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Some 350,000 people tested for South African Covid strain say: ‘It’s not pleasant but it’s worth it’

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A BBC worker winced as she plunged a swab to the back of her throat while being tested for the new strain South African strain of coronavirus. Carol Hall, from Ealing, West London, was one of the first of around 350,000 people in eight postcodes around the UK to be tested for the mutant strain … Read more

Archaeology: Mount Pleasant ‘mega henge’ in Dorset was built in less than 125 years

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An ancient ‘mega henge’ in Dorset was the product of frantic building activity — having been constructed in less than 125 years — a study has concluded.   British researchers applied cutting-edge dating techniques to samples taken from the Mount Pleasant structure, located near Dorchester, back in the early seventies. The site was the product of a construction boom … Read more