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Kazakhstan unrest: another regional headache for Vladimir Putin
The violence that engulfed Kazakhstan following demonstrations over rising fuel prices has abated for the time being. According to reports emerging from the turbulence it seems clear that this is largely due to the deployment of Russian peacekeeping troops on January 6 in response to a plea from the country’sContinue Reading
‘Moh’ looks a ‘Delight’ at Chelmsford, get on!
Atlanna did enough first-up to justify support in a twelve-runner Fillies’ Novice Stakes over a mile of Lingfield polytrack this afternoon when all-weather racing aficionados will be catered for with two meetings from five fixtures on what promises to be a dramatic ‘Super-Saturday!’ Weight will be a serious issue, recentContinue Reading
Adelayo Adedayo interview: Meet the breakout star of BBC’s The Responder
After one night shift on the beat in Liverpool with Martin Freeman’s burned out response officer Chris, Adelayo Adedayo’s rookie cop Rachel has had enough. When she finally snaps, shouting the words “you’re a car crash of a human being” in Chris’s direction, it’s hard not to agree – it’sContinue Reading
Making Tax Digital for VAT is coming – are you ready?
Businesses are reminded to take steps to prepare for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Value Added Tax (VAT) before it becomes mandatory for all VAT-registered businesses from 1 April this year. MTD is designed to help businesses eliminate common errors and save time managing their tax affairs. MTD for VATContinue Reading
Is the party over for Boris Johnson? This polling detail suggests it could be
Alamy/Reuters The Labour prime minister Harold Wilson coined the phrase “a week is a long time in politics”, something that has certainly been confirmed by recent events. Up until very recently, it looked like Boris Johnson was unlikely to be ousted from Number 10 any time soon, largely because theContinue Reading
How Russian is Ukraine? (Clue: not as much as Vladimir Putin insists)
A political pamphlet published in 1762 described a conversation between “Great Russia” and “Little Russia”. In the exchange, the latter refused to be simply reduced to part of Great Russia and put forward its own unique history and identity. At the time, the name “Ukraine” did not yet designate aContinue Reading
Labor Department vows to protect workers from Covid after Supreme Court blocks business vaccine mandate
US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh speaks about Labor Unions during an event in the East Room of the White House September 8, 2021, in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images The Labor Department has vowed to use its authority to protect workers from Covid, after theContinue Reading
Why Prince Andrew is losing his military titles, but staying a prince
Following rapid developments in the sexual abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew, Buckingham Palace issued a statement announcing that Andrew will lose all his remaining patronages and military titles (such as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards). Additionally, he will no longer use his HRH (“His Royal Highness”) style. This is anContinue Reading
Tackling ageing may be best way to prevent multiple chronic conditions from developing in older people
Targeting the biological causes of ageing could be one method for better treating multimorbidity. oneinchpunch/ Shutterstock Over half of UK adults over the age of 65 live with two or more long-term health conditions – commonly known as multimorbidity. People living with multimorbidity not only have a shorter life expectancy,Continue Reading
Rogue planets: how wandering bodies in interstellar space ended up on their own
The locations of 115 candidate free floating planets in the region between Upper Scorpius and Ophiuchus European Southern Observatory, CC BY-SA We now know of almost 5,000 planets outside the Solar System. If you were to picture what it would be like on one of these distant worlds, or exoplanets,Continue Reading