News headlines tell you little about the realities of divorce for most couples Prostock-studio/Shutterstock It’s no wonder many people think divorce involves going to court, huge legal fees and decades of spousal payments, considering these are the cases that dominate our headlines. However, the kinds of divorce cases reported inContinue Reading
Alan Denney/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA As slurs go, the word “Paki” has a long, dark history in the UK. A video has emerged of the YouTuber, KSI, using the term frivolously – followed by a burst of raucous laughter by his peers. KSI has subsequently apologised. However, this has brought backContinue Reading
iSOMBOON/Shutterstock “I don’t listen to adults when it comes to this sort of thing”, a 17-year-old told me. We were discussing how digital technology affects his life, as part of a long-term project in the west of England that I carried out with colleagues to explore young people’s mental healthContinue Reading
Oleg Shakirov/Shutterstock Suppose you are in a pub with friends. You drink a few beers, have a good time, and head home. The following morning you realise your headache is milder than usual. You then discover that you were part of an experiment where the glasses at the pub wereContinue Reading
After 2,000 years of political and technical hitches, Italy says it’s finally ready to connect Sicily to the mainland.Continue Reading
Warning: this story contains graphic descriptions of violence. Pseudonyms are used to protect the interviewees’ identities. Angela had already been in the UK as an asylum seeker for nine years and four months when we interviewed her. She was still in a state of limbo, unsure whether asylum would beContinue Reading
A teenage boy and girl have died following a road traffic collision in Co Galway. The single-vehicle crash occurred shortly before 6am on Monday at Glennagarraun in the Ballyfruit area of Headford. Gardaí confirmed the vehicle had four occupants, two boys and two girls, all of whom were described asContinue Reading
Sorry astronomers, but with a little patience, a basic DSLR, and some photo-editing wizardry, anyone can capture images worthy of the James Webb Telescope.Continue Reading
Last week, The Mail on Sunday’ asked readers if they’d been blocked from accessing deceased loved ones’ documents. People claimed GPs, hospitals, care homes and hospices refuse to share data.Continue Reading
A 26-year-old man has appeared before a Belfast court charged with the murder of a woman in Limerick city. Geila Ibram, a 27-year-old woman from Romania, was found dead at a residence on Dock Road in Limerick on Tuesday. Habib Shamel, an Afghan national, appeared before court via videolink chargedContinue Reading
