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Why food labels showing the exercise needed to burn off calories won’t work for everyone
Knowing how much exercise it takes to burn the calories in certain foods may be easier for consumers to understand. Prostock-studio/ Shutterstock In an effort to tackle the increasing prevalence of obesity, the UK government has introduced a number of public health strategies over the years, including changes to howContinue Reading
Animal friendships are surprisingly like our own
slowmotiongli/Shutterstock When you think of friendship, what comes to mind? Is it a phone conversation that lasts late into the night? Watching a movie and sharing a pizza? Enjoying some laughs over a beer? Friendship is a central part of the human experience. Our stories, our songs and our conversationsContinue Reading
Ukraine war: a desperate Russia defaults to attacking civilians
If you wanted an indication of how badly Russia’s war is going and how much pressure Vladimir Putin is under, then the missile attacks on Kyiv and Ukraine’s major cities over the last day or two are as good as any. These attacks have no military value; they won’t stallContinue Reading
The UK’s Homes for Ukraine scheme is failing both refugees and their hosts – here’s why
The UK government’s Homes for Ukraine refugee hosting scheme has seen more than 180,000 Ukrainians granted visas so far. With more than 7 million Ukrainians scattered across Europe, this has, of course, been the right thing to do. But after six months of the scheme the challenges that hosting refugeesContinue Reading
Why many Ukrainians speak Russian as their first language
President Putin at an annual ceremony marking the Kyivian Rus. Sodel Vladyslav/Shutterstock The issue of the Ukrainian language and who speaks it has become highly politicised during the Russian invasion. Vladimir Putin has even used it as a cover to annex some occupied areas of Ukraine with large numbers ofContinue Reading
Somewhere Boy on Channel 4 review: it will knock your socks clean off
Review at a glance I t’s safe to assume that if you’ve ever known, or been, an 18 year-old boy, the last word you’d use to describe one is innocent. Yet that’s what we find in Danny (played hauntingly by Lewis Gribben), the protagonist in Somewhere Boy, a new ChannelContinue Reading
Ukraine war: why the world can’t afford to let Russia get away with its land grab – lessons from history
Much of the international community has condemned Russia’s annexation of four provinces of Ukraine as illegal. Joe Biden accused Vladmir Putin of a “fraudulent attempt” to claim Ukrainian territory and said the move was “trampling on the United Nations charter, and showing its contempt for peaceful nations everywhere”. The UK’sContinue Reading
Italy’s election is a case study in a new phase for the radical right
Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the populist radical right party Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia), may have emerged as the victor in Italy’s recent elections, but she did so at the head of a delicately balanced coalition of parties – one that included Matteo Salvini, the man once spoken ofContinue Reading
Dec Donnolly spotted for the first time since catching Covid with wife Ali as she cradles baby son Jack
DECLAN Donnelly flashed a smile as he enjoyed some fresh air with his family days after being struck down with Covid. The telly favourite, 47, and presenting pal Ant McPartlin, 46, were forced to scrap their NTAs appearance and a Britain’s Got Talent special after testing positive for the virus.Continue Reading
COVID: how ICUs in England were stretched to cope with the pandemic
VILevi/Shutterstock There has been much discussion recently about how governments handled the COVID pandemic during 2020 and 2021. In particular, debate has centred on the costs and benefits of the various social restrictions, including lockdowns. The rationale for implementing social restrictions and other non-pharmacological measures in the UK was toContinue Reading