Coronavirus: Could gum disease make infection more deadly?

Scientist have discovered a link between life-threatening coronavirus infection and gum disease in new research published Thursday.  Gum disease has known links to heart disease and chronic lung disease, both of which also put people at risk for becoming severely ill from or dying of COVID-19.  Researchers in California and Brazil found in a review … Read more

Cleaner, 47, appears in court over Tamara Ecclestone theft

A cleaner caught with £300,000 earrings stolen after a raid on Tamara Ecclestone’s home insisted today she has no idea who two of her co-defendants are. Maria Mester, 47, was allegedly wearing the jewellery when she was held after arriving at Stansted airport on January 31, travelling from Italy where she lives. The raid happened … Read more

New York AG Letitia James sues to dissolve the NRA

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Thursday that she was suing the NRA, New York’s famously anti-Trump Attorney General Letitia James announced on Thursday that she is suing the NRA, claiming its former leadership mismanaged funds to fund their own lavish lifestyles.    James claims that Executive Vice-President Wayne LaPierre, former Treasurer and … Read more

JLR develops software so autonomous cars won’t make you travel sick

British car maker Jaguar Land Rover has developed new software to train autonomous cars to drive better to prevent passengers from suffering from motion sickness during journeys. The nation’s biggest vehicle producer has created a rating system for driverless technology – called a ‘wellness score’ – that designers claim can reduce the impact of travel … Read more

Thousands of giant planets or ‘blanets’ surround black hole, say scientists 

Thousands of giant planets or ‘blanets’ surround black holes, made up from the void’s whirling dust, say scientists Experts believe there could be thousands of exoplanets in black hole safe zones Called ‘blanets,’ the team believes these formations live outside the snow-line Blanets could form from ice-covered dust particles circling the black hole Researchers speculate … Read more

Coronavirus UK: 950 new cases and 49 deaths in official toll

Coronavirus cases rose to a six-week high in the UK today as officials announced another 950 people had tested positive for the life-threatening disease. Department of Health statistics show 835 Britons are now getting diagnosed each day — with the rolling seven-day average having consistently risen since it dropped to a four-month low on July … Read more

Homeowner who raised bottom of his sloping lawn by 20 inches wins battle with neighbours to keep it

Homeowner wins the right to keep his elevated garden after neighbours accused him of trying to ‘peer into their gardens’ with landscaping Matthew Williams raised bottom of garden by 20 inches in Llanelli, south Wales  Neighbours complained their privacy was threatened because he could ‘peer in’ Retrospective planning permission was requested to keep the raised … Read more