Traffic-related air pollution causes FOUR MILLION cases of asthma each year

Four million children around the world develop asthma each year because of road traffic pollution, a major study has estimated. Exposure to nitrogen dioxide, largely from road transport, is thought to be behind 38,000 new cases in the UK and 240,000 in the US each year. The global research ranked the UK the 29th worst … Read more

Secondary schools will have an extra HALF A MILLION pupils by 2026 due to baby boom

Secondary schools will have an extra HALF A MILLION pupils by 2026 due to baby boom partly fuelled by a rise in immigration  Fifth of schools are already at full capacity and many have overcrowded lessons Additional 50,000 places were created last year in attempt to ease pressure Department of Education figures renew concerns over … Read more

Secondary schools will have an extra HALF A MILLION pupils by 2026 due to baby boom

Secondary schools will have an extra HALF A MILLION pupils by 2026 due to baby boom partly fuelled by a rise in immigration  Fifth of schools are already at full capacity and many have overcrowded lessons Additional 50,000 places were created last year in attempt to ease pressure Department of Education figures renew concerns over … Read more

Simon Cowell will donate £1.3 million to help charities that are struggling amid coronavirus crisis 

Simon Cowell pledges to donate £1.3 million to help charities that are struggling amid coronavirus crisis The music mogul, 60, revealed in The Sun on Saturday that he was ‘devastated’ to hear that charities, such as Shooting Star Children’s hospice, were struggling In his own column, Simon said he would be taking on £500,000 of … Read more

Simon Cowell will donate £1.3 million to help charities that are struggling amid coronavirus crisis 

Simon Cowell pledges to donate £1.3 million to help charities that are struggling amid coronavirus crisis The music mogul, 60, revealed in The Sun on Saturday that he was ‘devastated’ to hear that charities, such as Shooting Star Children’s hospice, were struggling In his own column, Simon said he would be taking on £500,000 of … Read more

If the world had not responded to coronavirus immediately, it might have killed 40 million

If no measures had been taken to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, 40 million people could have died, a new UK study finds. Researchers at Imperial College London made the findings based on analysis which estimated the potential scale of the pandemic across the world.  But with mitigation strategies such as protecting the … Read more

If the world had not responded to coronavirus immediately, it might have killed 40 million

If no measures had been taken to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, 40 million people could have died, a new UK study finds. Researchers at Imperial College London made the findings based on analysis which estimated the potential scale of the pandemic across the world.  But with mitigation strategies such as protecting the … Read more

Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles star Josh Altman feuds with New York’s Fredrik Eklund in teaser 

Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles star Josh Altman feuds with New York’s Fredrik Eklund in new series teaser By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 21:03 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 21:03 GMT, 26 March 2020 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles is back. The Bravo favorite is promising drama and luxury as power agents Josh Flagg, Josh Altman, Tracy … Read more

Internet Archive makes 1.4 million ebooks available for free during the coronavirus shutdown 

Internet Archive launches the National Emergency Library making 1.4 million ebooks available to the public to help universities and students who are studying remotely during coronavirus shutdown The Internet Archive has launched a new public library with 1.4 million books The National Emergency Library is meant to help universities and colleges The books are made … Read more

Coronavirus symptom tracking app hits one million downloads in less than 48 hours 

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more