Dogs are described as ‘mans best friend’ but that close-relationship is more to do with how women treated them with affection and named them, a study finds. Washington State University researchers searched extensive collections of writings by anthropologists on traditional, subsistence-level societies around the world. The team discovered a pattern in traditional societies where women … Read more
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
Andy Burnham ‘threw the Greater Manchester police chief under the bus to save his own skin’, a source has said, after it emerged that the force is to be placed in ‘special measures’. The chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, Ian Hopkins, quit ‘with immediate effect’ today after a damning inspection report revealed the force’s officers failed to … Read more
The chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, Ian Hopkins, has quit ‘with immediate effect’, just hours after it emerged that the force is to be placed in ‘special measures’. Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham made the announcement this afternoon after a damning inspection report revealed the force’s officers failed to record 80,000 crimes in 2020. Inspectors expressed … 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
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
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