A Swedish professor who had been researching the effects of Covid-19 on children has quit after being bombarded with abuse online. Jonas F Ludvigsson, a paediatrician at Örebro University Hospital and professor of clinical epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute, published data showing few children in Sweden became ill from Covid-19 during the first wave. However, … Read more
Children are bombarded with betting adverts on social media… by some of our top football clubs Critics accused some Premier League sides of giving the game ‘a bad name’ Fears for the children who are among the followers on Twitter who see adverts Former goalie Peter Shilton describes gambling in football as ‘morally wrong’ By … Read more
US Open line judge struck by the ball hit by Novak Djokovic before his disqualification is bombarded with abusive messages and death threats on Instagram by sick trolls mocking her son’s death in a bicycle accident 12 years ago Novak Djokovic was automatically disqualified from the US Open on Sunday He inadvertently struck line judge Laura … Read more
A Knightsbridge property developer ‘bombarded a Game of Thrones actress with gifts and 928 roses after she dumped him for demanding compromising photos’, a court was told. George Philippedes, 43, who lives in Belgravia, even paid for actress Katie Alexander Thom, 31, to have acting lessons at a top drama school in the US as … Read more
Earth and the Moon were bombarded with meteoroids 800 million years ago just as complex life was getting started, lunar craters reveal Researchers studied lunar craters as the lack of atmosphere keeps them intact The team used data from a Japanese lunar orbiter to study 59 different craters These were created at around the same … Read more
Police are bombarded with fireworks by baying mob during coronavirus lockdown patrol as they pin down a resident in Paris suburb Chaotic scenes broke out in the French capital’s eastern Noisy-le-Grand suburb Police on quarantine patrol were targeted with fireworks by rioting residents Two of the attackers were apprehended and five officers received minor injuries … Read more
Around 10million self-taking tourists cram into Rome’s streets and around its ancient sites each year. But it wasn’t always so. These fascinating vintage pictures taken in 1956 show a far less hectic Eternal City. The black-and-white snaps were captured by photographer Allan Hailstone, from Coventry, on a trip to Rome as a schoolboy in August … Read more