Teaching unions urged to ‘stop playing political power games’

Teaching unions urged to ‘stop playing political power games’ after trying to stall Government plans for schools to reopen Two teaching unions resumed battle against children returning to classrooms  NASUWT warned schools will need time to review & adjust reopening measures  Ministers insisted it remained the Government’s ‘absolute priority’ to get all students back to … Read more

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Toheeb Jimoh spends entire quarantine ‘doing absolutely nothing’ but playing FIFA

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Sofa so good for the footie… Toheeb Jimoh spends entire quarantine ‘doing absolutely nothing’ but eating his mother’s Nigerian cuisine and playing FIFA By Baz Bamigboye for the Daily Mail Published: 02:19 BST, 31 July 2020 | Updated: 02:19 BST, 31 July 2020 Actor Toheeb Jimoh has spent the entire quarantine ‘doing absolutely … Read more

Playing slow music while eating discourages people from wolfing down their food, study shows 

Music could be the secret to eating less: Playing slow tunes during meals discourages people from wolfing down their food, study shows People were timed eating five squares of chocolate in a scientific experiment   It took them about 24 seconds to eat the chocolate when the room was silent  This was extended by ten seconds when people were … Read more

Never-before-seen photos of Trump playing volleyball in Hamptons with Marla Maples in 1996 emerge

Never-before-seen images of Donald Trump taking a tumble as he took part in a beach volleyball game in New York with then-wife Marla in the 1990s have been revealed for the first time. The now-President of the United States looked relatively youthful in the images snapped by photographer Rossa Cole in the Hamptons nearly a … Read more

Princess Anne scoffs at The Crown actress playing her for taking two hours to perfect her haircut

Princess Anne reveals she’s watched the The Crown as she scoffs at actress playing her for taking two hours to perfect hairstyle – saying she does it herself in ‘ten minutes’ Princess Anne – the Queen’s daughter – said she has seen Netflix’s The Crown She said the first few episodes of the programme were … Read more

Natalie Portman talks playing The Mighty Thor and confirms filming will start in Australia

Natalie Portman is opening up about playing The Mighty Thor in the highly-anticipated Marvel Studios movie Thor: Love and Thunder. The 39-year-old actress revealed at San Diego Comic-Con almost exactly a year ago that she will return as Jane Foster in Thor: Love and Thunder, where she will become The Mighty Thor, following a 2015 … Read more

Multi-tasking teenager solves Rubik’s Cube with one hand while playing piano with the other

Let’s play! Multi-tasking teenager solves Rubik’s Cube with one hand while playing piano with the other Jimmy Liu, 18, learnt to play the piano and solve a Rubik’s cube at the same time The multi-tasking teenager managed to ‘speed solve’ the puzzle with one hand He simultaneously played the Nintendo Mii channel theme tune on the … Read more

Playing ‘violent’ video games as a child does NOT lead to aggressive behaviour

Playing violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty won’t make children more aggressive, a new study finds.  Researchers from Massey University, the University of Tasmania and Stetson University reviewed multiple long-term studies into video games and aggression.  They found no evidence of a substantial link between ‘aggressive game content’ and … Read more

Playing in front of home fans makes football teams WORSE

Playing in front of home fans makes football teams WORSE: Premier League sides have won more games at their own ground since they restarted the season without supporters Analysis ‘counters the assumption teams gain an edge from partisan crowds’ West Ham won twice in a month after just two victories all season in front of … Read more