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Who are Hope FC? England’s pop star dream team behind the Lionesses
E ngland’s Lionesses kick off their Women’s World Cup 2023 campaign in Australia and New Zealand on Saturday and are being cheered on by a team of singers known as Hope FC. The supergroup of pop stars and rock singers assembled to record Call Me a Lioness, which includes aContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak’s approval rating hits all-time low, polling suggests
R ishi Sunak is set to face Prime Minister’s Questions and his backbenchers on Wednesday as polling suggests his approval rating is at an all-time low. Just a quarter of Britons surveyed by YouGov last week hold a favourable view of the Prime Minister, while two thirds have an unfavourableContinue Reading
Nigel Farage says Coutts document shows his account was shut over his views
N igel Farage has claimed he has obtained documents showing prestigious private bank Coutts decided to close his account because his views “do not align with our values”. The former leader of the UK Independence Party (Ukip) said he got hold of a report from the bank’s reputational risk committeeContinue Reading
Nick Hornby: “Tearing down problematic sculptures is not the answer”
“I’ve been quite vocal about public statues,” says Nick Hornby, the 48-year-old British artist (no, not the writer. Yes, he gets the question daily). “I think it’s really exciting that the activists pulled down the Edward Colston statue in Bristol because it triggered a really important conversation,” he continues. “ButContinue Reading
‘This policy should be changed’: Sadiq Khan weighs in on Labour two-child benefit cap row
The London mayor said that along with a number of other Labour MPs and mayors, he would be lobbying party leader Sir Keir Starmer to scrap the cap, which he argued is piling further pain on families struggling with the cost of living crisis. Mr Khan was careful to avoidContinue Reading
Bad Bunny profile: world’s most-streamed musician giving a voice to Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny can add another feather to his global stardom cap: his 2022 release “Un Verano Sin Ti” has become Spotify’s most streamed album of all time. The fourth studio album from the Latin trap and reggaetón phenomenon, it racked up more than 356 million on-demand streamsContinue Reading
How childhood trauma can lead to obesity in people with serious mental illness
Research suggests childhood trauma has a big part to play in obesity. Ken stocker/Shutterstock People with a serious mental illness (SMI), like schizophrenia, often experience obesity. And in the UK, such people are almost twice as likely to be obese compared to those without a diagnosis. People with SMI alsoContinue Reading
How a surfing sea otter revealed the dark side of human nature
We like to think of sea otters as cute but they can be aggressive. rbrown10/Shutterstock Surfers often talk about how the sport helps them reconnect with nature, but a recent episode involving an otter with a love for surfboards shows just how brittle our love for wildlife really is. TheContinue Reading
Health leaders warn NHS ‘struggling to catch its breath’ amid strikes
B ack-to-back strikes by junior doctors and consultants will leave the NHS “struggling to catch its breath”, health leaders have said. Junior doctors in England went out on strike from 7am on July 13 to 7am on July 18. The five-day walkout was the longest in NHS history and isContinue Reading
Starmer faces party row over decision to keep two-child benefit cap
A row over Labour’s plan to keep the Conservatives’ two-child benefit cap, which has been blamed for pushing families into poverty, spilled over into a meeting of the parliamentary party on Monday evening. It is understood that a number of Labour MPs raised the issue, after Sir Keir Starmer onContinue Reading