sladkozaponi / Shutterstock The UK government’s most recent poverty statistics show that poverty rates declined during the first year of the pandemic. But this should offer little comfort to those concerned about the cost of living crisis. The publication of these figures continues a longstanding trend of official poverty statisticsContinue Reading
Triff/Shutterstock For decades, growth charts have been used by paediatricians as reference tools. The charts allow health professionals to plot and measure a child’s height and weight from birth to young adulthood. The percentile scores they provide, especially across multiple visits, help doctors screen for conditions such as obesity orContinue Reading
MingzhePhoton/Shutterstock How likely is it that there are other Earths or that the multiverse exists? – Tasneem, aged 16, Indore, India In fiction and in films such as Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse, parallel universes – also called the multiverse – exist alongside our own, with anything from small differences inContinue Reading
China’s smartphone market could decline in the second quarter as the country experiences a resurgence of covid cases, analysts said. But Apple could fare quite well, the analysts said as it continues to attract users in the high-end of the market. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’sContinue Reading
Review at a glance T his exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace is a strange slice of life. It isn’t an overview of Japanese art and artefacts through the centuries; it’s a reflection of those things in gifts from Japan to English/British monarchs and the Japanese items theyContinue Reading
Chelsea 0-0 Real Madrid – Militao yellow card 15. Good play by Havertz on the edge of the box, getting inside the Real Madrid defender. Once he was the wrong side, he knew he was in trouble. He brought down the German and Chelsea now have a chance to testContinue Reading
This year St Margaret’s Hospice Care is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Weekly Prize Draw and is aiming to welcome at least 25 new players a week to take part to celebrate. The weekly draw, which started in April 1997, has raised millions of pounds to pay for hospiceContinue Reading
The Braund Society was the brainchild of Cyril John Braund. When he retired back to his native Bideford he was meeting other Braunds but did not know how they were related. He wanted to form a society to unite the family and to promote the study of the history, biographyContinue Reading
EXCL: Some manufacturers have even stopped taking orders, expert reveals BUYERS are being asked to wait for as long as 18 months for the delivery of new cars and some manufacturers have even stopped taking orders due to supply chain problems, an industry expert has warned. James Baggott, editor-in-chief ofContinue Reading
People Before Profit TDs have been criticised for refusing to clap after Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy addressed the Dáil. Following Mr Zelenskiy’s speech, those in the Dáil got to their feet and applauded the Ukrainian leader, however four People Before Profit TDs refused to clap. A spokesperson for the partyContinue Reading
