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Rishi Sunak (pictured in Downing St last month) warned that UK plc is set for a ‘shock’ as the killer disease spreads around the globe The Budget will stop coronavirus wreaking permanent damage to the economy and give the NHS ‘whatever it needs’, the Chancellor vowed today. Rishi Sunak warned that UK plc is set … Read more
Record-breaking bat plague causes severe damage to 10,000 churches with at least two already abandoned Church of England estimates that 60 per cent of its 16,000 churches have bats The bats leave floors and walls caked with corrosive droppings and urine There are 3,000 more than in the last study which was done in the late … Read more
Truck driver smashes into an iconic Easter island statue causing ‘incalculable’ damage Chilean man crashed his truck into an Easter Island ‘head’, angering locals Driver charged with causing ‘incalculable’ damage to a national monument Mayor Pedro Edmund Paoa has called for tougher vehicle restrictions This comes as Easter Island tourism and population numbers continue to rise … Read more
Flood-hit families face seeing their homes demolished due to damage from successive storms as the river levels in East Yorkshire have dipped by only inches in six days – with Britain preparing to take another battering of rain. Kevin Lorryman’s home is just one of dozens in the communities of Snaith and East Cowick which … Read more
Scientists create an environmentally-friendly bendable concrete made of industrial by-products that could prevent damage to buildings during earthquakes Video shows new concrete made from waste that bends under heavy loads The material uses industrial waste products such as fly ash produced by coal Engineers hope it could prevent disastrous building collapses during big quakes By Jonathan … Read more
Parents are unwittingly damaging their child’s body image through their own language and behaviour, an expert has explained. Dr Phillippa Diedrichs, a professor in psychology at the University of the West of England, told how children shape their own views on body image based on what they see, hear and learn from their parents. ‘For … Read more
Scans published by scientists have shown the lung damage caused by vaping in teenagers as young as 13. Fourteen teenagers who were hospitalised with shortness of breath, coughing and chest pains were assessed by researchers. They found fluid or debris filled sacs in the lungs, thickening and inflammation of tissue and pressure on the chest wall. … Read more
Dead for 90 minutes: Doctors are left stunned as patient miraculously comes back to life WITHOUT brain damage despite his heart stopping for more than hour Alistair Blake fell into cardiac arrest while asleep next to his wife in January 2019 Melinda Blake began CPR on him before paramedics arrived and took control Mr Blake … Read more
Anyone who has to put up with sleeping next to a snorer will have complained it has left them exhausted after a poor night’s sleep. But it could actually be damaging for their health, specifically their blood pressure. And not just from arguments the following morning. Researchers from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, … Read more
Former Formula One champion Jenson Button reveals a recent car crash caused £24,600 damage to his vehicle – as he blasts drivers on phones for the state of UK roads British racing legend Jenson Button revealed he was recently involved in a crash Burton, 40, also said there had been a ‘massive step back’ in … Read more