Public Health England’s research suggests large numbers of adults do not walk for 10 minutes at a time once a monthAbout 6 million middle-aged people in England are endangering their health by not taking so much as a brisk walk once a month, government advisers have said.Clinicians said such a Read more…
Scientists at Oxford University develop non-invasive technique to measure amount of cholesterol in carotid plaquesA new type of MRI scan can predict the risk of having a stroke, researchers have said in a study.The non-invasive technique, developed by scientists at the University of Oxford, predicts whether plaques in the carotid Read more…
Headteachers say it would be ‘unjust and unreliable’ to try to compare Thursday’s grades with those under the old systemThe “unprecedented changes” to this year’s GCSE exams in English and maths means results cannot be compared with those of previous years, headteachers have warned as hundreds of thousands of pupils Read more…
Home Office launches review into costs and benefits of overseas students in the UK Via: Theresa May under pressure to drop foreign students from immigration numbers
Rising revenues suggest policy is failing in aim of stopping people buying multiple homes Via: New stamp duty charge on landlords and investors raises significantly more than expected
Six caskets were moved around the mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in Woodlawn Heights Tuesday afternoon, detectives said. One coffin was pried open. Via: Caskets pulled from inside mausoleum at famed NYC cemetary
MOSCOW (AP) – An exhibition describing a unique chapter in the history of Soviet culture – bootleg music recordings made on used X-ray film – has opened in… Via: AP Photos: Forbidden Soviet-era music on X-ray snapshots
She looks exquisite in a the fanciest of gowns and the simplest of T-shirts. And on Tuesday, it was a case of the latter for Lily Collins, who stepped out with her mother Jill Tavelman in Beverly Hills. Via: Lily Collins looks cute in colourful butterfly T-shirt
Magda Szubanski has tearfully recounted how a lesbian friend was separated from her dying partner in another passionate plea for same-sex marriage. Via: Magda Szubanski makes tearful plea for same-sex marriage
The actor found himself involved in the potentially volatile situation after a fellow reveller was flung to the ground inside the Hyland Park venue’s exclusive VIP area. Via: Joe Swash is involved in heated confrontation