You can track your menopause symptoms by using an app, a dedicated website or a diary. Krotnakro/Shutterstock Menopause can cause more symptoms than hot flushes alone. And some of your symptoms and reactions might be due to the menopause, even if you are still having periods. Research shows that keepingContinue Reading
imrankadir/Shutterstock When Angela, a Malayan sun bear, stood up and waved to visitors to her enclosure at the Huangzhou Zoo in China on July 27, she became a social media sensation. Her build, posture and seemingly friendly gesture seemed so human that people speculated that she was actually a costumedContinue Reading
A round 300,000 fewer top GCSE grades could be awarded this week in a “shock” to pupils and their parents, it has been suggested. Exams regulator Ofqual has said a return to pre-pandemic grading means this year’s national GCSE results in England will be lower than last year and similarContinue Reading
L ondon mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of attempting to “squash dissent”, after his deputy asked a City Hall-funded expert to counter science that questioned the benefits of a charge on polluting vehicles. Shirley Rodrigues asked an academic, who was in receipt of funding from Mr Khan’s office, onContinue Reading
A Cabinet minister has ruled out adding an extra bank holiday to the calendar to allow the public to celebrate should England win Sunday’s World Cup final. There had been calls from Opposition politicians, including Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, for a national day off in the Lionesses’ honour ifContinue Reading
T he family of Victorian-era prime minister William Gladstone are due to travel to the Caribbean to apologise for the historical part an ancestor played in the slave trade. William, who was Liberal prime minister on four occasions in the 19th century, was son of John Gladstone – one ofContinue Reading
L awyers representing exonerated prisoner Andrew Malkinson have called for the chairmanship of the body responsible for investigating potential miscarriages of justice to be made full-time. Emily Bolton, the solicitor for Mr Malkinson – who served 17 years behind bars after being wrongly convicted of rape, said the position ofContinue Reading
Water is important for your health, but it can't boost weight loss. Prostock-studio/ Shutterstock It’s often claimed that if you’re trying to lose weight, one of the things you should do each day is drink plenty of water – with some internet advice even suggesting this should be as muchContinue Reading
Pteranodon was a large-bodied pterosaur. YuRi Photolife / Shutterstock Our understanding of animal behaviour depends on observation. Researchers can study how animals are born, grow and develop. We can gather evidence of how they interact with each other and their environment. But how do we do this for extinct animals?Continue Reading
S cotland’s Deputy First Minister has rejected calls to field a single pro-independence candidate in Rutherglen and Hamilton West. Former first minister and Alba Party leader Alex Salmond said his former party was heading for “electoral disaster” if the pro-independence vote is split. In an open letter to First MinisterContinue Reading
