A Swedish professor who had been researching the effects of Covid-19 on children has quit after being bombarded with abuse online. Jonas F Ludvigsson, a paediatrician at Örebro University Hospital and professor of clinical epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute, published data showing few children in Sweden became ill from Covid-19 during the first wave. However, … Read more
Children are bombarded with betting adverts on social media… by some of our top football clubs Critics accused some Premier League sides of giving the game ‘a bad name’ Fears for the children who are among the followers on Twitter who see adverts Former goalie Peter Shilton describes gambling in football as ‘morally wrong’ By … Read more
The BBC received a record number of complaints over Christmas with 500 viewers angered by the New Year’s Eve fireworks display referencing Black Lives Matter. The broadcaster received a total of 7,382 complaints about shows over the Christmas period, with more than a third of these made about just four programmes. The most controversial programme … Read more
The US Open line judge hit in the throat with a ball by Novak Djokovic has been subjected to vile online abuse after fans of the world No 1 discovered her Instagram account. Laura Clark, from Owensboro, Kentucky, was catapulted into the spotlight on Sunday night after Djokovic inadvertently hit her with a stray tennis … Read more
A Knightsbridge property developer ‘bombarded a Game of Thrones actress with gifts and 928 roses after dumping her when she refused to pose for compromising photos’, a court was told today. George Philippedes, 43, who lives in Belgravia, even paid for actress Katie Alexander Thom, 31, to have acting lessons at a top drama school … Read more
Earth and the Moon were bombarded with meteoroids 800 million years ago just as complex life was getting started, lunar craters reveal Researchers studied lunar craters as the lack of atmosphere keeps them intact The team used data from a Japanese lunar orbiter to study 59 different craters These were created at around the same … Read more
Around 10million self-taking tourists cram into Rome’s streets and around its ancient sites each year. But it wasn’t always so. These fascinating vintage pictures taken in 1956 show a far less hectic Eternal City. The black-and-white snaps were captured by photographer Allan Hailstone, from Coventry, on a trip to Rome as a schoolboy in August … Read more