Priti Patel signalled the Government plans to introduce a terror clampdown today as she visited the site of the Reading rampage that left three dead. The Home Secretary said it was it was important to ‘learn the lessons’ of the bloody attack in the commuter town on Saturday evening as she met police officers in Forbury Gardens. … Read more
For those of us sensitive to noise, the rules likely to govern public manners as the nation eases out of lockdown seem almost like paradise, and certainly an improvement on the pre-Covid-19 social code. The new measures are based on the scientists’ belief that talking loudly produces thousands of droplets, which can remain in the … Read more
The mindset created during the years of British slavery in the West Indies, when black people were unfairly described as inferior to white people, still, I believe, sadly persists in many today. For example, last year, after arriving at an important organisation in Edinburgh to give a lecture, I was stopped by the door attendant … Read more
Kristen Bell was ‘shocked’ to learn her face had been used in a pornographic deepfake video: ‘I’m being exploited’ By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 02:22 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 02:22 BST, 11 June 2020 Kristen Bell is opening up about falling victim to a pornographic ‘deepfake,’ which is when a person in … Read more
With the coronavirus pandemic putting paid to any plans for an extravagant family party, Prince Philip will celebrate his 99th birthday today with a modest lunch with the Queen at Windsor where the couple have been self-isolating. So with the bunting still stowed away and a shortage of popping champagne corks, here Mark Mason pays … Read more
Modern smartphones and tablets are ‘baffling black boxes’ and make it harder for children to learn about science because they’re difficult to take apart and put back together, leading astrophysicist claims Astronomer Royal, Lord Martin Rees, said it is difficult to take mobiles apart He said the likes of Newton, Darwin and Einstein learnt through … Read more
Jonah Hill joins Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles after pledging ‘to listen, learn, show up, donate and support’ By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 03:20 BST, 4 June 2020 | Updated: 03:32 BST, 4 June 2020 He relocated to Santa Monica, California, last year with his fiancee Gianna Santos. And on Wednesday, Jonah … Read more
HOROSCOPES: Learn from disagreements this week, Gemini By Sally Brompton for The Mail on Sunday Published: 00:03 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 00:03 BST, 31 May 2020 Gemini 22 MAY-21 JUNE Partners and colleagues will disagree with whatever you say this week and vice versa. It’s not necessarily a recipe for disaster – disagreements can … Read more
Books are still the best way to learn: Young children understand more when reading something on paper rather than on a screen More than 1,100 10-year-old children in Norway did two comprehension tests One was done on a screen while the other used the traditional medium of paper One in three students (30 per cent) … Read more
The UK’s deputy chief medical officer has admitted that the country may have to ‘live with’ the coronavirus for several years as scientists desperately try to find a vaccine for the illness. Jonathan Van-Tam said that without a vaccine Britons would have to prepare in case of a second spike this autumn and added that … Read more