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CRAIG BROWN: What's your score in the Meg quiz?

CRAIG BROWN: What’s your score in the Meg quiz? Scroll to the bottom to view the answers  The verb ‘to Megsplain’ has been defined in this column as ‘to make a banal or meaningless statement employing a courageous, virtuous tone’.  In this multiple choice quiz, I provide you with the beginning of a real Megsplanation, […]

Q&A: Everything you need to know about getting your third jab

Q&A: Everything you need to know about getting your third jab Why is the booster rollout being accelerated? A third dose of the Covid vaccine has been long planned because the immunity vaccines offer against the virus wanes over time. Originally the booster was on offer to the over-40s, but the rapid spread of the […]

DR. ANGELIQUE COETZEE: Britain is overreacting to Omicron

I alerted the wider world to Omicron – and I believe Britain is overreacting, says Doctor Angelique Coetzee, the South African GP who knows more about its effects than anyone The UK Government’s handling of what Boris Johnson warned will be a ‘tidal wave’ of Omicron infections verges on hysteria. With predictions of one million […]

Man confesses to murdering girlfriend on Facebook Live then kills wife

‘Today’s the day’: Sickening moment father, 44, hunts down his ex-wife on Facebook Live before shooting her dead then killing himself after murdering his ex-girlfriend in double murder homicide spurred by years of custody battles Rajaee Black shot his ex girlfriend Tara Labang, 44, on Saturday afternoon He then started filming himself outside his ex-wife […]

Malta to become the first European country to legalise cannabis

Malta will this week become the first European country to legalise cannabis for personal use The legislation is expected to pass through the Maltese Parliament on Tuesday It will allow those who are 18-and-over possess up to seven grams of cannabis Law will also allow people to grow up to four cannabis plants in their homes  […]

Sword found on Thames foreshore by mudlarker 'dates to 16th century'

Wooden-handled sword believed to date back to 16th century is discovered by popular mudlarker on shore of the River Thames after being preserved for more than 300 years in the oxygen-free mud Bestselling author Lara Maiklem found the broken sword on Thames foreshore It was seen buried among stones and pebbles at low tide in […]