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West Cornwall Healthwatch
‘IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER’ As we approach the season of ‘peace and goodwill to all’, West Cornwall HealthWatch members are painfully aware of the situations in which so many of our residents currently find themselves, which brings neither peace nor goodwill to them:• Those who are a long way downContinue Reading
Coffee’s health benefits aren’t as straightforward as they seem – here’s why
Every cup of coffee is different. Africa Studio/ Shutterstock You’ve probably heard it before: drinking coffee is good for your health. Studies have shown that drinking a moderate amount of coffee is associated with many health benefits, including a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. ButContinue Reading
Octopus, crabs and lobsters feel pain – this is how we found out
Pixabay, CC BY-SA Does a lobster feel pain when you pop it in a pot? The UK government asked us to find out. We were commissioned to find out the likelihood of sentience – the capacity to have feelings, such as pain and pleasure – in two groups of invertebrateContinue Reading
Sir Nicholas Hytner: Venues struggling with Omicron need fresh financial support
The former artistic director of the National Theatre said venues were closing as actors and other staff were coming down with Covid, while bookings have “fallen off a cliff”. He told BBC Newsnight: “We are in crisis mode at the moment. “We now surely don’t want to get into aContinue Reading
Prosecutor in Theranos case closes by telling jury that Elizabeth Holmes ‘chose fraud over business failure’
Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes goes through a security checkpoint as she arrives at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on December 16, 2021 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images SAN JOSE, Calif. — In his last effort to persuade the jury that Elizabeth HolmesContinue Reading
MONTENEGRO: Case of Georgii Rossi under threat of extradition to Russia/HRWF Open Letter to the Minister of Justice
To the Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights Crna Gora Mr. Sergej Sekulivic Copy: The First Secretary of the Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights Crna Gora, Boris Maric Concerns: The extradition case of Georgii Rossi to the Russian Federation Dear Mr Minister, Montenegro is a candidate toContinue Reading
MONTENEGRO: Is it really abiding by EU standards in extradition cases?
Suspicions of “double standards” By Willy Fautré THE EUROPEAN TIMES (15.12.2021) – https://bit.ly/3mbp483 – In autumn of this year, Human Rights Without Frontiers was approached by the wife of Georgii Rossi, a Ukrainian businessman currently in prison in Montenegro. He is not a billionaire or a tycoon. He is an ordinary financierContinue Reading
Releasing US$9.5 billion in frozen assets can’t help the Afghan people as long as the Taliban remain in power
Afghanistan is in a major humanitarian crisis: the health sector is failing, the economy is collapsing, and amid the COVID pandemic, famine is inflicting ever-larger numbers of casualties. According to the most recent report by the UN World Food Programme, more than half of the resident population of 38 millionContinue Reading
13 Great Last-Minute Christmas Gifts Under £50
These gifts will make you look thoughtful, conscientious and generous – and the good news is, they’re all on budget.Continue Reading
Dating hesitancy: why people might not jump into a new relationship this winter
Lockdown loneliness is not necessarily leading to an eagerness to date. Den Rozhnovsky/Shutterstock Loneliness levels rose during the lockdowns, but since restrictions have eased, people have not rushed out to find a new date. This has been given a name, “hesidating”, and is defined as feeling indifferent or ambivalent aboutContinue Reading