Golden Globes moves Borat 2’s Maria Bakalova to lead actress and Promising Young Woman to drama

With awards season starting to heat up, the Golden Globes governing body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are making a few intriguing new changes. While studios submit their films for consideration to the HFPA, the organization conducts its own review, and can make changes accordingly as they see fit. Two of the biggest changes for … Read more

Nicki Minaj announces docuseries for HBO Max promising to give an ‘unfiltered’ look at her life

Nicki Minaj is coming out with a docuseries on HBO Max.  To commemorate the 10-year-anniversary of her debut studio album Pink Friday the 37-year-old rapper treated her fans to the special announcement.  Taking to Instagram to share the news of her long-awaited project, Nicki said she was ‘excited’ to give her fans a ‘raw and … Read more

Boris Johnson plans to ‘reset’ premiership by promising northern Tory MPs he will not abandon them

Boris Johnson plans to ‘reset’ his troubled premiership by promising northern Tory MPs he will not abandon them Boris Johnson will use the next fortnight to relaunch his troubled leadership The PM will pledge to northern Tory MPs that he will ‘never veer off the course’ This follows the departure of Dominic Cummings amid worries he is … Read more

Our expert assesses some products promising to prevent and treat muscle and joint pains

The coronavirus has kick-started an exercise revolution in the UK, with almost a third of adults increasing their normal levels of physical activity during the lockdown. But it came at a price, with millions reporting pulled muscles, or knee and ankle injuries, a Bupa poll revealed in June. Meanwhile, millions have spent more time hunched … Read more

Specs with tech: Should you set your sights on the glasses promising to tackle a range of problems? 

Almost 70 per cent of people in the UK wear some sort of glasses to correct their sight. But there are now special glasses to ‘treat’ eye problems — and conditions that apparently have nothing to do with your eyes.  Adrian Monti asked the experts to assess some. We then rated them.  For tiredness AYO … Read more

UK buys 90million doses of two more promising coronavirus vaccines

British officials have ordered another 90million doses of experimental coronavirus vaccines in support of efforts by pharmaceutical companies Johnson & Johnson and Novavax.  If all the vaccines pre-ordered by the UK are successful and go into production the country will have a massive stockpile of 340million jabs – enough to give every person in the … Read more

Bouncer who punched promising rugby player, 18, leaving him deaf in one ear is jailed for 21 months

A bouncer who punched a promising rugby player to the ground and leaving him deaf in one ear during a vicious nightclub brawl has been jailed for 21 months. Joe Sharratt, 18, was left with permanent hearing loss after being rendered unconscious during a fight outside Factory in Manchester in 2018.   Gareth Carr, 21, who … Read more

Detectives probe ‘promising’ new mobile phone lead in Madeleine McCann case

Detectives probe ‘promising’ new mobile phone lead in Madeleine McCann case after tip-off revealing who owned the number prime suspect Christian Brueckner called the day she vanished A TV appeal viewer recognised the number Bruckner is said to have phoned Brueckner recently identified as a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine  Prosecutors claim they have … Read more

Covid-19 treatment hopes dashed as trial of promising HIV drug reveals it does NOT work

Covid-19 treatment hopes dashed as trial of promising HIV drug given to infected patients reveals it does NOT work Oxford University scientists pull lopinavir/ritonavir from RECOVERY Trial today Head of trial said results ‘pretty clearly’ showed it didn’t work on any patients  It has been used in hospitals around world to treat Covid despite no … Read more

Coronavirus: Drug for children’s disease had promising results

A drug for a children’s immune disease helped coronavirus patients recover faster, a new study suggests. Ruxolitinib is approved to treat Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), which is a severe systemic inflammatory syndrome among youngsters that can be fatal, by calming down the immune system’s overreaction.  Scientists from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohip say that 10 times … Read more