Ocado staff must wait for Marks & Spencer’s famous Percy Pig sweets to be delivered to their front door By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:25 BST, 3 September 2020 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 3 September 2020 Ocado staff will have to wait a bit longer for Marks & Spencer’s famous Percy Pig … Read more
Marks & Spencer has delighted fans by launching a liquid equivalent of it’s popular Percy Pig sweet. Phizzy Pop, a Percy Pig flavoured soft drink landed in stores across the UK this week at a cost of £2.25 for a 750ml bottle. The upmarket grocer, who yesterday launched 6,000 products on Ocado, has welcomed a … Read more
As a Cornwall resident, I’ve seen Rock, Polzeath and Padstow draw staycationers by the carload. But now there’s a great new diversion from the main drag: The Pig at Harlyn Bay, which will entice not only the hotel group’s faithful (and fashionable) following but grateful locals alike. A stroll away from Harlyn’s expansive beach, this … Read more
Tucked away in an ivy-clad corner of the car park of the Cock Hotel in Worsley, near Salford, is a small, intricately-carved headstone. It is inscribed as follows: In memory of Polly, mother of 200 pigs. Died December 23, 1904, aged 15½ years. For more than a century since, men, women and children have enjoyed … Read more
‘Is it the pig from the Angry Birds?’ Clay figurine found under the ruins of a 5,000-year-old Chinese village bears striking resemblance to character from popular mobile game The fist-size artwork was discovered outside a mysterious ancient kingdom It has sparked a sensation for its likeness to the Green Pig in the Angry Birds Chinese experts … Read more
Damaged lungs from a deceased donor are often too damaged to be transplanted into someone in need of the life-saving organ. But scientists have found a way to improve the state of lungs which are deemed too battered to be of any use. A host of scientists at both Columbia and Vanderbilt University channelled their inner … Read more
Why I became a virus ‘guinea pig’: Woman reveals the personal reason for devoting years to help vaccine study – as scientists warn we may end up needing several different jabs to ward off COVID-19 Linear Clinical Research running COVID-19 trial with a Chinese pharmaceutical Rachelle Kalic said her father’s Uber job loss motivated her … Read more
PUNT OF THE WEEK: Pig and cattle breeder Genus hits an all time high as it targets Chinese farmers By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2020 What is it? Genus breeds pigs and cattle with the best genes for providing high-quality meat and … Read more
Down and snout! Robotic spy pig is ripped apart by three randy 200lb Komodo dragons while filming BBC wildlife documentary A spy pig was destroyed by three Komodo dragons on the hunt for female mates The robot was filming on Komodo Island in Indonesia for a BBC documentary The series, Spy in the Wild, uses … Read more
Amazed driver shows moment his Tesla automatically swerves to avoid a pig at night – as Elon Musk boasts his vehicles have ‘superhuman’ abilities Pranay Pathole, 22, tagged Elon Musk & tweeted the footage from his dashcam IT worker from India was driving in darkness and the car swerved to avoid a pig Elon Musk … Read more