Predictive blood test hailed as ‘incredibly exciting’ breast cancer breakthrough
A new blood test can predict the risk of breast cancer returning three years before any tumours show up on scans in an “incredibly exciting” breakthrough that could help more women beat the disease for good. More than 2 million…
Doctor Who: Dot and Bubble – season one episode five recap
“Oh my hopscotch!”, as Lindy Pepper-Bean might say. The on-screen lead for much of this episode, Callie Cooke, is surely one of the most dislikeable human characters Doctor Who has ever produced. She is vain, shallow, self-absorbed and manipulative, and…
Fired-up Bairstow can add Caribbean twist to England’s World Cup defence
But for a slip on the golf course, a cruel twist of fate that led to a cruel twist of a left ankle and a pretty sickening compound fracture, Jonny Bairstow might well be a fifth member of the England…
‘Once in a lifetime’: UK and European space scientists urged to join Nasa mission to Uranus
European space scientists have been urged to join forces with Nasa to ensure the success of one of the most ambitious space missions planned for launch this century. Joining a robot spaceflight to the mysterious planet Uranus would offer “the…
Bath set up Premiership final with Northampton by seeing off Sale
Bath are into the Premiership final for the first time in nine years but they are not a team who give their supporters an easy ride. At times it was Sale who looked the side most likely to meet Northampton…
Climate deniers like DeSantis hurt most vulnerable communities, scientists say
Misinformation spread by climate deniers such as Florida’s extremist Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, increases the “vulnerability” of communities in the path of severe weather events, scientists are warning. The message comes on Saturday, the first day of what experts fear…
Sensor error means New Delhi heatwave record overstated by 3C
A record temperature registered this week for the Indian capital of 52.9C (127.22F) was too high by 3C, the Indian government has said. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had investigated Wednesday’s reading by the weather station at Mungeshpur, a densely…
Owen Farrell leaves shores as one of England’s greats with last starring role
Owen Farrell cut a lone figure as he walked round the perimeter of Franklin’s Gardens applauding fans, most of them for Northampton. And, here’s the thing, they applauded him back. A cacophony of boos had greeted his every contribution in…
Howdy or howzat? When USA and Canada made cricket history in 1844
Back, back, back, before anyone had invented Twenty20, before the Ashes and back beyond, before basketball had even been invented, and when baseball was still a little kids’ game, the 11 best cricketers in Toronto travelled south across the border…
‘Bond’s gone woke!’ Charlie Higson on the row around his ‘metrosexual’ 007
Which of these statements most closely represents your views about 007? A) James Bond has gone too woke; b) James Bond is a racist, sexist, imperialist dinosaur who has no place in the modern world; c) I’ve never given it much thought,…