1. Mary Shelley was born on August 30, 1797. 2. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Woolstonecraft; her husband was the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. 3. August 30 was also the birthday in 1400 of Vlad II Dracul, father of […]
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S MAG The soaps’ pundit loves to show off her curves in full 50s skirts For Royal Ascot, Sharon would typically wear this retro dress from Collectif with a blue velvet Ronit Zilkha coat, Louboutin heels and a vintage hat she picked up on a trip to New York This […]
Kodi’s rise in popularity appears to show no signs of stopping. The online TV player is now thought to be being used in over in three million UK homes and, with a recent Express.co.uk poll revealing people simply don’t want to pay for premium channels, this number is set to […]
WhatsApp have rolled out an update to their Status feature, which lets users write text on a colourful image background. WhatsApp Status debuted as a text-only feature, but has grown to include photos and videos. The latest update lets users choose a font, a background colour and also add in […]
Standard tests for meningococcal disease – which can lead to meningitis and blood poisoning – can take up to 48 hours for results to come back. But a new diagnostic tool created by experts at Queen’s University Belfast and The Belfast Trust can provide results within an hour. Researchers said […]
A 10-year study of hundreds of UK hospitals found many heart attack patients are dying early simply because they are not being given the right care. Researchers found an alarming number of ‘missed opportunities’ to save patients. The study revealed that 40 per cent of people who have a heart […]
GETTY People are genetically predisposed to suffering muscle aches and pains when taking statins Many people prescribed the cholesterol-lowering pills stop taking them because of the side effect putting them at higher risk of developing diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Now a study led by the University of […]
A study has revealed heart attack patients with long-term health conditions could be at higher risk of death – because they’re less likely to receive sub-optimal care. The aim of the research was to look into the frequency of missed opportunities to treat people after a heart attack. A team […]