Extremely rare and endangered greater horseshoe bat is spotted for the first time in 100 years in Dover Castle’s ‘Horseshoe Passage’ in Kent The elusive mammal was found by Claire and Toby Munn of the Kent Bat Group By coincidence, it was found in the castle’s Napoleonic-age ‘Horseshoe Passage’ Experts have been hunting for bats in … Read more
Greater Manchester Police is to be placed in ‘special measures’ today following a damning inspection report revealed that its officers failed to record 80,000 crimes in 2020. Inspectors expressed said they had ‘serious cause for concern’ about the way England’s second biggest police force was being run after it was revealed they had not recorded a fifth … Read more
Estate agent advertises £135,000 terraced home for sale – complete with an apparent CANNABIS FARM spread through the property Landwood Group put advert for the home in Greater Manchester on Rightmove Pictures show a room with 27 plant pots rigged up underneath heaters Windows appear covered in heat-resistant plastic to keep the room warmer By … Read more
It’s all in the wording: Rephrasing New Year’s resolutions to ‘I will start to’ rather then ‘I will avoid’ increases your chance of success, study suggests Swedish scientist tracked 1,066 people with resolutions made at end of 2017 People set themselves either avoidance goals or so-called ‘approach goals’ Those that phrased their promise to with … Read more
The Duchess of Cambridge will today make her biggest ever public intervention as she calls for greater action to protect children in their ‘crucial early years’. Kate, 38, has been the driving force behind a new study – the largest of its kind in the UK on perceptions of early childhood – which reports that … Read more
‘Live fast and die young’: Migratory animals are in decline because their fast-paced lifestyles mean they are less able to adapt to changing climates and habits, study claims Experts from the University of Exeter studied the ‘pace of life’ of 1,296 species They looked at metrics including longevity and the frequency of breeding The team found … Read more
All hospitals in Greater Manchester will suspend non-urgent surgery and appointments from Monday, officials have said, in response to surging numbers of Covid-19 patients. Those requiring treatment for cancer, urgent and specialist work are unaffected. But people waiting for so-called non-urgent operations, such as hip replacements, will have them rescheduled. The Greater Manchester Health and … Read more
Short people may face a greater risk of catching coronavirus because of how droplets fall to the ground, a study has claimed. Researchers in Singapore measured the way Covid-19 travels after its expelled by an infected person keeping two metres apart from others. They found after the initial blast of a sneeze or cough, the … Read more
A year 10 student won over the hearts of the nation after she admitted she’s scared of laughing over fears she’ll wet herself due to a muscle spasm disability in Educating Greater Manchester. In last night’s episode of the Channel 4 show, year 10 student Holly, who attends Harrop Fold School, opened up about her giggle … Read more
Parents of schoolchildren do not face a greater risk of being admitted to hospital or dying of the coronavirus, research has found. In fact, working-age adults with children 11 years old or under may actually be 25 per cent less likely to die if they catch coronavirus. The researchers said this was almost entirely because … Read more