Meet the New Conservatives is giving Rishi Sunak a migration headache

Meet the New Conservatives is giving Rishi Sunak a migration headache

Press play to hear this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Watch out for Rishi Sunak, there’s a new right-wing Tory pressure group in town. The New Conservatives – a group of 25 MPs from the 2017 and 2019 parliamentary elections – launched Monday with a major call for the Tory prime minister to … Read more

Brexit delays Welsh pandemic plans, official says – BBC News

Brexit delays Welsh pandemic plans, official says - BBC News

By David Deans BBC Wales political journalist 3 July 2023, 17:23 WIB Updated 48 minutes ago Caption, Brexit is said to have affected planning Preparations for a no-deal Brexit are holding up work to plan for a future flu pandemic, Wales’ most senior medical advisor has said. Sir Frank Atherton said work on the Covid … Read more

Parole Board asked to reconsider Pitchfork release – BBC News

Parole Board asked to reconsider Pitchfork release - BBC News

July 3, 2023 Updated 6 hours ago Caption, Colin Pitchfork jailed for life for raping and strangling two 15 year old girls, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth The Lord Chancellor has asked the Parole Board to reconsider its decision to allow child killer Colin Pitchfork to be released from prison. Pitchfork was jailed for life … Read more

Resistance Training: A Valuable Ally Against Alzheimer’s Disease – Neuroscience News

It shows an older man lifting weights.

Summary: Regular physical exercise, especially resistance training, can delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Using a mouse model, the team showed reductions in Alzheimer’s indicators, such as beta-amyloid plaques, and normalized stress hormone levels, after resistance training training. Resistance training not only offers physical benefits, it also appears to reduce Alzheimer’s-related behavioral problems. This study … Read more

Carillion’s former chief financial officer was banned from the British board for 11 years

Carillion's former chief financial officer was banned from the British board for 11 years

Receive free Carillion PLC updates We’ll send you one myFT Daily Digest latest roundup email Carillion PLC news every morning. Carillion’s former chief financial officer has been barred from holding the company’s directorship for more than a decade, marking the first boardroom ban for an executive at a construction company that collapsed. Zafar Khan, who … Read more

Trusting Others More Than Themselves: Babies’ Unusual Bias To Outside Observation – Neuroscience News

It shows a baby looking in the mirror.

Summary: Babies tend to trust other people’s observations more than their own. Studying infants aged 8 and 12 months, the researchers found that the younger infants prioritized the animated character’s attention over their own in tracking the location of objects. However, at 12 months of age, children are showing signs of transition to trusting their … Read more

Nationally significant Mesolithic pit discovered – BBC News

Nationally significant Mesolithic pit discovered - BBC News

By Danny Fullbrook BBC News, Bedfordshire 3 July 2023, 14:41 WIB Updated 43 minutes ago Caption, The holes appear to have been laid out in a straight line 500m (1,640ft) long. Archaeologists have discovered up to 25 Mesolithic pits at what has been described as a “nationally important prehistoric site”. The hole found at Houghton … Read more

Do Oral Contraceptives Increase the Risk of Depression?

Do Oral Contraceptives Increase the Risk of Depression?

Use of oral contraceptives (OC) has been associated with an increased risk of depression, especially in the first 2 years after initiation, new research shows. Additionally, OC use in adolescence has been associated with an increased risk of depression later in life. However, some experts believe the research methodology may be flawed. Researchers tracked more … Read more

More than 450 jobs are at risk as Morrisons ceases operations at its Bradford distribution center

More than 450 jobs are at risk as Morrisons ceases operations at its Bradford distribution center

Cutler Heights, which was the Bradford-based supermarket chain’s first production location, supplies 59 fruit products and 115 million fruit cases annually. Today, Morrisons said it would be “consolidating” and now moving all operations to another fruit packing house in Thrapston, Northamptonshire. The move will take place in the second half of this year and will … Read more

Banks warn against closing accounts due to politics – BBC News

Banks warn against closing accounts due to politics - BBC News

July 3, 2023 image source, Getty’s image Caption, Secretary of Culture Lucy Frazer The Secretary of Culture said he was concerned that banks might close customer accounts for political reasons following claims from Brexiteer Nigel Farage. Lucy Frazer said it was something the bank “had to think about very carefully”. Last week, Mr Farage said … Read more

Supermarkets forced to publish live fuel prices – BBC News

Supermarkets forced to publish live fuel prices - BBC News

By Daniel Thomas Business journalist, BBC News July 3, 2023 image source, Getty’s image Supermarkets and other fuel retailers will be forced to publish live prices under the new scheme aimed at stopping overfilling, the government said. It comes after Britons were found to have paid an extra 6p per liter for fuel at supermarkets … Read more