcase in an Amsterdam warehouse, 15-year-old Anne Frank confided to her diary her anxious hopes for…
Paying extra to NHS bosses does not boost quality of hospitals, study suggests
Study suggests that paying extra for NHS managers does not improve the quality of hospitals. Managers spend more time ticking boxes than on improving performance. Study shows that increasing the…
Navy bosses warn sailors they face the SACK if they decline to get Covid vaccine
Admirals are warned by Navy leaders that sailors who refuse the Covid vaccine will face SACK People who refuse to take the jab were warned it could endanger their career.…
BBC bosses should embrace the death of the licence fee. It would set it free, writes DAVID ELSTEIN
The BBC has been rocked to its foundations this week by Nadine Dorries’s declaration on Twitter that the licence fee is to be abolished. ‘The days of the elderly being…
Novak Djokovic could now only be restricted to playing Grand Slams at Wimbledon
Wimbledon looks like Novak Djokovic’s only Grand Slam chance in 2022. The US Open will follow Roland Garros, barring any unvaccinated athletes. Novak Djokovic couldn’t get an exemption from the…