The REAL test of IKEA! Flat-pack fans form giant queues at furniture store as it reopens in Wembley

Ikea stores across Britain are seeing giant queues form outside today as lockdown restrictions are eased. The car park at Ikea in Wembley, north London, which was until recently a coronavirus test centre, was full of customer cars this morning as the store opened for business for the first time since the lockdown was imposed.  … Read more

Britain reopens for business: Huge queues form at IKEA as customers return

The UK’s coronavirus lockdown eases today with millions able to see friends and family, more businesses can reopen and children will return to primary school for the first time in more than 10 weeks.      Huge queues formed outside Ikea stores in Nottingham, Reading and Essex today as the Government urged Britons to act ‘sensibly’ as they enjoy … Read more

Boy, nine months, is fighting a rare form of testicular cancer

A nine-month-old boy is fighting a rare form of testicular cancer after his parents found a lump in his scrotum. Freddie Burgess-Shardlow has an ectomesenchymoma, a rare and fast-growing tumour of the nervous system or soft tissue. Emma Burgess, 36, said she and partner Katie Woodward, 34, first found a lump in their son’s testicles … Read more

Glass frogs’ translucent skin is an unusual form of camouflage called ‘edge diffusion’

Glass frog’s translucent skin is an unusual form of camouflage and its legs are more ‘see-through’ to help it blend seamlessly into its surroundings Scientists observed changes in brightness in the South American amphibian These changes were seen in response to its background, providing protection They added frog’s skin is better described as translucent due … Read more

Couple who put ‘wrong’ name on child benefit form win state pension credits

A London couple have successfully used a loophole in child benefit rules to win state pension credits worth tens of thousands of pounds – a victory that could help many other parents. Christina Fang and Pierre-Jean Noziere made a common error by putting the ‘wrong’ partner’s name down on their child benefit form. But the … Read more

Human brains use dreams to replay recent events and help form memories, study finds 

Human brains use dreams to replay recent events and help form memories — and experts have gotten the first glimpse of this process in action, a study has reported.  When we sleep, our brains replay the firing patterns our neurons underwent while awake — a process that experts refer to as ‘offline replay’.  It is … Read more

Jordana Brewster celebrates 40th birthday with Sunday walk with hubby Andrew Form and their two sons

Jordana Brewster celebrates 40th birthday with Sunday walk with hubby Andrew Form and their two sons By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 07:26 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 07:26 BST, 27 April 2020 She celebrated her 40th birthday on Sunday. And Jordana Brewster spent part of her special day enjoying a walk with her … Read more

The flick of a biro on a flimsy red tick box form decides who will live and who dies

MONDAY: Making choices no doctor should have to make I have minor symptoms but not severe enough to get tested or to stop working.  If I insisted on a test, I would need to get to a drive-through centre on the other side of London. I don’t have a car so I don’t bother.  Thankfully, … Read more

Ryan Phillippe shows of his fit form during afternoon jog in Santa Monica… amid Covid-19 pandemic

Ryan Phillippe shows of his fit form during afternoon jog in Santa Monica… amid Covid-19 pandemic By Sarah Sotoodeh For Dailymail.com Published: 15:51 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 15:51 BST, 2 April 2020 He’s been self quarantining and isolating amid the global Covid-19 pandemic. And on Wednesday, Ryan Phillippe took a break from it … Read more