Researchers from the University of Louisville in Kentucky found people living surrounded by more plants and trees are less likely to have a heart disease, stroke or blood pressure. Via: Living in areas with lots of green space will lower your risk of heart disease
The British Library, based in King’s Cross, has announced plans for a major exhibition based on Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks to give viewers an insight into his writings and inventions. Via: British Library to exhibit da Vinci's notebooks
The bestselling crooner is with us now to answer questions about his life and 52-year music career 1.59pm GMT plymgaryIf you were to introduce yourself to your guests with lists of your hits, which ones would you start with?I think that’s a trick question, because I think you get introduced Read more
Here he was, in one of the world’s grandest debating chambers, the TV cameras rolling, the EU withdrawal agreement at its most botched point – and he decided not to mention Brexit at all Via: Jeremy Corbyn scored an own goal at PMQs that was so unlikely it was almost Read more
Hammond tells MPs that Brexit will lead to slower growth, but it’s worth itLatest: Chancellor says Britain is deeply fracturedHammond: UK will be poorer after BrexitEarlier:UK service sector growth has weakenedServices PMI fell to 50.4 last month, lowest since July 2016Economists: Brexit worries are eating into growth 1.58pm GMT Hammond Read more
Commodity giants under investigation as police move focus to Petrobas fuel-trading dealsOil deals by the commodity trading giants Glencore, Vitol and Trafigura are under investigation as part of the Car Wash investigation, the vast corruption scandal that has rocked the Brazilian establishment.Federal police in Brazil said they had been examining Read more
Rolling coverage of the day’s politics, as full legal advice released ahead of second day of Commons debate on Brexit dealBrexit legal advice warns of UK trapped in talks by Irish backstopPMQs verdict: Corbyn has upper hand but fails to land knockout blow 1.54pm GMT Philip Hammond is giving evidence Read more
Forget neocolonial indices that put wealthy countries ahead of poor ones on the path to development, we’re all in this togetherIf you were asked to name the most prosperous countries in the world, you’d probably reach for a familiar list. It would start with the Scandinavian social democracies, the Netherlands Read more
Plans could include strengthening parliament’s power to say when and if the country enters into the hated Irish backstop Via: Brexit: Theresa May plans last ditch move to get eurosceptics behind her withdrawal plan
‘Wonderful’ 77-year-old called police before collapsing but the burglars escaped Via: Elderly woman dies after collapsing during burglary at London home