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F1 calendar 2022: Grand Prix schedule, dates, results and tracks for new season
THE Formula One season continues at breakneck speed after Max Verstappen dominated the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix by some distance. But next up, the racers travel to America where they’ll be battling it out for a place on the podium at the Miami Grand Prix on May 8. ? F1Continue Reading
Debate over closing UK parliament bars: MPs in survey drink more than the general population
Shampanskiy/Shutterstock The UK business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, said that closing the bars in parliament would be “excessively puritanical” as a response to concerns about a culture of inappropriate and sexist behaviour in the UK’s House of Commons. However, alcohol does impair decision-making – and my research shows that UK MPsContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer WILL be investigated by cops over ‘beergate’ & £200 curry lockdown-breaking bash
SIR Keir Starmer WILL be investigated by police over his Beergate lockdown scandal after “significant new information” came to light. Cops today finally announced a probe into the Labour leader’s suspicious beer and curry bash in April 2021 amid mounting pressure. Sir Keir Starmer today after discovering he’s facing aContinue Reading
Small Drones Are Giving Ukraine an Unprecedented Edge
From surveillance to search-and-rescue, consumer drones are having an unprecedented impact on Ukraine’s defense against Russia.Continue Reading
Ukraine war: Russian tests and Putin’s threats recall the nuclear fears of the cold war
Russia is reported to have held drills this week simulating “nuclear-capable strikes”. According to a statement by Russia’s ministry of defence, forces of the Baltic Fleet in the Kaliningrad region, conducted training sessions to “deliver mock missile strikes with the crews of the Iskander operational-tactical missile systems”. The Iskander hasContinue Reading
Belle and Sebastian – A Bit of Previous review: A familiar return
Review at a glance U nnecessary Drama, Scottish indie darlings Belle and Sebastian’s comeback single, was an apt title. What’s this? A crunching guitar riff, pacey beats and a wild squall of harmonica? Seven years since their last album, have the world’s meekest band finally acquired some teeth? Yes andContinue Reading
Philippines election: how the Marcos clan might be heading back to power
The upcoming election in the Philippines presents the country with a stark choice to set its political course for the next six years. Outgoing authoritarian president Rodrigo Duterte leaves behind a country much damaged by his time in office. Economic decline, a brutal “war on drugs” – for which heContinue Reading
Kaliningrad: Russia’s ‘unsinkable aircraft carrier’ deep in Nato territory
Aleksandr Podgorchuk/Kommersant/Sipa USA The Russian Baltic Fleet has announced that it carried out a series of simulated missile strikes of its nuclear-capable Iskander system. This is not the first time that the Russian exclave – roughly the size of Northern Ireland and wedged between Nato and EU members Poland andContinue Reading
HRT crisis: what’s causing the shortages of menopause treatments?
Many thousands of women are struggling to obtain drugs. VH-Studio Thousands of women in the UK who use hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to manage menopause symptoms may have trouble accessing these products due to supply shortages. Oestrogel, in particular, is facing the biggest supply shortages as a result of aContinue Reading
Sleep: here’s how much you really need for optimal cognition and wellbeing – new research
Most of us struggle to think straight after a poor night's sleep. Hank Grebe/Shutterstock Most of us struggle to think well after a poor night’s sleep – feeling foggy and failing to perform at our usual standard at school, university or work. You may notice that you’re not concentrating asContinue Reading