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HS2: What is it, how much has it cost and how have the plans changed?
T he Prime Minister is reportedly considering axing plans for the HS2 high-speed rail link to run from Birmingham to Manchester amid soaring costs. Critics of such a move include former prime ministers Boris Johnson and David Cameron, some business leaders and the Labour mayors of Greater Manchester and London,Continue Reading
Bones play an important role in our health – here’s how to keep them strong
Weight lifting helps keep the bones strong. Liderina/ Shutterstock Just as our muscles lose strength as we get older, so do our bones. This can have a serious effect on our lifestyle, and boosts risk of fractures – which are linked with an increased risk of death. Fortunately, just asContinue Reading
A Nasa spacecraft is on course to deliver material from an asteroid to Earth – here’s what we could learn
Nasa/GSFC Around 15 years ago, I was on a European Space Agency (Esa) committee, looking at Esa’s strategy for proposed forthcoming space missions. Under consideration was a mission to an asteroid. Over dinner, one of the committee members, an astrophysicist, quizzed me on why we needed to visit one ofContinue Reading
Outgoing MP Dehenna Davison says migraine condition is ‘debilitating’
L evelling up minister Dehenna Davison says she quit parliament as her migraine condition left her struggling to fire “even one cylinder, let alone all of them”. The 30-year-old MP for Bishop Auckland said in a resignation letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that the condition “has had a greatContinue Reading
Sunak set to cut off HS2’s northern leg as costs spiral – reports
R ishi Sunak appears poised to axe the HS2 rail line from Birmingham to Manchester – despite opposition from Tory predecessors, business chiefs and the Mayor of London. The Sunday Telegraph reported the potential cost of the high-speed rail scheme – which Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said is “out ofContinue Reading
Kojo Marfo: the Ghanaian artist on his new Mayfair exhibition, and why truth trumps beauty
K ojo Marfo’s Streatham studio is like the artist’s studio of your dreams. Tiny, at the very top of a slightly crumbling terrace overlooking the Common, and absolutely rammed to the gills with the Ghanaian artist’s paintings and materials. I’m surprised anyone can get in the door; I struggled, butContinue Reading
Brexit really important on doorstep, says SNP’s Rutherglen by-election candidate
T he SNP’s candidate in an upcoming by-election has taken aim at the Liberal Democrats’ claim that voters are not talking about Brexit. Katy Loudon, the SNP’s hopeful for the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, said opposition parties were “not being straight” with voters on the issue of EU membership.Continue Reading
Rupert Everett reflects on his career: I never learnt how to focus
R upert Everett has said he had a “lot of individuality” when starting out in the industry but feels his career was hampered by his lack of focus. The actor, 64, began his professional life playing a gay public school pupil in a West End production of Another Country inContinue Reading
Nine women share what it’s like to have a miscarriage
Most miscarriages happen in the first 12 weeks, known as early pregnancy. pexels/alex green Miscarriage is a common woman’s health experience, but one that affects people differently. Ten years of studying miscarriage has taught me that no two women will have the same experience, and that the same woman isContinue Reading
How ducks, geese and swans see the world – and why this puts them at risk in a changing environment
The blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos) is a species endemic to New Zealand. Graham Martin, CC BY-NC-SA Each year, millions of birds fly into power lines, wind turbines and the other man-made structures that litter the open air space. These collisions frequently result in the death of birds and, if powerContinue Reading