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Le Tissier says he was sacked by Sports Sky due to Covid conspiracy theories
MATT LE TISSIER has revealed he believes he was sacked by Sky Sports due to his views on coronavirus before insisting: “I’m not a nutter!” The former Premier League star, 53, was axed by the broadcasters in August 2020 along with Phil Thompson and Charlie Nicholas – just five monthsContinue Reading
People who’ve had COVID appear more likely to develop diabetes – here’s why that might be
DisobeyArt/Shutterstock Many people who have had COVID-19 have gone on to develop diabetes. But diabetes is relatively common, and COVID is too, so that doesn’t necessarily mean one leads to the other. The question is whether people who have had COVID are more likely to develop diabetes than those whoContinue Reading
Cost of living crisis: it’s not enough to know how many people are below the poverty line – we need to measure poverty depth
sladkozaponi / Shutterstock The UK government’s most recent poverty statistics show that poverty rates declined during the first year of the pandemic. But this should offer little comfort to those concerned about the cost of living crisis. The publication of these figures continues a longstanding trend of official poverty statisticsContinue Reading
Brain charts: first comprehensive view of how the brain changes over a lifetime
Triff/Shutterstock For decades, growth charts have been used by paediatricians as reference tools. The charts allow health professionals to plot and measure a child’s height and weight from birth to young adulthood. The percentile scores they provide, especially across multiple visits, help doctors screen for conditions such as obesity orContinue Reading
Curious Kids: how likely is it that there are parallel universes and other Earths?
MingzhePhoton/Shutterstock How likely is it that there are other Earths or that the multiverse exists? – Tasneem, aged 16, Indore, India In fiction and in films such as Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse, parallel universes – also called the multiverse – exist alongside our own, with anything from small differences inContinue Reading
China’s smartphone market could plunge 20% as Covid cases spike — but Apple may see growth
China’s smartphone market could decline in the second quarter as the country experiences a resurgence of covid cases, analysts said. But Apple could fare quite well, the analysts said as it continues to attract users in the high-end of the market. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’sContinue Reading
Japan: Courts and Culture at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace review
Review at a glance T his exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace is a strange slice of life. It isn’t an overview of Japanese art and artefacts through the centuries; it’s a reflection of those things in gifts from Japan to English/British monarchs and the Japanese items theyContinue Reading
Chelsea 1-2 Real Madrid LIVE SCORE: Havertz heads home for Blues after two Benzema headers – Champions League latest
Chelsea 0-0 Real Madrid – Militao yellow card 15. Good play by Havertz on the edge of the box, getting inside the Real Madrid defender. Once he was the wrong side, he knew he was in trouble. He brought down the German and Chelsea now have a chance to testContinue Reading
St Margaret’s celebrates 25th anniversary of Weekly Prize Draw
This year St Margaret’s Hospice Care is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Weekly Prize Draw and is aiming to welcome at least 25 new players a week to take part to celebrate. The weekly draw, which started in April 1997, has raised millions of pounds to pay for hospiceContinue Reading
Family Society Celebrates 40 years of Reuniting
The Braund Society was the brainchild of Cyril John Braund. When he retired back to his native Bideford he was meeting other Braunds but did not know how they were related. He wanted to form a society to unite the family and to promote the study of the history, biographyContinue Reading