BARNEY CALMAN: How do you solve a problem like Maria – the 68-year-old VACCINE SCEPTIC?

It’s been an emotional week. An 81-year-old bloke called William Shakespeare, from Warwickshire, became the second person in the world to be given a Covid-19 vaccine outside of a trial. A nice lady called Margaret was the first, but the lack of pun potential (‘Is this a needle which I see before me?’ or my … Read more

Strictly’s Shirley Ballas has ‘no problem’ with fans asking when boyfriend Danny Taylor will propose

Strictly’s Shirley Ballas, 60, says she has ‘no problem’ with fans asking when boyfriend Danny Taylor, 47, will propose as he insists he’s ‘not going anywhere’ By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 00:48 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 00:52 GMT, 7 December 2020 Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has insisted she has ‘no … Read more

Google-owned DeepMind cracks 50-year-old ‘protein folding problem’

DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence (AI) company owned by Google, has solved a 50-year-old problem in biology.  DeepMind’s AI system, AlphaFold, cracked the so-called ‘protein folding problem’ – figuring out how a protein’s amino acid sequence dictates its 3D atomic structure.  A protein’s structure is closely linked with its function, and the ability to predict its structure unlocks … Read more

Half of people have had a problem with lockdown online orders

With many Britons planning on doing Christmas shopping online and Black Friday yet to come, data suggests that nearly half of people have had a problem with an order in lockdown.  Nearly half of Britons have had a problem with a parcel delivery since March, new research has revealed after lockdown creating a boom in … Read more

Covid-19 can make tinnitus WORSE or even trigger a hearing problem 

Almost half of tinnitus sufferers say catching coronavirus has made their hearing condition even worse, a study has found.  The issue — which affects approximately one in eight people — causes them to hear constant, phantom noises like buzzing, whistling or rushing sounds.  Some people in the study, led by Anglia Ruskin University, said they did not … Read more

Ken Livingstone denies Labour has ‘major problem’ with anti-Semitism

Ken Livingstone lashed out at ‘the establishment and old Blairite MPs’ today, accusing them of trying to kick Jeremy Corbyn out of Labour for telling the ‘truth’ about the party’s anti_Semitism problem. The former London mayor told MailOnline that the decision to suspend the hard Left former party leader yesterday was not fair and was … Read more

‘What Jeremy said is true’: Ken Livingstone denies Labour has a ‘major problem’ with anti-Semitism

Ken Livingstone lashed out at ‘the establishment and old Blairite MPs’ today, accusing them of trying to kick Jeremy Corbyn out of Labour for telling the ‘truth’ about the party’s anti_Semitism problem. The former London mayor told MailOnline that the decision to suspend the hard Left former party leader yesterday was not fair and was … Read more

Prize problem for Premium Bond holders without email

Premium Bond holders who do not use telephone or online banking cannot have prizes paid into bank accounts unless they have email address By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 00:37 GMT, 28 October 2020 | Updated: 00:37 GMT, 28 October 2020 Premium Bond holders who do not use telephone or online banking cannot … Read more

Boris Johnson is told to end his ‘women problem’

Maria Miller (above), the Tory MP and former Women and Equalities Minister, met the Prime Minister last week to push for greater protections for pregnant women and new mothers Boris Johnson was last night urged to tackle his ‘women problem’ and introduce a package of support, including doing more to allow partners to be at … Read more