A frustrated mother has told of her anger after her son came home from school and revealed he had been punished for saying ‘flipping heck.’ Taking to Mumsnet, the anonymous woman, from the UK, explained how her son, eight, is ‘incredibly shy’ and said the phrase out of annoyance when he missed a goal during a … Read more
We have been infantilised. Wash your hands, don’t eat sweets, no outdoor games. Wear your masks, bend that knee. Comply. Conform. It has been a bossy year. Supermarket Tannoys told shoppers they were heroes, simply for standing 6ft apart and then said they couldn’t buy tampons because those were ‘non-essential items’. Ministers, officials and scientists … Read more
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has claimed Britain’s Covid crisis would’ve been a ‘heck of a lot worse’ without the Government’s extortionate contact tracing scheme. Mr Shapps attempted to defend the £22billion Test and Trace programme after a damning cross-party report found it had ‘no measurable effect’ on the epidemic. The Commons Public Accounts Committee said there … Read more
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has claimed Britain’s Covid crisis would’ve been a ‘heck of a lot worse’ without the Government’s extortionate contact tracing scheme. Mr Shapps attempted to defend the £22billion Test and Trace programme after a damning cross-party report found it had ‘no measurable effect’ on the epidemic. The Commons Public Accounts Committee said there … Read more
Could your tomatoes be aware of their surroundings? Might the shrubs be gossiping with the pot plants? Can a tree lean in to eavesdrop? It sounds like a nightmare only Prince Charles would suffer. But plants are brighter than we think. Scientists are discovering more all the time about their ability to ‘hear’, ‘talk’, ‘count’, … Read more