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There’s (regrettably) no such thing as Brexit buyer’s remorse

Who would win in a second referendum? That has been the question on everyone's minds following the referendum in June and the barrage of revelations that followed it. All the indicators point to Remain, but I'm not convinced. Since the shell-shock referendum I've been mindful to remove myself from the ...

Campaigners Chain Themselves to Plane To Block Deportation Flight

  Campaigners chained themselves to a jet to stop a mass deportation charter flight to Nigeria and Ghana last night. There were 17 arrests on suspicion of aggravated trespass after the protestors chained themselves to a wing of the plane and each other, forming a human chain blocking the jet on a non-commercial ...

Are you in need of a Brexit boost?

Whether you are in the remain or leave camp, I believe there’s one thing we all agree on - the stress of the referendum is still with very much with us. Today, in a historic moment, Teresa May invoked Article 50, beginning the process of Britain officially leaving the EU. ...

Two-year-old Irish Setter Poppy who gave birth to 15 puppies on Mothers Day. March 29 2017. See Centre Press story SWPUPPIES; A dog has given birth to 15 adorable puppies in what turned out to be a special Mother's Day. Poppy, an Irish Setter, was due to give birth to an estimated eight to 10 pups, but mum Lisa Wardle could not believe her eyes when the tiny dogs just kept coming. The 40-year-old from Galashiels said: "The dogs are all brilliant and Poppy is doing brilliant considering it's her first litter. "The vet told us she would have between eight and 10, but the record for the most puppies for a Setter was 16. I couldn't believe it when we counted them and realised she had 15." While the plan is to sell the puppies, Lisa's daughter Abi has taken one so that Poppy, 2, can still have contact with one of her babies.

Irish Setter gives birth to 15 puppies on Mother’s Day

A dog has given birth to fifteen puppies in what turned out to be a special Mother's Day. Poppy, an Irish Setter, was due to give birth to an estimated eight to 10 pups, but owner Lisa Wardle could not believe her eyes when the tiny dogs just kept coming. Lisa, ...

Watch – Father makes 10ft Tyrannosaurs Rex using…balloons

Paul Brown, 48, spent nine hours crafting the T-Rex out of over 200 specialist balloons to take into his children's school as part of "Dinosaur Week". The inflatable structure is the biggest the dad-of-two has ever created in his 30 years of balloon modelling. He previously made a series of ...

Thousands of people went online to watch the first ever live-streamed SMEAR TEST  (Monday 27th March). See story SWSMEAR. Anna Cribb, 40, (Green top).went through the cervical screening procedure live on the ChannelMum.com Facebook page, with the video currently up to 11,000 views. ‘Hey Mummy’ vlogger, Anna, from Hampshire, volunteered for the live test having had her own scare and treatment to remove pre-cancerous cells after a routine smear test in the past. She said: “Having had abnormal smear test results when I was younger that resulted in laser treatment and a colposcopy I might not be here today to make this live video if I hadn't gone for my routine cervical screening. “If I could encourage one person to go to their appointment by proving today that the test is not awful then this has been worth it. “I want to remove the stigma and fear that so many women have of these tests. Having your smear may save your life.”  Latest figures show that one in every four women invited for a cervical screening in England last year failed to attend – meaning that out of around 4.2 million women invited just over three million booked a test.  According to NHS Digital, it is the second consecutive year that screening rates have fallen, with attendance rates in Wales and Scotland also going down.

Thousands watch the first ever live-streamed smear test

Thousands of people went online to watch the first ever live-streamed smear test today. Anna Cribb, 40, went through the cervical screening procedure live on the ChannelMum.com Facebook page, with the video currently up to 11,000 views. 'Hey Mummy' vlogger, Anna, from Hampshire, volunteered for the live test having had her ...

Racism for Dummies: How to detect reductio ad absurdum

Following the breakout of fake news, craftily edited viral vids and the various other bits of clickbait bollocks circulating social media the next big thing getting brainless users in a tizzy is the logical fallacy of reductio ad absurdum. Reductio ad absurdum, as the Big Bang's Sheldon Cooper so adequately describes, is ...

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