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A study has found an almost five-fold increase in the use of cigars, cigarillos, pipes and shishas The number of people smoking cigars and other non-cigarette tobacco products has soared over the last decade, a new study suggests. Top cancer experts sounded the alarm after researchers found an almost five-fold increase in the proportion of people […]
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 10-year-old girl was discovered dead in Sandwell, West Midlands Police said. Officers found the child with injuries at an address in Robin Close, Rowley Regis, at around 12.10pm on Monday. She was confirmed dead at the scene. A 33-year-old woman, understood by police to […]
Cadbury’s first shop has been recreated using more than 600 bars of Dairy Milk to mark the company’s 200th anniversary. In 1824, John Cadbury opened the first Cadbury shop at 93 Bull Street in Birmingham, complete with plate glass windows with mahogany frames, which he was said to have cleaned every day. This feature and […]
Taking part in citizen science projects such as counting butterflies can reduce anxiety and boost a sense of connection with nature, a study has found. Researchers surveyed participants in the Big Butterfly Count in 2022, in which wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation encouraged people to spend 15 minutes outside counting butterflies to help scientists track how […]
Pupils from low-income backgrounds in England are still behind in outcomes in mathematics compared with before the pandemic, a report suggests. Outcomes in maths have not recovered to pre-pandemic levels in schools, equating to an average loss of over four months of learning in secondary schools and a loss of two months in primary schools, […]
Jeremy Hunt has unveiled a package of £360 million ahead of Wednesday’s budget Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is to announce funding ahead of the Budget aimed at helping to make the UK “a world leader in manufacturing”. The package, said to be worth £360 million, is for research and development (R&D) and manufacturing projects across the life sciences, […]
It’s the first series of the celeb version since ITV relaunched the popular reality show The first series of ITV’s Celebrity Big Brother could include former This Morning host Fern Britton, according to reports. The 66-year-old presenter turned author, who used to host ITV’s daytime programme with Phillip Schofield from 2002 to 2009, is reportedly entering the Big Brother house for […]
It’s the British number one’s first WTA 500 tournament victory British number one Katie Boulter has claimed her first WTA 500 tournament victory with a 5-7 6-2 6-2 win over Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the final of the San Diego Open. After an even start between the two, the sixth seeded Ukrainian began to get […]
A poll has found many of them believe they’ll have a worse life than their parents British teenagers believe their generation will have a worse life than their parents, according to a new poll. Money, jobs and climate change were named among the concerns of 1,001 teenagers aged 14 to 17 who were questioned by […]
Love Island star Amber Davies has been booted off ITV1’s Dancing Once following a public vote and the judges’ scores. The celebrities were all hoisted into the air for the semi-final of the ITV competition. Davies received the top score from the judges after she skated to Taylor Swift’s Wildest Dreams and did rotating lifts […]