The plant of the week is the spiral cactus.

Creative Media NewsTuesday, 19 July 2022, 10:000

This Brazilian native’s surreal appearance will lend whimsy to the decor. Why will I enjoy this?Cereus forbesii ‘Spiralis’ is “plant sculpting” at its finest, a naturally spiraling columnar cactus with an otherworldly appearance that will bring a playful aspect to a space. Light or darkness?Brilliant light Where shall I place it?Before a bright window in...

Remote meetings will continue: Leading GP says doctors don’t need to offer more face-to-face consultations.

Creative Media NewsTuesday, 19 July 2022, 9:000

There is no need to offer many more face-to-face sessions, according to Britain’s leading general practitioner, as the present rate is “about right.” Before the pandemic, over 80% of GP appointments were conducted in person, but by April 2020, this number had dropped to 47%. As of the end of May this year, the most...

Restaurant review of Il Borro, London: “The music was poor and the dish was awful.”

Creative Media NewsTuesday, 19 July 2022, 8:000

When they began playing a lovely, lilting chill-out cover of Love Desire Tear Us Apart by Joy Division in the dining room, I began to lose my will to live. We had previously been treated to Madonna cover versions of her classics. Now, the DJ at Il Borro was treating us to an awful, distorted...

“Zapping” brain cancer tumors during radiation is less dangerous than previously believed.

Creative Media NewsTuesday, 19 July 2022, 7:000

A new study reveals that radiotherapy for brain tumors is less dangerous than previously assumed. The treatment consists of bombarding tumors with high-energy radiation, which destroys cancer cells. However, this can also cause harm to good tissue and, in rare situations, increase the risk of second cancer arising. However, researchers from the University of Birmingham...

Nigel Slater’s recipes for olive-rosemary focaccia and aubergine-lemon sandwiches.

Creative Media NewsTuesday, 19 July 2022, 6:000

It has been a week of dazzling sunshine, with bees on tufts of thyme emerging from the gaps in the stone paving, and of alfresco meals, with our olive-oily fingers tearing at thick sheets of focaccia as they are handed around the table. The focaccia contained rosemary and green olives that were finely diced. The...

New blood test that tells if anti-stroke medications are working ‘will save lives’.

Creative Media NewsTuesday, 19 July 2022, 5:000

The NHS is now offering a blood test that can help avoid a second stroke in stroke sufferers, a move that experts say will save lives. The test detects genetic markers that indicate whether a patient will respond to traditional treatment, allowing physicians to switch them to more successful medications. According to experts, approximately 25,000...

Rachel Roddy’s pork-stuffed-with-herbs and borlotti-tomato salad recipes.

Creative Media NewsTuesday, 19 July 2022, 4:000

Eight wooden spoons, a spider sieve, a rubber spatula, a small wooden fork, a skewer, a strand of raw spaghetti (for testing cakes), salad servers, a pair of tongs that aren’t as helpful as they appear, and a friend’s ladle that I refuse to return reside in a wide pot with handles resembling ears by...

How general practitioners mistake penile cancer for a sexual condition… and how it might deprive a man of his genitalia.

Creative Media NewsTuesday, 19 July 2022, 3:000

According to specialists, each year hundreds of British men are forced to endure life-altering surgery because doctors miss the warning indications of penis cancer. The condition, which affects approximately 700 men annually, can be cured with minimal damage to sexual life if detected early. However, research indicates that half of all penile cancers are identified...

Cameron Smith wins his first major championship with redemption and acclaim.

Creative Media NewsTuesday, 19 July 2022, 2:000

Great golfers are aware that sooner or later they must pay for their endowments with a decline in performance that relegates them to the field, where lesser mortals toil. On Saturday, Cameron Smith found himself in Gethsemane, but he was determined to avoid suffering there on Sunday. And so it transpired. At last, redemption and...

Fraser-Pryce wins the 100m world championship at age 35, while Asher-Smith fails to medal.

Creative Media NewsTuesday, 19 July 2022, 1:000

The track queen of Jamaica has reclaimed her crown. Even at the ripe old age of 35, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce continues to discover new ways to break records and defy the rules of sports gravity. Gold was delivered in classic Fraser-Pryce fashion in Eugene. She exploded out of the blocks, accelerated considerably faster than her competitors,...

Boris Johnson is going to miss his third COBRA meeting due to the UK heatwave.

Creative Media NewsTuesday, 19 July 2022, 0:000

Labour has demanded that Prime Minister Boris Johnson “show up for work” after he missed two COBRA meetings during the heatwave and is expected to miss the third briefing today. Lisa Nandy, shadow secretary for communities, stated that the prime minister has “obviously clocked off” since announcing his resignation, adding, “And so have a number...

Dozens of stabbing marine turtles discovered off a Japanese island.

Creative Media NewsMonday, 18 July 2022, 23:000

At least 30 dead green sea turtles were discovered on the shore of an isolated Japanese island; many of them had been stabbed in the neck. On Thursday, locals on Kumejima island discovered after a low tide reveals the bodies. According to the news website Mainichi, at least one fisherman acknowledged injuring the animals to...

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