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From the blog of Shimon Samuels at The Times of Israel

9 Apr 2021 Condolences have poured in from around the world following news of the passing of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and the consort of Queen Elizabeth II. World War Two veteran Prince Philip, born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark on the island of Corfu on June 10th, 1921, died on Friday, two months before marking his 100th birthday. Very sad to see the death of Prince Philip. He was a great man in both war and peace. All of our thoughts are with our magnificent Queen. Brexit...

I have realized from the beginning that most of the so-called ‘science’ behind Covid is imaginary. Over the last year or so, we have learnt that:

Why Theatre Will Recover from COVID-19 Think theatre might struggle to recover from COVID-19? Its made quite a few comebacks before. We investigate when theatres went dark in the past, and what – or who – turned the lights back on Article by Eliza Gearty | 16 Mar 2021 Last October, the journalist Ravi Ghosh put forward a daunting query in Ghosh isn’t the only person who has considered this question. Andrew Lloyd Webber made headlines when he said that he didn’t think comme...

But in 2019, excavation work at an airport turned up the plane that carried the remains of six Allied airmen. Using DNA from living relatives, scientists confirmed a body found among the wreckage belonged to the 25-year-old gunner with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. His niece, Pam Compton, received confirmation of the DNA tests proving his identity in late December 2020. She said: “No one in the family knew much about him at all. The remains were discovered nearly 80 years after they went m...

ETERNAL GUARD OF HONOUR NHS fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore will rest in peace with his very own guard of honour Updated: 27 Feb 2021, 13:57 Invalid Date, NHS fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore will rest in peace with his very own guard of honour. His ashes will be watched over by the statue of a soldier following his funeral tomorrow. 7 NHS hero Captain Tom will rest in peace with his very own guard of honourCredit: Getty - Pool 7 The statue of a soldier watches over Captain Toms ...

Marcus Rashford and Greta Thunberg are awarded gold Blue Peter badges Jack Wright For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo England footballer Marcus Rashford and climate activist Greta Thunberg have been awarded gold Blue Peter badges for having accomplished great things, inspired a nation, saved a life or shown bravery and courage. Rashford and Thunberg join a small list of people who have been presented with the coveted badge, including the Queen, Sir David A...

Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles 9pm, Channel 4 Three years in the making, this series follows covert officers as they assume new identities online in an effort to find people attempting to groom and abuse children. Often a gruesome watch, this opening episode sees an officer take on the persona of a 47-year-old paedophile, using a children’s forum to lure out abusers for pursuit in the real world. Their responses are swift and shocking, as we witness how the largely unregulated online ...

A man is due to appear in a Lanark court after being charged in connection with communication offences.

THE church bells in Falmouth and Budock will ring out 100 times today, Sunday to mark the passing of Captain Tom Moore. All Saints Church in Falmouth, the parish church of King Charles the Martyr and St Budock Parish Church will toll a bell 100 times at 12pm and the Angelus Bell will ring at 12 noon at St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Kiligrew Street. All Saints Church is behind the idea and invited the other churches to come on board.  Writing on Facebook the King Charles the ...