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Public advised to wear face masks at outdoor events as Covid surges
The HSE’s chief clinical officer has called on the public to wear masks in outdoor congregated settings such as sporting events. Dr Colm Henry also said that people did not have to go out every night just because bars, restaurants and nightclubs were open. Speaking on RTÉ radio, Dr HenryContinue Reading
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release may depend on the UK repaying its debt to Iran – but can it lawfully pay?
Richard Ratcliffe’s efforts to secure the release of his wife Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from Iran, where she has been detained for over five years for “national security-related” offences, have failed to bear fruit, despite his recent 21-day hunger strike outside the UK Foreign Office. The sticking point, according to many observers,Continue Reading
What Star Wars can teach us about the decline of democracy
Stefano Buttafoco / Shutterstock Not so long ago, in a galaxy not so far away… democracy was in danger. Our current political environment is filled with threats to democracy, from the rise of authoritarian populism around the world, to the massive expansion of state power during the COVID-19 pandemic thatContinue Reading
Young Nazis: how I uncovered the close ties between British private schools and Hitler’s Germany
Pupils from a German 'Napola' at Ballenstedt before a football game with a visiting side from an English public school. Author provided In spring 1936, teenage schoolboy – and later war hero – Dick Hargreaves was given the chance to go on an all-expenses-paid exchange trip to Germany. But thisContinue Reading
HS2 Leeds branch cancelled: what will this mean for the north of England? – expert Q&A
Artist's impression of HS2 train. HS2 Following leaked reports that the UK government would be scrapping plans for the UK’s long-awaited high-speed rail network to extend to Leeds, transport secretary Grant Shapps has announced in the House of Commons that the eastern leg of HS2 will now reach only fromContinue Reading
Overtraining probably isn’t behind your weight loss plateau – here’s why
Some people claim that stress from overtraining is the reason people struggle to lose weight. InesBazdar/ Shutterstock When it comes to improving our physical fitness, the time you don’t spend exercising (often known as “recovery”) is as important as the exercise and training you do. Not only is recovery importantContinue Reading
Making vaccination compulsory for NHS frontline workers likely to make patients suffer
Prostock-studio/Shutterstock The NHS has been struggling for years with chronic underfunding and staff shortages. COVID has only made matters worse. Health Secretary Sajid Javid is now warning that NHS waiting lists for non-emergency operations and procedures could grow to 13 million up from 5.3 million in July 2021 while increasingContinue Reading
Calling children ‘vectors’ during COVID-19 is turning into discrimination
Children have suffered during the pandemic. fizkes/Shutterstock During the COVID-19 pandemic children have been the target of dehumanising language and of policy which prioritises the needs of adults over theirs. While we still do not know the long-term effects of COVID-19 on children, research from early in the pandemic suggestedContinue Reading
Football news LIVE: Latest updates and transfer gossip from around the world
IRAN KEEPER HITS BACK AT ‘BULLYING’ CLAIMS SHE’S A MAN Iran women’s star Zohreh Koudaei has vehemently denied claims from the Jordanian FA that she is a MAN as she vowed to take legal action. The governing body demanded a ‘a gender verification check’ from the Asian Football Confederation followingContinue Reading
Novavax COVID vaccine is nearing approval – but what impact will it have?
oasisamuel/Shutterstock The pandemic has been rumbling on for two years and is probably going to rumble on for years to come. And despite recent excitement about new drugs to treat COVID, it’s still vaccines that will underpin each country’s route out of the pandemic. Immunisation has proven a highly effectiveContinue Reading