Nuclear missiles could be coming to Britain following “worrying” rise in Russian military activity June 7, 2015 The UK is willing to consider adopting US intermediate-range weapons in response to “worrying signs” of increasing Russian military activity. Foreign secretary Philip Hammond told the BBC's Andrew Marr show there was “no clear sign” of an imminent attack on Ukraine but Vladimir Putin “has not ruled out a military option”. “As we [...]
EU referendum: Foreign secretary Philip Hammond thinks EU will say no to new Conservative demand June 7, 2015 One of the key demands made by a Eurosceptic Conservative group won't be accepted by the EU, Philip Hammond has warned. The foreign secretary said a call for Westminster to be sovereign over EU law was “not achievable”, and that a "unilateral red card veto" for the UK would "effectively be the end" of the [...]
London is the European capital of flushing cocaine down the loo June 4, 2015 London is the number one city in Europe for cocaine-filled sewage, flushing away an average of 737mg per 1,000 people in any one week. The estimate, calculated by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, is based on a comparison of 50 cities across the continent. The UK capital beats Amsterdam, which [...]
The dangers of smoking: Mentally ill smoke three times more than national average June 4, 2015 Smoking and mental illness are tightly linked, according to a report by Public Health England. An estimated 64 per cent of mental health patients are addicted to tobacco, compared to 18.4 per cent of the general population. On top of that, 30 per cent of the nation's smokers are thought to have some kind [...]
No Waitrose, no cry: Why the music you listen to defines your social class – and Bob Marley fans are decidedly middle class June 4, 2015 The music you most enjoy listening to is a strong indicator of your social class, according to new research from the University of British Columbia – and it turns out those who like reggae are surprisingly middle class. By asking 1,600 adults from varying backgrounds about their feelings towards 21 different genres of music, [...]
Will you die in the next five years? This online test reckons it can predict the answer June 4, 2015 They say there are only two certainties in life – and now you can (rather creepily) work out the likelihood of one of them happening in the next five years, thanks to a new online questionnaire which claims to predict your chance of death with 80 per cent accuracy. The Ubble Longevity Explorer, created by [...]
National Running Day: The best parks for running in London June 3, 2015 Today is National Running Day, which means it's time to grab your trainers and go for a jog after work. It's officially a US event, but it is gaining traction here in the UK too. And why not when the sun is finally out for the start of that much anticipated heatwave. This is [...]
JP Morgan draws the line on staff voicemail to cut costs June 3, 2015 Many of JP Morgan's employees will no longer have voicemail once a new cost-cutting plan is rolled out. The bank is getting rid of the service, which costs $10 (£6.5) per month per person, because it says many of its staff simply don't need it. “We realized that hardly anyone uses voicemail anymore…we’re [...]
AstraZeneca chief executive questions UK’s commitment to treating cancer June 3, 2015 AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot has warned that the UK is lagging behind in cancer care innovation, after the government's drugs approval body rejected a new ovarian cancer drug already used in France and Germany as being too expensive. Read more: Why only Scottish patients are getting the best new drugs on the NHS “How can [...]
Could the humble password about to become a thing of the past? Here’s how brainwaves are being used in the battle for cyber security June 3, 2015 A new system allowing accounts to be unlocked using brainwaves could spell the end for passwords as we know them. Named “brainprints”, the system is the creation of a research team at Binghamton University in New York, and involves an application that can identify a person based on nothing more than their mental reactions to [...]
