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Strong, stretchy and sensitive synthetic skin that can repair itself up to 5,000 times has been developed and could be used in future prosthetics, experts claim. Known as ‘electronic skin’ or ‘e-skin’, it has been developed by researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. The team say that in future … Read more
Strong, stretchy and sensitive synthetic skin that can repair itself up to 5,000 times has been developed and could be used in future prosthetics, experts claim. Known as ‘electronic skin’ or ‘e-skin’, it has been developed by researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. The team say that in future … Read more
Pressure is pilling on the Government to ensure owners of flats earmarked as potentially unsafe in the cladding scandal following the Grenfell disaster do not have to pick up massive repair bills. A cross-party committee of MPs has made it clear in a new report that leaseholders should not be burdened with the costs to … Read more
Night is falling on Chiswick Mall as hundreds of schoolchildren and their parents suddenly encounter a fresh challenge: the route home is now under water. Ever since the total closure of Hammersmith Bridge three months ago, after years of neglect, life has been increasingly complicated in West London. Many people now have to walk or … Read more
Rishi Sunak was warned against inflicting ‘economic self-harm’ today after the tax watchdog suggested middle-class savers and entrepreneurs should face a multi-billion-pound tax raid. The Treasury’s independent tax watchdog has recommended a major overhaul of the capital gains tax (CGT) regime on the sale of assets, which could triple the number of people hit by … Read more
The Repair Shop viewers branded the show the ‘saviour of 2020’ last night after its talented experts restored a broken mosaic cross which saved its owner’s life. Margaret Coyle, from Nottinghamshire, brought in the sentimental piece which had belonged to her Romanian father, explaining it had taken a bullet during the Second World War. ‘When … Read more
Unkempt and unshaven, the man stumbled into the nondescript computer store at a Delaware shopping mall. Entering The Mac Shop carrying three water-damaged computers, he approached owner John Paul MacIsaac, who later claimed that he smelled alcohol on the customer’s breath. Mr MacIsaac was able to fix two of the machines, but the third was … Read more
Hammersmith Bridge will take six-and-a-half YEARS to repair and won’t be opened until at least 2027 – and that’s only if someone will finally agree to pay for it Plans discussed last night by Baroness Vere of Norbiton, who leads task force She said full repairs to the 133-year-old structure would take six and a … Read more
A couple living in a flat with dangerous cladding say their life is ‘on hold’ and they may have to declare bankruptcy due to the £25,000 cost of having it removed. Abi Tubis, 29, of Leeds, is among the thousands of people across the UK who are trapped living in unsafe flats with flammable cladding. … Read more
Type 2 diabetics can REPAIR their damaged pancreas by losing weight, new study reveals Diabetes patients can restore pancreas to a healthy shape by losing weight Type 2 diabetics have pancreas which is irregular shape and up to a third smaller Researchers said organ can go back to normal size if patients go into remission … Read more