A fresh wave of student demonstrations and encampments are under way at UK universities in protest over the war in Gaza after violent scenes on campuses in the US, where hundreds have been arrested in a crackdown by police. Protests were due to take place in at least six universities on Wednesday, including Sheffield, Bristol,...
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Why Britain’s towns and cities are going bust
Birmingham’s city center is thronged by empty lots with unfinished and unstarted building projects, like this one in the Deritend area. In 1890, an American journalist named Julian Ralph traveled from New York to Birmingham, an industrial powerhouse lying squarely in the center of England, and found it to be “the best-governed city in the...
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Can Shopping Be Good for Your Health?
In the UK, the focus of this year’s Mental Health Week is on movement. There are many health benefits from added movement, including everyday activities like walking. Most people simply don’t walk enough—and generally, the more you walk, the better. According to the World Health Organization, lack of physical activity is the fourth most frequent...
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How We Can Exercise Away Addiction and Depression
Exorcise addictive and depressive demons the way celebrities do — with exercise. You’ve probably heard how many famous people have chosen exercise to effectively prevent and even treat mental health problems like addictions and depression. This is because exercise helps support and normalize mood-stabilizing neurochemicals like dopamine and glutamate, as well as serotonin. Brain Chemicals...
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UK gambling financial vulnerability checks to begin in August
The UK Gambling Commission has confirmed that light-touch financial vulnerability checks will come into force in two stages from August this year. From August 30 this year, the checks will come into force for online gambling customers with a net deposit of more than £500 per month on gambling, before reducing to £150 per month...
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Improving Diversity via Remote Jobs for Disabled Adults
Source: Marcus Aurelius/Pexels If you give any leader the opportunity to increase their talent pool of potential employees by 15 percent—with all these new hires belonging to an underrepresented minority—they’d jump at the chance, especially given tight labor markets and CEO desires to increase headcount. Yet too few leaders realize that, according to the...
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YEARBOOK Awards 2024 | ArtsHub UK – Arts Industry News, Jobs & Career Advice
The YEARBOOK Awards are back for 2024, with prizes from major industry organisations Alamy, Metro Imaging, Newspaper Club, and Shutter Hub Editions, accompanied by an online exhibition. Find out more about the prizes available here. YEARBOOK is our annual awards for photographers, open to all, whatever stage they are at in their career. The Awards and exhibition...
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Why Do Athletes Keep Falling for Quacks?
Scientific knowledge is accessible to more people today than ever before, yet the relationship competitive sports and the fitness industry share with medical quackery, useless gimmicks, and anti-scientific concepts are as strong as ever. It may be worse than ever, thanks to social media, which now amplifies and delivers lies on an enormous scale. Nick...
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Movement Is Medicine: Exercise for Well-Being
Source: Ray_Shrewsberry/1978 Images/Pixabay I’m giving a talk next week on men and mental health for International Men’s Health Week (10-16 June) and I have been told, in no uncertain terms, to devote a section of my presentation to the physical and psychological benefits of exercise. Not just because the well-being coordinators behind the talk think...
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Horse Racing Betting Not On Gamstop UK 2024
This article will look at the top 3 sites for horse racing betting not on Gamstop. We have researched all horse racing betting sites not on Gamstop in 2024 and reviewed and rated them for UK horse racing. Top 3 Horse Racing Betting Sites Not On Gamstop Horse Racing Not On Gamstop...
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South Korea explores possibility of joining alliance for sharing military technology with US
South Korea is considering sharing advanced military technology with the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia through the AUKUS partnership. The possibility of this cooperation was discussed during meetings between South Korea and Australia’s defense and foreign ministers in Melbourne. In 2021, the U.S. and the U.K. agreed to provide Australia with submarines powered...
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Fashion Is Television’s Hottest Trend Right Now
Disney+ 1 Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (on Disney+) Stepping away from the Marvel cinematic universe and into the world of fashion, Daniel Bruhl becomes Karl Lagerfeld. The series, airing in June, looks at the late designer in the 1970s, detailing his meteoric rise to fame as well as his romance and rivalries. 2 Feud: Capote vs...