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A paramedic couple returning to the UK with their five-week-old daughter after four years living in Abu Dhabi have said travellers should not be used as ‘guinea pigs’. From Monday, UK nationals or residents returning to England from 33 countries will be required to spend 10 days in Government-designated quarantine hotel at a cost of … Read more
Pigs are capable of learning how to play simple video games, scientists have demonstrated, showing the animals to be more intelligent than was thought. Researchers from Canada taught four pigs to manipulate a joystick with their snouts, moving a cursor on a screen around to reach one of up to four target walls. Each of … Read more
Squelching through a field full of enormous pregnant sows — some of which have become alarmingly over-friendly — Norfolk pig-farmer Rob Mutimer endeavours to ease my trepidation. ‘Don’t worry, they’re very placid,’ he says, adding with a mischievous grin: ‘Except for the 24 hours after they’ve given birth, when they turn into complete psychopaths.’ Seconds … Read more
Pricey ‘tech’ IPOs like the imminent £1.2bn Moonpig float are a big gamble for investors: ALEX SEBASTIAN ask if pigs might fly? By Alex Sebastian for This is Money Published: 07:44 GMT, 29 January 2021 | Updated: 07:45 GMT, 29 January 2021 To many, the prospect of a greeting card business being valued at £1.2billion … Read more
Miniature pigs could provide clues to help experts tackle sleep apnoea in humans, a new study claims. With a small snout, a short and curled tail, and a big, round stomach, mini pigs are the epitome of cute – but sometimes they snore ‘like a dinosaur’. US researchers studied Yucatan mini pigs, which have airways … Read more
Marks & Spencer’s Percy Pigs are among the first victims of Brexit red tape and tariffs Exports of the popular Marks & Spencer’s pink sweets hit by new paperwork Sweets are manufactured in Germany and distributed from the UK to Europe Under government’s new trade deal the system may trigger a tariff By Daily Mail … Read more
Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home was vandalized overnight with a pig’s head surrounded in a pool of red paint, as well as a spray-painted message appearing to allude to the failed $2,000 stimulus checks. Photos of the disturbing scene shared on social media by conservative filmmaker Maggie VandenBerghe on Friday showed the House Speaker’s white … Read more
Tuck into the great festive food test: From pigs in blankets to the finest puds, your shopping guide for Christmas dinner By Tessa Cunningham for the Daily Mail Published: 00:54 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 00:55 GMT, 19 December 2020 Advertisement Still searching for the perfect Yule feast? Here, TESSA CUNNINGHAM samples supermarket staples … Read more
Merry Crustmas! Foodies rejoice as Lidl and Morrisons launch pigs in blankets pizza ahead of Christmas Lidl’s Pizza has s sourdough base with red onions, cranberry, and pigs in blankets Morrison’s offering comes on a deep pan base and is topped with sage and onion turkey, mozzarella , tomato, cranberry sauce and pigs in blankets … Read more
A strain of coronavirus that has been infecting pigs in China since 2016 — causing them severe diarrhoea and vomiting — could spread to humans, a study has warned. The strain — ‘swine acute diarrhoea syndrome coronavirus’, or SADS-CoV — is thought to have come from bats, and has been concerning the livestock industry. It is … Read more