Month: November 2023

Last call for this Mongolian epic that is visually awesome but otherwise confusing, violent and ponderous. It boasts amazing costumes and is highly coloured throughout, including Timberlake Wertenbaker’s translation which is a shade of purple unheard on these shores for many a year. Source link

By Kristen Shifflett, OT, as told to Keri Wiginton “Will I go completely blind from this?”  That’s the question everyone with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) always asks. And they melt upon themselves with calmness when I say, no, you’ll just need to do some things differently. If you have geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of dry AMD, you may lose some or all of your central vision. That’s the part of your eye you use to look directly at things, like people’s faces or the words in this sentence. Your medical team may give you shots or other interventions ... Read more

By Diane Marshall, as told to Keri Wiginton The choice to get treatment for the wet form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a no-brainer. You have to get shots to save your vision. Fast intervention may even improve your eyesight. And for those of us with geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of dry AMD, there’s hope for the future now that the first-ever treatment was approved. The pros and cons aren’t so clear-cut, but after talking to my retina specialist and people in my AMD community, I decided to go for it.  I got my first eye injection ... Read more

Killers who subjected their victims to coercive and controlling domestic abuse could face tougher sentences under Government plans. Ministers will also consider whether the minimum term of punishment should be raised for murderers who used a knife or another weapon that was already at the crime scene to kill. Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said a public consultation to consider the plans has now been launched after the proposals were announced earlier this year. It comes after mothers whose daughters were murdered by their ex-partners using kitchen knives found at their homes called for a hike in the starting points of ... Read more

A UK businessman has moved to a classic Spanish city for a new life after being made all but bankrupt – and now he is thriving. Louis Thomas Grier is now fondly known as the ‘Duke of Benidorm’ thanks to his legendary TikToks where he promotes Spanish businesses and gives an insight into the “real Benidorm” that people aren’t familiar with. The 30-year-old originally ran a B&B and a horse donkey rescue charity in France, but “lost them both to Covid”. He decided at that point that he wanted to “go somewhere happy”. His Spanish story began in an Indian ... Read more

There is an awful lot of cash in F1, it’s no kept secret. But this year drivers across the grid really are filling their pockets, as the prize offerings following the season-ending Abu Dhabi showdown have been revealed in full. F1’s revenue is divided annually between the prize fund for the constructors and returns for shareholders, making for a lucrative affair all round. Under the terms of the eighth Concorde Agreement, the profit prize money distribution was closed in from 20 per cent for the champions and four per cent for the tenth-placed team to 14 per cent for the ... Read more

If you have a Samsung TV then your holiday entertainment options just expanded thanks to several free upgrades that have appeared on devices this month. The Samsung TV Plus service that is built into Samsung tellies has added several new free streaming options to eligible devices, including the Sky Mix channel. Samsung TV Plus is a FAST streaming platform – that stands for ‘free ad-supported television’ – that hosts free content without the need to sign up and pay for a service like Netflix or Disney+. Instead, you can access it directly from your TV so long as it’s hooked ... Read more

French residents living in Nouvelle-Aquitaine cannot wait to see the return of Brits if the country relaxes its 90-day visa-free stay limit. Since Brexit, people from the UK have only been able to stay in France 90 days out of every 180 without a visa. If visitors want to stay longer away from the UK, they’ve had to apply for a six-month visa which can be “time-consuming” and “costly”. The rule has been frustrating for many of the 86,000 British households who own holiday homes in France. Some residents in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, who have been used to seeing Britons spend a ... Read more

By Foster Lasley, MD, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson   If your lung cancer can’t be treated with surgery, it doesn’t mean there’s nothing you can do.  You may still have treatment options like radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Nonsurgical treatments can lead to good outcomes and they’re commonly used around the world today.     What’s Inoperable Lung Cancer? Inoperable lung cancer is simply a tumor that surgery can’t treat, which could be because your cancer is in a difficult spot to reach, it’s spread outside your lungs, or you have other serious health conditions.  For example, if your ... Read more

Amazon’s daily deals are a good place to get a bargain, and for those looking for a new perfume, there are some huge savings at the moment. Investing in a designer perfume can be expensive, and it can be tricky to decide on the perfect scent. The Vera Wang Princess Eau de Toilette has been slashed from £60 to £17.95, and it has over 50,000 reviews, with 78 percent of perfume fans rating it five stars. Shoppers are saying the scent ‘lasts all day’ and some are calling it their ‘favourite perfume’. Buy: Vera Wang Princess Eau de Toilette (£23.99) ... Read more