International Men’s Day, an annual event celebrated on the 19th of November, in 44 countries including Antigua, Australia, Barbados, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Jamaica, Singapore, China, United States, UK, Romania, and Malta. Inaugurated in 1992 on 7 February by Thomas Oaster was re-initialized in 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago. The longest-running celebration of International Men’s…
Andrew Pollard, Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity and study lead from the University of Oxford, said he was “absolutely delighted with the results” showing a strong immune response “even in those over 70 years of age” as older adults may have weaker immune systems. The Oxford Coronavirus vaccine reveals a strong immune response in…
The National Audit Office, the Public spending watchdog has criticised the government for failures in the award of more than £17bn of contracts to private companies to tackle the coronavirus crisis, for errors and potential conflict of interest including lack of transparency. They said the Cabinet Office and the Department of Health and Social Care…
According to researchers the Sinovac Biotech a Chinese biotech vaccine led to a quick immune response during trials with around 700 people. Three vaccines, developed in the US, Germany, and Russia have all released data suggesting an efficiency of more than 90 per cent after trials with tens of thousands of people. According to the…
Miami fashion designer awarded £148.6m in PPE contracts. Details of the deals amounted to £103.1million, with the other two trackings at £12.1m and £33.4m respectively. The government reveals the type of PPE supplied by Private sector firms ( such as masks, gowns) but no further information has been provided. None of the contracts were subject…
Evan Price, who died at 99, on 3rd November 2020, just a few months before his hundredth birthday, cherished and pioneering Senior Orthopaedic Consultant Mr Evan Reginald Price MRCP FRCS passed away peacefully at his home in Barnsley South Yorkshire. He was the head of the Accident and Emergency department. Evan treated so many people in…
The British Royal Family whose combined wealth is thought to be around £67billion ($88billion) has power and prestige. The crown jewels have an estimated worth between £ 3 and £ 5 billion alone. Queen Elizabeth II Queen’s net worth £417million ( $550m), and most of it comes from her properties, as she got a £106m…
US company Moderna reveals a new vaccine that protects against Covid-19 showing nearly 94.5 per cent effective, as per their data. Moderna trial involved 30, 000 people in the US with half being given two doses of the vaccine, four weeks apart. The rest had dummy injections. The analysis was based on the first 95…
A large scrap tyre fire on Upper Castle Street, in the East Bowling area of Bradford involving thousands of scrap tyres, has caused train services into Bradford Interchange severely disrupted. Northern Rail, the Train operator tweeted “A large fire at a go-kart track next to the railway at Bradford Interchange is on fire. Around 8,…
Mercedes Driver Lewis Hamilton won a seventh World Championship F1 title to become tbe most successful racing driver ever with a win in the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday. Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher’s achievement, after already surpassing the German’s number of race wins last month. Although Hamilton drove carefully in the opening stages of …