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Why would you need a device that scrambles the radio signal from a remote locking device on a modern car? Unless you wanted to steal it? Exactly. And so, the government is now banning the sale and even possession of such electronic devices. And not too soon, either, as the device is currently used in...

President Trump has ordered the US Treasury to stop minting one cent pennies. But Downing Street is standing firm: our 1p and 2p coins are not being phased out in Britain. In fact, no British coin has been scrapped since 1984, when the halfpenny was taken out of circulation. But there are some changes at...

All in the month of March Time for the Great Daffodil Appeal Liberty or death! A tribute to Alexander Fleming Remembering Dave Allen The Gulf of Mexico? Or America? The crisis in our A&E departments And still the potholes grow Watch out for house spiders – some can bite! The latest in flower fashion?  Go...

It was: 250 years ago, on 23rd March 1775 that Patrick Henry, a Founding Father of the United States, gave a famous speech at the Second Virginia Convention. He called for America’s independence from Britain, saying “Give me liberty or give me death!” 175 years ago, on 5th March 1850 that the Britannia Bridge linking...

Throughout the month of March, the end-of-life charity Marie Curie will once again be holding their annual flagship fundraiser, the Great Daffodil Appeal. There’s only one chance to give someone the best possible end of life. And one chance for you to help fund care that makes that possible. Care that protects someone’s dignity –...

250 years ago, on 23rd March 1775, Patrick Henry, a Founding Father of the United States, gave a famous speech at the Second Virginia Convention. He called for America’s independence from Britain, saying “Give me liberty or give me death!” Henry’s widely praised oratory persuaded the convention, which included future US presidents Thomas Jefferson and...

Seventy years ago, on 11th March 1955, the Scottish bacteriologist Sir Alexander Fleming died. He was joint winner with Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for discovering penicillin. Fleming was not the tidiest researcher, and his discovery of penicillin came about more or less by accident,...

Reform the NHS, or half the population could end up in A&E. That is the dire warning of the medical director for NHS in England. Sir Stephen Powis says that the health service must ‘go for broke’ in delivering more care outside of hospitals, if the A&E system is not to face a total collapse....

Twenty years ago, on 10th March 2005, Irish comedian Dave Allen died – in his sleep, of sudden arrhythmic death syndrome. Allen – real name David Tynan O’Mahony – was best known for his observational comedy, but provoked indignation – sometimes outrage – by highlighting religious and political hypocrisy. O’Mahony was well connected: his father was managing editor...

As well as Greenland and the Panama Canal (and perhaps Canada), President Trump wants the Gulf of Mexico. On his very first afternoon in office, he ordered that the name be changed to the Gulf of America. Apparently American Presidents can do these things. And so, the US Board on Geographic Names was given 30...

It is Spring, and daily it gets easier to walk outside. But not easier to drive. Not on our pothole-plagued local roads. There are currently an estimated million potholes across the UK. And they need a staggering £16.3 billion to fix them. All in all, they are a “national embarrassment”, according to the chair of...