Dispensary Corner

ARCHAEOLOGISTS in the UK have made the stunning discovery that some of the earliest Britons suffered from tapeworms.

Scientists from Cambridge University have hailed the discovery of fish tapeworms, which were found preserved in human faeces from a 3,000 year old village at Must Farm in Cambridgeshire.

Dubbed “Britain’s Pompeii,” the archaeological site was surrounded by waterlogged “coprolites” - pieces of poo - during a 2016 dig, with the organic matter found to contain microscopic tapeworm eggs.

The researchers said the findings gave the first ever understanding of the diseases of prehistoric Fen people, according to a study published in the Parasitology journal.

DO YOU know this man?

Police in Qld say they expect to shortly arrest a hapless burglar who allegedly broke into a Gold Coast pharmacy last week.

The man and an accomplice smashed the glass on the doors of the Southport store and attempted to hide their faces with their jackets as they stormed through the doors.

However, their attempts at subterfuge were not very successful, as the CCTV image captured above indicates.