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Some 350,000 people tested for South African Covid strain say: ‘It’s not pleasant but it’s worth it’

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Long queues stretched around the block at testing centres in eight areas of the UK early this morning as 350,000 Britons rushed to get checked for the South African strain of Covid as quickly as possible.  Online booking systems were scrapped with residents at eight postcodes around the country encouraged to simply turn up in … Read more

Archaeology: Mount Pleasant ‘mega henge’ in Dorset was built in less than 125 years

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An ancient ‘mega henge’ in Dorset was the product of frantic building activity — having been constructed in less than 125 years — a study has concluded.   British researchers applied cutting-edge dating techniques to samples taken from the Mount Pleasant structure, located near Dorchester, back in the early seventies. The site was the product of a construction boom … Read more