MARKET REPORT Second round of funding to prop up Wetherspoons
The pub chain is hoping to raise between 92.1m and 93.7m to see it through the rest of the year, by selling up to 8.4m shares. This would mean offloading them for around 1100p. Read more...
Al Downing, the Pitcher for Home Run No. 715, Reflects on Hank Aaron
Forever linked to a legend, Al Downing says Aaron, the Hall of Famer who died on Friday, couldnt have been a nicer man. Read more...
Eli Lilly Claims Drug Prevents Coronavirus Infection in Nursing Homes
A monoclonal antibody protected residents and staff members in facilities where the virus had appeared. Read more...
Amid One Pandemic, Students Train for the Next
Researchers have banded together to find safe, virtual ways to teach the principles of microbiology and epidemiology. Read more...
One Month Behind, DePaul Starts Its Mens Basketball Season
The program is the last in a major basketball conference to play a game, having dealt with several virus-related pauses. Read more...
Rebel Wilson's personal trainer Jono Castano gets huge new tattoo on his back
Jono Castano treated himself to some new ink on Sunday. Read more...
Why the cost of holiday insurance could soon go sky high
Travellers are being encouraged to buy their annual travel insurance policies before the year ends to avoid post-Brexit and Covid-19 related price increases. Read more...
An Apology
Our story (Mail Online 24 October) about a toddler being accidentally pricked by dirty needles in a New York hospital wrongly suggested the girl might have to wait six months for a HIV test - we are happy to correct the error. Read more...
Daily Report A Net Neutrality Setback for Facebook in India
In the United States, the social media giant has been an advocate of equal treatment of all Internet content. In India, regulators who share that belief have effectively blocked a free Facebook service. Read more...
Mutant 'Kent strain' of coronavirus has been in the US since November 6
University of Arizona researchers studied the genomes of 50 B.1.1.7 infections in the US and traced their lineage to determine when it first appeared in the US. Read more...
Do Museums Need a Shopping Network for Art Donations?
A new venture suggests it will help art institutions find works of art that collectors have decided they want to give away as gifts. Read more...
Grim discovery of human bones found in Geelong family backyard a year after mystery death
Human remains have been found at a property in Geelong south-west of Melbourne, which are believed to be from a man who mysteriously died in 2019. Read more...
DEBORAH ROSS Black Narcissus starring AislingFranciosi is all so sinfully slooow, sister
Black Narcissus is based on the novel by Rumer Godden and was famously filmed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger in 1947, starring Deborah Kerr. Read more...
'Smart' motorways are 'inherently unsafe' and 'should be abandoned', Yorkshire police chief says
Dr Alan Billings, PCC for South Yorkshire, has written to the Government saying the abolition of the hard shoulder should be 'abandoned' before more people die. Read more...
The Business Case for Boardroom Diversity
When big banks see a benefit in helping companies recruit more diverse directors, its a sign that there are not just morals at play there is money at stake, too. Read more...