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People feel lonelier in crowded cities – but green spaces can help
Nearly half of people in the UK report experiencing loneliness. Ton Kung/ Shutterstock All of us can probably remember a time when we felt lonely. In the UK, around 45% of people report experiencing loneliness – with 5% of people experiencing severe loneliness. With reports that loneliness has been onContinue Reading
‘Very sneaky tactics’: we asked gamers how they feel about monetisation in digital gaming
bang ridus/Shutterstock More than 40% of the world’s population play video games. But besides being entertaining, digital games are a product. The need to bring in money from players is integral to game design. A popular method of monetising games is through microtransactions. These are repeated, uncapped in-game purchases: forContinue Reading
Fans still set for festive feast on Boxing Day with Arsenal and Chelsea two of 12 teams in action despite fixture chaos
THERE’S a real football feast for Premier League fans to tuck into on Boxing Day this year. Three games may have been postponed due to coronavirus cases, but there are bound to be thrills and spills as teams look to maintain their title challenge or pull away from the relegationContinue Reading
Food banks in the south west struggle to keep up with rising demand as donations fall
Food banks in the South West are preparing for their most challenging Christmas yet as they struggle with rising demand and dwindling public donations, new research shows. According to a survey by community giving platform Neighbourly – which Aldi partners with to distribute surplus food from its stores – 65%Continue Reading
Looking to the Future of Farming
“Commit to carbon reduction and build in resilience to keep our farms successful and relevant.” This is the end of year message from Brian Richardson Head of Agriculture for Virgin Money. As we near the end of 2021, we start to look back at what has happened throughout the year, andContinue Reading
TV channels for Premier League, Championship, League One and Two matches
FOOTBALL is ringing in the festive cheer with what we hope will be a sizeable programme of Premier League and EFL fixtures – but matches are being postponed after positive Covid-19 tests. 18 out of 20 clubs were set to be in action on Boxing Day before postponements, with ManContinue Reading
Leaks and restrictions: ‘It’s psychologically unsatisfactory to blame a virus’
While leaks and uncertainty around the Covid-19 pandemic are bad for people’s mental health, a professor of psychiatry has said the tendency to blame public health officials and politicians comes because blaming the virus itself is “emotionally unsatisfactory”. Leaks of National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) advice to Government haveContinue Reading
Holiday heart syndrome: binge drinking can cause heart problems
nelen/Shutterstock Many people enjoy a tipple over the festive season, but overdoing it could cause “holiday heart syndrome”, a condition where the heart beats abnormally – known as atrial fibrillation or AF. This is often experienced as a fluttering in the chest. If it continues for a while and isContinue Reading
Five of the most exciting telescope pictures of the universe
Hubble: NASA, ESA, and Q.D. Wang (University of Massachusetts, Amherst); Spitzer: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and S. Stolovy (Spitzer Science Center/Caltech) The forthcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope offers unprecedented new opportunities for astronomers. It’s also a timely opportunity to reflect on what previous generations of telescopes haveContinue Reading
Why Boxing Day provides the perfect Proportunity to find your new property
Spring was once the traditional time for the property market to burst into action but the post-Christmas comedown is now providing house hunters with the perfect opportunity to find a new home. For just as the Boxing Day sales swing into action, the rush to source the next des resContinue Reading