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A cherry-flavoured pill which is easy to swallow could help save the lives of children in malaria-affected areas, say researchers in Tanzania. Malaria is one of mankind’s oldest known killers, with descriptions of the disease dating back almost 5000 years. Each year, malaria causes 300-500 million infections, and up to 3 million deaths–about 5000 Africans […]

Scientists have found that some red squirrels have developed immunity to a disease that has ravaged their numbers. The pox is transmitted by grey squirrels; but while greys suffer no ill effects from it, if a red catches the virus it will be dead within weeks. As the grey squirrels increased their range, red squirrels […]

The Tanzania 2008 January GAP team have been getting together to sponsor one of the the builders from their project. Godchance (above far left) has worked with Quest Overseas for the last few years on our project based in Mshiri on the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro.  Godchance not only worked alongside all of the volunteers […]

Last night Jon and I were supposed to go see Ivan Brackenbury with the Active Parity lads, however one cried off at the last minute, (you know who you are, I’m not angry just very disappointed!) at the Brighton Comedy Festival. It was fantastic, oh how we laughed, recommend it to everyone that isn’t easily […]

Doom and gloom and grey skies have signalled the start of Autumn 2008.  So what better way to cheer up than pop down to Brighton, not only to see us but to see some top-class comedy too? The BBC has even reported that Comedy clubs have avoided the squeeze of the credit crunch because having […]

Scientists have found a possible new route taken by early modern humans as they expanded out of Africa to colonise the rest of the world. Researchers, from the universities of Bristol, Southampton, Oxford, Hull and Tripoli in Libya, have confirmed that there was a new possible route where rivers once flowed from the central Saharan […]

That was the most worrying thing about Peter Kay’s programme last night, it was hard to notice much difference between this spoof version and the real thing. I think we’ve got a few new routines for our stage shows at the kids’ project in Villa Maria, Peru this coming year though, that’s how I’m justifying […]

You’re lost in the middle of nowhere.Dusk is present, soon to be greeted by the imminent blanket of darkness.You are hungry and wet, you notice a figure walking towards you in shorts and penknife in hand. Struck by fear you can’t move! That is until you notice it’s Ray Mears, warmth fills from within – […]

What better to cheer you up on a grey Monday afternoon than a good piece of meat to chew on?  For some people it might be a big lump of chocolate but I love savory.  This week I have a tasty bit of lamb, the left over’s of the Deaville Sunday lunch.  While chewing on […]

Sorry to anyone who tried to email our office this afternoon, a change in broadband provider wasn’t quite as smooth as was expected… Normal service to be resumed tomorrow!