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Decimation of bee colonies by parasitic mite ‘could be halted by MUSHROOM extract’
The fungus provides a powerful medicine for honey bees to fight off viruses carried by the varroa mite
Thousands of children told to stay at home because schools invaded by Britain’s deadliest SPIDERS
Newham Council has evacuated two primaries and two secondary schools to treat the invasion of False Widow Spiders "immediately, before the eggs start hatching".
Images from Palu, Indonesia show the destruction caused by earthquake & tsunami
1000's of petrol canisters can be seen waiting in a queue
Tory MP Nadine Dorries agrees last minute out of court settlement with her former PA
The maverick MP for Mid Bedfordshire's former PA Andrea Gordon planned to sue the ex I'm A Celebrity.. contestant for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination
Hospital medic and his nurse wife who had 24 hours to leave the UK can now stay
Dorset medic Paul Ermitano and his family have been told they can STAY in the UK by the Home Office - after a long fight to stay.
ERG Tory insists US chlorine-washed chicken is “just clean chicken”
Despite Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Michael Gove promising that chlorine-washed chicken would be staying off British menus after fellow Brexiter Liam Fox avoided the question, the Tories’ former Brexit minister suggested it may be on post-Brexit menus after all. The EU has banned chlorine-washed chicken as it is associated with worse conditions for rearing chickens and so the issue has become a touchstone in the debate about whether British food safety standards would drop to...
First known moon beyond the Solar System discovered by astronomers
Roughly the size of Neptune, it is fifteen times bigger than our own satellite - and is some 8,000 light years away
Oxford graduate was sick of posh people hiring private tutors…so he did something about it
Joe Sneddon, 21, founded Access Oxbridge after becoming frustrated at the "huge advantage" middle class children have getting into Oxford and Cambridge.
Scientists reckon they’ve developed a new way to treat cancer – using ALPACAS
The groundbreaking discovery comes after researchers found antibodies originating from the woolly mammal which could stop cancerous cells from multiplying.