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‘Elderly prefer death to spending Christmas without family’ ageing expert warns

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‘Elderly prefer death to spending Christmas without family’: Ageing expert warns Government must loosen Covid restrictions to spare pensioners unbearable loneliness  Baroness Greengross warned that loneliness will otherwise cripple the elderly The 85-year-old is the former director-general of the charity Age Concern She urged government ministers to soften restrictions during the festive season  By Antonia … Read more

Autistic children may prefer cats as pets because they don’t hold eye contact very long, experts say

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Cats may make better pets for children on the autistic spectrum because they don’t hold eye contact as long as dogs, according to a new report. Scientists in France studied autistic children as they interacted with their pets and found dogs exhibited more sustained gazes, while cats produced an equal percentage of glances and gazes. … Read more

Matt Hancock claims some cancer patients prefer to receive terminal diagnoses over Skype

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Matt Hancock claims some cancer patients receive terminal diagnoses over Skype because they prefer to get bad news while at home with loved ones Health Secretary said some patients might prefer to be given news over Skype  He said that some would want to be surrounded by family rather than doctors  However one patient was … Read more

Gruesome experiment pumps human and fish blood into the ocean to see which sharks prefer to feast on

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YouTuber conducts gruesome experiment by pumping human and fish blood into the ocean to see which meal sharks prefer to feast on An experiment set out to see if sharks prefer human or fish blood  A YouTuber designed surfboards with a pumping system filled with blood One board had human and cow mixture and the … Read more

GPs face calls to reopen amid concerns they prefer working from home

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GPS are facing calls to resume face-to-face appointments amid concerns they are using the pandemic as a ‘stealthy’ way of changing how they deal with patients. Since March, surgeries have dealt with patients at arm’s length to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19.  Many have asked patients to fill in online forms before granting an … Read more

Fans prefer musicians with personalities similar to themselves

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Ozzy Osbourne fans are ‘disagreeable’ and Bowie lovers are ‘neurotic’: Study shows people prefer listening to artists who reflect their own personality Researchers analysed personalities of 80,000 fans and 50 superstar musicians Found fans prefer musicians who have similar personalities to themselves Also discovered musical taste is heavily influenced by the artist’s personality   By … Read more

Springwatch viewers say they PREFER the lockdown format of the series – without the ‘banter’

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Springwatch viewers say they PREFER the lockdown format of the BBC series – because there’s less ‘contrived’ and giggly’ banter and more wildlife First episode of the new series of Springwatch saw presenters filmed individually close to their homes as the show adheres to lockdown rules Chris Packham was in the New Forest, Michaela Strachan … Read more

Zoo penguins check out art at locked-down museum (and it turns out they prefer Caravaggio to Monet) 

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Culture vultures! Zoo penguins check out the art at a locked-down museum (and it turns out they prefer Caravaggio to Monet) Three Humboldt penguins visited the empty Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art  The Kansas City Zoo birds missed seeing visitors and were taken on a day out The birds were said to prefer Italian artiest Caravaggio … Read more

Upper classes pretend they prefer football to hunting and opera, new study finds

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Britain’s elite pretend they prefer football to hunting and opera to avoid being labelled as snobs, new study finds Wealthy elite say they like pop music and football instead of hunting and opera But new research shows such claims are a pretence to appear more ordinary The analysis is by Oxford University and the London … Read more