Tiny wire can be guided through the brain’s smallest blood vessels

Tiny wire that can be guided through the brain’s smallest blood vessels in surgery could help doctors treat neurological disorders Wire uses the flow of blood through vessels to create a smooth path  Existing techniques require a doctor to push a wire through the body manually  The new technique will allow clinicians to access all … Read more

Royal Navy vessels will be dispatched to guard Britain’s fishing waters if there is a No Deal Brexit

Four Royal Navy vessels will be dispatched to Britain’s territorial waters if a trade deal is not agreed with the EU. Armed with cannon and machine guns, they will patrol the English Channel and Irish Sea to stop illegal fishing. In a dramatic ratcheting-up of No Deal contingency planning, Wildcat and Merlin helicopters are also … Read more

Royal Navy vessels scramble to stop Spanish Customs boarding speed boat off Gibraltar

Royal Navy vessels scrambled to stop Spanish customs officials boarding a speedboat in an ‘unlawful incursion in British waters’ off of Gibraltar on Monday. A Royal Navy speed boat was sent to escort the Spanish vessel out of British waters near Europa Point at around 4pm. Footage shows a Spanish Customs (Auduanas) Fenix III stop … Read more

North Korean ghost ships that wash up in Japan are aging fishing vessels

Revealed: North Korean ghost ships that wash up in Japan are aging fishing vessels pushed out of their own waters by Chinese ‘dark’ fishing fleet Global Fishing Watch used satellite technologies to analyse the marine traffic  Chinese ships fishing illegally near North Korea pushed boats to Japan’s waters In 2017 more than 100 boats landed … Read more

Capacity on Venice gondolas reduced due to ‘overweight’ tourists putting vessels at risk of flooding

‘Having half a tonne of meat on board is dangerous’: Capacity on Venice gondolas reduced due to ‘overweight’ tourists putting the vessels at risk of flooding On smaller boats, only five passengers will be allowed onboard, down from six  Larger gondolas that cross the Grand Canal will have a limit of 12, down from 14  … Read more

Royal Navy shadows four Russian vessels through the Dover Strait

Royal Navy warships HMS Tyne and Severn shadow Russian destroyer through the English Channel after intercepting four-ship convoy off Portsmouth Russian submarine hunter Vice Admiral Kulakov was part of the small flotilla It was joined by corvette Vasily Bykov and two support vessels in the Channel  The Russian fleet was later tracked through the North … Read more

Model Emily Sears has brain surgery to remove abnormal blood vessels

Australian model Emily Sears, 35, has brain surgery to remove a ‘cluster of abnormal blood vessels’ after suffering epileptic seizures By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:21 BST, 30 June 2020 | Updated: 03:21 BST, 30 June 2020 Australian model Emily Sears has revealed she underwent life-saving brain surgery to remove a ‘cluster … Read more

Children hit by inflamed blood vessels had coronavirus, study finds

EXCLUSIVE By Jake Wallis Simons, Associate Global Editor A mother has told how her two-year-old son was rushed to hospital with a dangerous inflammatory syndrome thought to be linked to COVID-19. Gemma Brown, 38, told MailOnline that her son, Bertie, was admitted to Worcestershire Royal hospital last month on his second birthday, when his temperature … Read more

Women’s blood vessels age FASTER than men’s and they ‘are more likely to have heart disease’

Women’s blood vessels AGE faster than men’s which increases their risk of heart diseases at a younger age, study claims Women aged 30 with high blood pressure ‘more likely to have heart disease’ This is because their blood vessels and arteries are less efficient at that age  Authors of study say finding may reshape way doctors assess heart … Read more

Ship graveyard with hundreds of sunken vessels is MOVING

Storms and floods are causing almost 200 sunken wooden war vessels to move. The underwater skeletons of 185 wooden ships, referred to as ghost vessels, were deliberately sunk or have been left to decompose for hundreds of years. Over time, the wrecks, which include ships from the Revolutionary War and Civil War, have transformed an … Read more