Sweet multi-buys trigger sugar warning
Getty Images Cancer Research UK wants curbs on promotions of sugar-rich food Scots buy junk food containing 110 tonnes of sugar a day on special offer deals, Cancer Research UK has said. The charity said that equated to 4.3 million chocolate bars or three million cans of cola. It has called for new laws to […]
Boris Johnson faces criticism over burka ‘letter box’ jibe
PA Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been accused of Islamophobia after saying Muslim women wearing burkas “look like letter boxes”. He said he was against bans on face-covering veils in public places, in his Telegraph column, but that it was “ridiculous” people chose to wear them. The Muslim Council of Britain accused him of […]
Highlights from the City of Culture
Thomas Arran Hull hosted the first ever UK Pride parade in July Pop superstars and world-class ballet dancers wowed huge crowds. Tower blocks, wind turbine blades and a tidal surge barrier became giant art installations. Tens of thousands of schoolchildren got creative. And naked women rolled in chip spice. That’s just a taste of what […]
Fast fashion drove Bangladesh – now its troubled economy needs more
BBC Many garment manufacturing jobs remain well below the minimum wage Bangladesh is the beating heart of the global fast fashion business. The clothes its factories export stock the shelves at H&M, Gap and Zara. Over three decades, this has transformed the country from one of the world’s poorest to a lower-middle income nation. But […]
experts hail breakthrough in bid to save native bird
Desert National Park A great Indian bustard chick was recently conceived through artificial insemination in India’s Rajasthan Last month brought good news for the great Indian bustard, a critically endangered bird found mainly in India. Wildlife officials in the western state of Rajasthan have performed the first successful hatching of a chick through artificial insemination. […]
Amazon Prime subscription price raised by £1 a month
Getty Images Amazon is to raise the price of its Prime service for UK customers due to higher operating costs. From September, monthly subscriptions will go up £1 to £8.99 and annual membership will rise from £79 to £95. Amazon said the price rise, its first in the UK since 2014, was partly due to […]
Five big decisions looming for the PM
AFP It’s only six weeks since Boris Johnson stormed to victory in the general election – winning with an 80-strong majority – but the honeymoon is over and the new prime minister now has serious government business to attend to. The coming few weeks demand some big decisions from Mr Johnson and his cabinet. So […]
Feminist icon or emoji opportunist?
@KimKardashian/Gettyimages Her “International Woman’s Day” emojis have sparked an online backlash The Kardashians are some of the most divisive figures in popular celebrity culture – spearheaded by Hollywood socialite Kim’s rise to fame, the family have become household names. Together they have a reality television show which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. The programme has […]
The Ashes 2023: Why England’s lack of left-handed batters leaves a ‘huge gap’
As expected there is a clear correlation between balls faced and runs scored with similar numbers, and positional ordering, across the 10 teams included. England’s left-handers have faced 84 balls in ODIs, scoring 58 of their 16,620 runs, with Bangladesh at 290 balls and 161 runs the next lowest. It is a similar picture in […]
Russian hypersonic scientist Alexander Shiplyuk jailed for treason
FAMILY ARCHIVES Alexander Shiplyuk is one of several scientists linked to research which could be applied to ultra-fast missiles to have been arrested A Russian scientist who worked on hypersonic technology has been jailed for 15 years after being accused of treason, according to state media. Alexander Shiplyuk is the latest in a string of […]