Austerity measures, originally introduced by the coalition government in 2010, led to a dramatic increase in premature births and low-weight births, a new study has shown. Birth rates in Scotland found “marked increases” in babies born smaller or prematurely were particularly evident in the most deprived areas, according to theContinue Reading
The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken — and that she’s the one to fix it with smaller government and radical new ideas. The new leader of Britain’s right-of-center Conservative PartyContinue Reading
Archaeologists were shocked to unearth an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the famed city of Luxor. Egyptian authorities said teams from Egypt and the United States discovered the tomb in the South Asasif necropolis, next to the Temple of Hatshepsut on the Nile’s West Bank in Luxor. Egypt’sContinue Reading
Moment Kemi Badenoch is announced as new Tory leader to replace Rishi Sunak Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Newly elected Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has admitted the Tories “let standards slip” but vowedContinue Reading
Kissing in humans evolved as a symbolic expression of love from grooming behaviours seen in ancestral great apes, a comprehensive new study says. The kiss has been a versatile way by which humans across civilisations and societies have shown affection, intimacy, or social bonding, most often in a way thatContinue Reading
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George Russell has revealed that he was £100,000 out of pocket after his first season racing in Formula One. The Mercedes man got his start with Williams, finishing a debut campaign without a single point, but is now one of the strongest drivers on the grid and earns £14million aContinue Reading
Monkeys will never have the capacity to write the complete works of William Shakespeare, a study has found. It challenges the long-held theory of probability that, given an infinite period of time, monkeys pressing keys at random on a typewriter would eventually be able to reproduce the famous texts. Researchers fromContinue Reading
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The full line-up for I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! 2024 has beenContinue Reading
A medical technology trial using iPhones in the detection of throat cancer is being undertaken by the NHS amid a surge of referrals creating waiting list backlogs. Nervous patients often have to wait weeks to get the all-clear, but it is hoped a new camera device attached to a smartphoneContinue Reading
