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Answer to the 2021 Budget, Luke Pollard, the MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Responding to the 2021 Budget, Luke Pollard, the MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport said: “This budget is full of glossy announcements that just papers over the cracks. Britain has one of the deepest recessions of any western economy and one of the highest death tolls and this budget failsContinue Reading
Universal credit: extending the £20-a-week uplift isn’t enough – our research shows the whole system needs an overhaul
Andy Rain/EPA As part of the UK government’s latest budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that the £20 weekly universal credit uplift introduced at the start of the pandemic would be extended until September while working tax credit claimants will be afforded the equivalent of a one-off £500 payment. ToContinue Reading
Male fertility: how age affects men’s chances of having children
Men can produce children for longer than women. Shutterstock/fizkes In 2012, proud dad Ramjit Raghav made global headlines when he became a father at the age of 96. He had beaten the record for the world’s oldest dad – a record he’d set himself, two years earlier, at the ageContinue Reading
Clever cuttlefish show advanced self-control, like chimps and crows
Courtesy of the Grass Foundation Author provided When I enter the marine laboratory in the morning, there’s always a chance I’m about to get soaked. You see, our crankiest common cuttlefish, called Franklin, has recently taken to squirting a water jet at me from her tank. I’ve decided it’s herContinue Reading
Cern: scientists discover four new particles – here’s why they matter
LHCb experiment at Cern. Roͬͬ͠͠͡͠͠͠͠͠͠͠͠sͬͬ͠͠͠͠͠͠͠͠͠aͬͬ͠͠͠͠͠͠͠ Menkman/Flickr, CC BY-SA This month is a time to celebrate. Cern has just announced the discovery of four brand new particles at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva. This means that the LHC has now found a total of 59 new particles since itContinue Reading
Coronavirus: what happens when a person is simultaneously infected with two variants?
Scientists in Brazil recently reported that two people were simultaneously infected with two different variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This co-infection seemed to have no effect on the severity of patients’ illness, and both recovered without needing to be hospitalised. Although this is one of the fewContinue Reading
Glenn Maxwell Posts Birthday Wish For “Amazing” Fiancee | Cricket News
Glenn Maxwell posted a picture in his Instagram story with his fiancee Vini Raman.© Instagram Glenn Maxwell took to Instagram to share a cute picture with his Indian-origin fiancee to wish her birthday on Wednesday. The Australian all-rounder posted a photo in his Instagram story with his fiancee Vini RamanContinue Reading
Vaccine nationalism will block our path out of the pandemic – so how do we resist our tribal instinct?
Most nations are currently focusing their efforts to defeat the pandemic within their own borders, under pressure to help their citizens first. But this is a global problem and governments need to work together to eradicate COVID. To avoid hardening attitudes against helping other countries, governments need to change howContinue Reading
Virat Kohli Thanks Fans After Crossing 100 Million Followers On Instagram | Cricket News
Virat Kohli became the first cricketer to cross 100 million followers on Instagram.© AFP Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday took to Instagram to thank his fans after crossing 100 million followers on the social media platform on Monday. Kohli shared a video highlighting some of his favouriteContinue Reading
Archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam Sets New National Record | Archery News
Jyothi Surekha Vennam secured the first rank in the ranking round.© Twitter International archer from the city Jyothi Surekha Vennam, who is representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, has been selected for the Indian team in the compound women’s category for World Cup which begins from April. The Archery Association ofContinue Reading