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Susannah Constantine drank up to a bottle-and-a-half of wine every day as a ‘functioning alcoholic’

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Susannah Constantine has admitted she would down up to a bottle-and-a-half of wine every evening as a ‘functioning alcoholic’ – and would wake up in the morning ‘praying the four horsemen would come and take me away’. The London-born TV star, who lives in West Sussex, told how she was ‘very controlled’ about her drinking and … Read more

Less than half of the world’s forests are still functioning as they naturally should

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Less than half of the world’s forests are still functioning as they should due to human meddling, according to a new study. An international team of 47 scientists reveals 40.5 per cent of the world’s forests have ecosystem integrity – meaning they’re free from human modification. Human modification includes industrial-scale logging, fragmentation by infrastructure, farming, … Read more

Coronavirus survivor, 45, reveals how ‘long Covid’ has left her ‘barely functioning’

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Coronavirus survivor, 45, who used to cycle 60 miles with ease reveals how ‘long Covid’ has left her ‘depleted and exhausted’ with her brain ‘barely functioning’ Roweena Russell, 45, from North Shields began to show covid symptoms in April Six months on she is still suffering from ‘long covid’, memory loss and fatigue  Everyday she … Read more

Raft of services warn of delays as union boss claims civil service is functioning ‘well’ from home

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A host of government departments are still unable to carry out a number of crucial services, despite a civil service union boss’ claim that Whitehall staff are functioning ‘very effectively’ from home.  The DVLA is warning that paper applications for driving licences ‘will take longer to process’, while foreign nationals looking for a faster decision … Read more

Scientists grow the first functioning mini human heart model

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Scientists in the US have grown the first functioning mini human heart models to help identify cardiac disorders in the lab. The human heart organoids (hHOs), which have functioning chambers and vascular tissue, were created with stem cells to mimic the ‘nuts and bolts’ of how a fetal heart develops in the womb.  The tiny hHOs, which grew … Read more

Rare functioning Apple-1 Computer is expected to fetch over $300,000 at auction in Boston next week

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Rare fully-functional Apple-1 Computer is expected to fetch over $300,000 when it goes up for auction in Boston next week alongside a Macintosh PowerBook signed by Steve Jobs and a ‘Think different’ watch The Apple-1 machine was the first product sold by the Apple Computer company Once a museum piece, the unit being sold has been … Read more