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Covid news - live: UK to ‘supercharge’ search for at-home treatments, as EU warns of ‘possible’ J&J clot link Kate Ng,Jon Sharman and Vincent Wood LIVE – Updated at 18:40 The UK government is set to launch a taskforce to “supercharge” the hunt for a new generation of antiviral medicines that can treat people infected with Covid-19 in their own homes. Modelled after the team responsible for obtaining the nation’s vaccine supplies, the taskforce will search for and...

‘Futurama’ Already Taught Us In 2001 Not To Date Robots February 15, 2021 To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Intelligence Squared hosted a debate on its “Agree to Disagree” podcast series. This episode, titled “Agree to Disagree: Sex Robots?,” pitted Kate Devlin against Joanna Bryson, with Devlin arguing the pro-robot relationship case and Bryson arguing the con. While technological advances mean this debate is necessary, and the episode of “Agree to Disagree” is great, “Futurama...

SOUTER Lighthouse, a landmark familiar to residents and visitors on the North-East coast on Monday marks exactly 150 years since it began its working life 1871. Now under the care of the National Trust, when it was first built Souter Lighthouse, on South Tyneside, was a technological marvel of its age. The coastline between the River Wear and River Tyne was treacherous to shipping, with submerged rocks and constant smog from local industry, claiming up to twenty ships a year. Trinity Hous...

Submitting... Souter Lighthouse will mark its 150th anniversary in January 2021 Trinity House, the organisation which is still responsible for lighthouses today, recognised that a new beacon was needed, and work began to create Souter. Kate Devlin, National Trust Collections and House Officer at Souter Lighthouse, said: “We’re proud of the fact that Souter plays an important part in the history of lighthouses. "It was designed by Sir James Douglass, who was engineer-in-chief to Trinity Hous...

What a difference 36 years makes! In 1984 Adrian Edmondson appeared on a fictional version of University Challenge as Vyvyan, representing Scumbag College alongside his housemates Rick, Neil and Mike in a memorable episode of The Young Ones. And next week he appears as himself in the real version, representing Manchester University in one of the celebrity Christmas specials. ‘And lo, it came to pass, that on 22nd Dec on BBC2, television did eat itself,’ the actor tweeted alongside a picture...