A region of the brain linked with risk-taking has been identified by scientists, who say it could explain why some people are more likely to smoke and drink. A team of neurologists from the University of Zurich found major functional and anatomical distinctions among those who are likely to smoke, use alcohol or drugs, speed, or … Read more
Kent has been revealed as the most dangerous county for drivers in the UK according to new research. The county in the south east of England has seen the highest number of fatalities and seriously injured casualties on its roads in the last five years. Of the UK’s 131,369 deaths and serious injuries which took place … Read more
Kent has been revealed as the most dangerous county for drivers in the UK according to new research. The county in the south east of England has seen the highest number of fatalities and seriously injured casualties on its roads in the last five years. Of the UK’s 131,369 deaths and serious injuries which took place … Read more
Don’t do anything Scilly! Locals in the only part of England still under Tier 1 beg tourists NOT to travel to the islands – and say they can’t make the most of their freedoms because there’s not much to do in winter anyway! The Isles of Scilly are the only part of England in Tier … Read more
Satellite images have revealed how China has built a village and military storage bunkers in a Himalayan region along a disputed border with India. US-based satellite operator Maxar Technologies, who photographed the series of aerial images, said they show ‘significant construction activity’ throughout 2020. The operator charted the building works along the Torsa River Valley … Read more
Satellite images show China has built a village and military storage bunkers in Himalayan region along disputed border with India Maxar Technologies took aerial pictures of building activity in disputed areas Building is taking place along the Doklam , which borders China, India & Bhutan Thin strip of land is claimed by China and Bhutan … Read more
A director at Boohoo has said the clothing brand was ‘shocked,’ by reports of Uighur Muslims being forced to work in Chinese labour camps but claimed none of the firm’s suppliers have links to the Xinjiang region as he faced a grilling from MPs. Andrew Reaney, group director of responsible sourcing, faced a committee of … Read more
Yorkshire MPs have railed against the Government’s decision to push the area into Tier Three lockdown from this weekend, branding the move ‘disappointing’ and warning it will ‘ruin people’s lives’. West Yorkshire will be placed under the highest level of lockdown restrictions from midnight on Sunday, affecting around 2million people living in Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, … Read more
China has screened an entire region in Xinjiang for the coronavirus after authorities found a single new case in a local outbreak. Health authorities reported the first infection on Saturday, a 17-year-old female garment factory worker in Xinjiang’s north-western region Kashgar, home to ethnic Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims. Another 137 symptomless patients were found yesterday after the local … Read more
More than a million people in Greater Manchester are living in boroughs where coronavirus infections are falling, casting serious doubts about whether a ‘Tier Three’ lockdown is really justified. Some 2.8million residents in the region will be plunged into the harshest category of restrictions at midnight on Thursday after a series of looser localised measures … Read more