Hamilton wins the Russian F1 Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton in his Mercedes , was victorious in Sochi on Sunday at the Russian F1 race. And is on the verge of the Formula One title and needs another win in Texas next week to take the title. His pole sitting team mate Nico Rosberg retired from the lead with throttle problems on lap…

Geoffrey Howe – former UK Chancellor dead at 88

A “quiet hero” of the Thatcher years – former chancellor of the exchequer Geoffrey Howe passed away yesterday of a suspected heart attack. The Tory peer who left the cabinet in 1990 after a devastating resignation speech, was actually viewed as being one of the people who forced Margaret Thatcher out of Downing Street. He…

The Santangelos – the late Jackie Collins’s final blockbuster

Jackie Collins – famous author and  mother of three daughters and one son sadly passed away recently after a tour of Europe to promote “The Santangelos” – the famous fictional Italian family who have graced the pages of many of Jackie’s blockbusters which shed light on the way the glitterati pass their days in Hollywood…

NEW WAYS TO SHAVE: -CUTTING EDGE DESIGN TO EXCITE SMILES

At £105 in UK this “delapitory tool” is a new and different alternative to a razor.  Called a “Skarp”, it has a tiny low-energy laser which gives out light that apparently gets absorbed by hair and heats each strand which breaks it off without “ricks”.  As with any new “toy” make sure you know exactly…

Why elephants rarely get cancer?

   Scientists at the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah and Arizona state University and researchers from the Ringling Bros Centre for Elephant conservation, has identified a potential mechanism that may be key to cancer resistance.  Their research results published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) , The…

Woman seeking help after being divorced on WhatsApp

A 24 year old Muslim woman and dental student in Kottayam Kerala, was divorced by her husband on WhatsApp, 10 days after their marriage. “My husband sent me a message on WhatsApp saying Talaq, Talaq, Talaq. He then called me and said the same with god as witness and mailed me too.” When she asked…

Power of Thatcher years

Charles Moore get indepth into the mid 1980s glory years. Late Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher the Iron Lady confronted enemies within the UK, including the 1984-85 miners’ strike,,as she was determined to reduce the powers of the trade unions. When in March 1984 the miner’s leader Arthur Scargill called a national strike in response to the…