Daily Mirror - 05.03.2020

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Big hand for

bionic boost

AMPUTEES can move
individual prosthetic fin-
gers using their minds
thanks to new technology.
Muscle grafts, electrodes
and machine learning
amplify faint nerve signals
from a residual limb.
US study co-author Dr
Robert Oneal, of Michigan
University, said for ampu-
tees “this is the biggest
advance in motor control
...in many years”.
Study participant Joe
Hamilton, who lost his
arm in 2013, said: “It’s like
you have a hand again.”

‘Lager label

must change’

A bREwERy has been
ordered to change the
artwork on beer cans after
a single complaint that it
could appeal to children.
Lost and Grounded
plans to defy the ruling by
trade body the Portman
Group over cartoon anim-
als on Running with Scep-
tres India Pale Lager labels.
The small brewery in
bristol said: “we would
never market products to
appeal to under-18s.”
It added label changes
could cause it “significant
financial damage”.

proud

father

Mitch at

unveiling.

Left, Amy

emotional Mitch

and Janis weeping

ceremony Star’s

parents yesterday

A My Winehouse’s dad

weeps as he touches a

memorial to the singer.

A stone bearing his late

daughter’s name was

unveiled at Camden’s Music

walk of Fame yesterday.

Amy’s emotional parents

Mitch and Janis watched

the North London

ceremony alongside fans.

Her dad, who left Janis

when Amy was nine, said:

“Camden was her oxygen

and now she is here always

spiritually. Those who walk

through Camden will now

see the beloved Amy

winehouse. It is wonderful.”

Amy lived in the area before

her death in 2011 aged 27.

She is the third act to be

honoured at the site after

Madness and The who.

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Showbiz Editor

Amy’s dad in tears

as she gets honour