When was the last time you had a hangover that you really could have done without?
For as little as £1, Myrkl is billed as “the first product in history to break down alcohol effectively” and has been dubbed the first hangover prevention pill.
The brand claims to leave people feeling "their best" the next day.
Myrkl was first invented back in 1990 by scientist Johan de Faire, and has been "perfected over 30 years of research and design" by Swedish pharmaceutical firm De Faire Medical before Brits are now able to get their hands on it.
Although it won't be available to grab in stores, the Myrkl supplement can be purchased in the UK online - with a pack of 30 capsules costing £30.
Scientists say two pills should be taken an hour before drinking for maximum effect.
So, how exactly does it work then? Well, the probiotic pill contains bacteria that rapidly break downs bacterias named Bacillus coagulans and Bacillus subtilis, as well as two common vitamins (L-Cysteine and Vitamin B12), and the manufacturer says that all the ingredients are safe for consumption and have approval from the necessary food standards agencies.
As the Myrkl tablets are not actually classed as a medicine, they therefore do not need approval from the MHRA either.
Independent clinical trials of the pill last month found that preemptively taking the tablets reduced alcohol concentration in the blood by half within 30 minutes of having a drink.
After one hour, the reduction in blood-alcohol level was 70%.
Håkan Magnusson, CEO at Myrkl, said the trials "prove just how powerful this product is at breaking down alcohol".
Magnusson says that his product is the first pre-drinking hangover pill ever to reach the market, adding: "Marking the first time in history that a consumer product is demonstrated to effectively and rapidly break down alcohol, we are very excited to be launching this ground-breaking product in the UK and in most European markets.
"Moderate social drinking is a huge part of British culture, with the majority of British people heading out each week to enjoy a few drinks together.
"Myrkl's purpose is therefore to help those regular moderate drinkers to wake up feeling their best the next day, whether they're a busy working professional, young parents, or seniors who want to maintain an active social life."
Despite Myrkl's claims to have people waking up with a clear head the next day, Magnusson insisted that the tablets are in no way designed as "an excuse to drink beyond NHS guidelines".
He said the company is really convinced that Myrkl is "a game-changing product", and they wait for the British public to "try it out".
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Channel 4 is looking for adult virgins with ‘intimacy issues’ for next series of hit reality show
Channel 4 is back looking for more adult virgins to take part in the potential next series of its hit reality show Virgin Island.
If you’re unfamiliar with Virgin Island, it’s unlike anything ever seen on TV before.
First hitting screens back in 2024 and having run for two successful seasons now, Virgin Island follows the journey of a group of adult virgins who are whisked off to a Mediterranean island retreat to learn life-changing skills in the art of intimacy.
Working with leading international therapists, the aim is to help the young people overcome their fears and insecurities when it comes to intimacy and sex.
Channel 4 said it chose to commission the show after a recent study into intimacy found out that one in eight British 26-year-olds is, apparently, still a virgin.
A casting call for the new series on the Channel 4 website reads: “Are you a virgin and do you need help and guidance with your fears and insecurities around intimacy and sex? Double Act Productions is casting adults for a potential second series of Virgin Island.”
You just need to be over 21 years of age to take part in the show.
Fancy it then? Or know someone who may be up for the ride? Applications for the potential next series of Virgin Island are now open, and there’s still plenty of time left to put your name down.
You can find out more and register your interest here.
Fossilised 320-million-year-old fish found in Leeds’ Roundhay Park
Clementine Hall
A prehistoric fish fossil has been unearthed at Roundhay Park in Leeds.
The fascinating prehistoric skull bone of a coelacanth fish was discovered by a geologist at Roundhay Park earlier this year.
It is thought the creature was frozen in time aeons ago, during an era when the park was submerged under a vast tropical lagoon.
The remarkable discovery has now been kindly donated to Leeds Museums and Galleries and added to the natural sciences collection at Leeds Discovery Centre.
Image: Leeds City Council
The Leeds fossil was found by Ru Smith of the Yorkshire Geological Society during a reconnaissance walk he was carrying out ahead of a planned field excursion in the north Leeds park.
Describing the moment he made the discovery, Ru said: “There’s a layer of rock in the park which dates from around 320 million years ago, from a time before the breakup of the continents, when what is now the park would have been situated close the Equator and under the warm waters of a tropical lagoon. West Central Africa would be a good place to find similar environments in the present.
“There’s a bed of freshwater mussels called Carbonicola at one level in the rock, and opening a piece of shale from this bed in my hands I saw something unusual – a distinctive skull bone of a large fish. I knew straight away this was something different and very rare."
The bone was verified byexperts as belonging to a coelacanth older than those found elsewhere in Yorkshire, making it the oldest fossil coelacanth discovered in the region.
Ru added: “Coelacanths are pretty amazing fish and it’s just very cool to think that at one time, you could have been standing in Leeds and watching them swim around above a bed of mussels in Roundhay Park.
“That’s really the wonder of geology, looking at the rock and time travelling in the imagination to what was a very different world.”
Emily Sergeant -
24th December 2024 
