Brits are set to see temperatures cool slightly today after they surged to beaches yesterday on what was the hottest day recorded this year with temperatures hitting 100F. Temperatures soared to 37.8C at London Heathrow on Friday afternoon and even Leeds and Manchester reached 88F (31C) while Newcastle and Wales saw balmy weather of 79F … Read more
Crocodiles reached America around 11 million years ago by migrating westwards from Australasia via Africa, ancient skull reveals Scientists studied the skull of extinct crocodile species Crocodylus checchiai Skull was found in Africa but it closely resembles four living American species Thought to be missing link in evolution between Africa and American crocodiles Academics now … Read more
Archaeologists have rewritten the history books for when humans first arrived in the Americas, shifting the date of the initial migration 15,000 years back in time. Excavations in a cave in Mexico called Chiquihuite revealed evidence of human occupation dating back up to 27,000 years. As a result, the scientists suggest that people from North-East Asia … Read more
‘Devastated’ Jessica Mulroney has been desperately reaching out to best friend Meghan Markle in a bid to patch up their friendship – but to no avail, DailyMail.com can reveal. Sources said the Canadian socialite, 40, has been met with silence from the Duchess of Sussex, 37, and has been warned that she is unlikely to … Read more
Native Americans from modern-day Columbia reached Polynesia around 1200 AD on a Kon-Tiki-like voyage, colonising the area before Europeans reached Easter Island. Researchers from the US and Mexico used large-scale genetic analyses to show that modern-day Polynesian populations contain traces of Native American DNA. Statistical analysis revealed that prehistoric Polynesian populations first met and interbred … Read more
Number of fires in the Amazon reached a 13-year high in June — and scientists fear they will engulf vast areas of rainforest in the coming months Fire activity in the Amazon normally peaks between July–October each year However, researcher in Brazil detected 2,248 individual fires this June alone Activists have said that COVID-19 has further thinned out … Read more
It seems ludicrous now, but Sir Everton Weekes – the legendary West Indian batsman who has died at the age of 95 and was universally known as one of the ‘Three Ws’ – was briefly dropped from Test cricket. Playing in his first series, against England in early 1948, he was reprieved for the fourth … Read more
Britain’s test and trace fiasco deepened again today after damning figures showed Number 10’s flagship system has only tracked down the contacts of two thirds of Covid-19 patients. Between May 28 and June 3, 8,117 people who tested positive for the coronavirus were referred to the NHS’s flagship scheme. But shocking statistics show contact tracers … Read more
A whistleblower who works for the NHS National Shielding scheme claims their IT system ‘keeps crashing’ and they have only spoken to a handful of those in need in the last month. The worker says they have been left ‘doing nothing’ for days on end in the call centre office in Bury in Greater Manchester, … Read more
She’s been dating her Flip Or Flop star boyfriend Tarek El Moussa for 10 months. But Heather Rae Young revealed Friday that she reached out to Tarek’s ex-wife Christina Anstead, 32, as their relationship was beginning to pick up steam. The 32-year-old Selling Sunset star told E!’s Daily Pop that she contacted the reality star … Read more