A public consultation process that could lead to radical changes to personal independence payments (PIP) has concluded this week. This review process was initiated by former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and announced in his ‘making sick pay’ speech in April. Shortly afterwards, the Department for Work and Pensions published a document outlining the changes proposed by… Read More »
What’s in a name? Humans use unique names to address each other, but we are one of only a handful of animal species known to do so, including bottlenose dolphins. Finding more animals with names and studying how they use them could improve scientists’ understanding of both other animals and ourselves. As elephant researchers who… Read More »
What’s in a name? Humans use unique names to address each other, but we are one of only a handful of animal species known to do so, including bottlenose dolphins. Finding more animals with names and studying how they use them could improve scientists’ understanding of both other animals and ourselves. As elephant researchers who… Read More »
A new study suggests that wild African elephants may address each other using personalized calls that resemble personal names used by humans. While dolphins are known to call to each other by imitating the signature whistle of the dolphin they wish to address, and parrots have been found to address each other in a similar… Read More »
Rishi Sunak has outlined a series of reforms targeting individuals with PIP, Universal Credit, inheritance benefits or long-term ill health in a bid to rein in rising costs and tackle problems such as inactivity, long-term illness and benefit fraud. In his speech on 19 April, the Prime Minister called overhauling the welfare system a “moral… Read More »
Around 10 percent of the population is thought to be dyslexic What do Richard Branson, Delia Smith and Tom Cruise have in common? And no, this isn’t the beginning of a bad joke. The unifying link is that they are all dyslexic. Around 10 per cent of the population is thought to be dyslexic, according… Read More »
Essex chairman Anu Mohindru insists the protection of anonymity was behind his decision not to name those sanctioned following an independent review which found players at the club had been subjected to racist abuse. A report published by Katharine Newton KC last December found that from the mid-1990s to 2013, reference to players’ ethnic, racial… Read More »
An independent report has revealed that many Essex players were subjected to racist abuse and discriminatory treatment. According to a report by , references to players’ ethnic, racial and religious origins were “completely normalized and tolerated behavior” in locker room culture from the mid-1990s until 2013. Katharine Newton KC Published on Friday. Newton was appointed… Read More »
Shelley von Strunckel (paper) Aries (March 20 – April 19) As an Aries and a fire sign, you not only enjoy discussing new ideas, but you also enjoy unexpected changes. And given the current layout of the planet, that’s exactly what you’re getting. Challenge? To fit everything into it. Never mind those who say it’s… Read More »