7 h. ago ‘Toxic’ influencers trick men into thinking women are against them – Southgate

Sir Gareth’s words came days after a court heard Kyle Clifford’s murderous acts were fuelled by ‘misogyny promoted’ by Andrew Tate.

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13 h. ago Smoking rates in parts of England rise for first time since 2006, study shows

South-west sees biggest jump, up 17% between 2020 and 2024, while rate in southern England increases by 10%Smoking rates in parts of England have increased for the first time in nearly two decades, according to research.Academics at University College London examined smoking data for more than 350,000 adults in England over an 18-year period. They found that while the proportion of adults who smoke cigarettes, pipes, cigars or other forms of tobacco fell from 25.3% of the population in 2006 to 16.5% in 2024, progress since 2020 has flatlined and in some areas smoking rates are increasing again. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago ‘The prison system is insanely broken’: a climate activist on his experience in jail

George Simonson says you learn about society by seeing how it treats its prisoners – and jail has strengthened his belief that change is crucialGeorge Simonson, 24, from London, had recently graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Edinburgh when he was given a 24-month custodial sentence for climbing a gantry over the M25 in 2022. He was also found guilty of criminal damage and sentenced to a further six-week custodial sentence for spraying paint on a wall of Exeter University in 2023. He sent this letter from prison before he was released in January.I remember the day I was sentenced like it was yesterday. I was filled with anxiety the entire time. It’s a strange situation to be in, not knowing whether or not you’d have your liberty at the end of the day, or for how long it might be taken away. My mind was racing and I had no idea how to operate. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago More southerners still smoking as northerners are still kicking the habit, study reveals

University College London study shows smoking across southern England is actually on the rise after decades of falling rates while smokers in the north are working to kick the habit

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57 h. ago How economics at SOAS University of London is forging a better future

How economics at SOAS University of London is forging a better future  Study International

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57 h. ago Finance and Management at SOAS University of London: Fighting inequality, empowering societies

Finance and Management at SOAS University of London: Fighting inequality, empowering societies  Study International

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60 h. ago City St George’s, University of London: Transformative Policy and Global Affairs degrees

City St George’s, University of London: Transformative Policy and Global Affairs degrees  Study International

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2 d. ago Newcastle sink Liverpool to savour taste of glory after decades of drought

The black-and-white clad hordes had turned up wondering if it would finally be the day. There was optimism and yet massive apprehension, too. The Newcastle United support had lived on the end of their nerves since setting up this Carabao Cup final with victory over Arsenal in the semi-final. When you last won a domestic trophy in 1955, the FA Cup victory over Manchester City, the goals from Jackie Milburn, Bobby Mitchell and George Hannah going down in folklore, it is going to be this way.It would be the day, one when new legends were born. Above all, it was just a giant Newcastle party. Yes, there was tension at the end, of course there was when the board went up to show eight additional minutes and the Liverpool substitute Federico Chiesa ran through to make it 2-1, the goal given after a VAR review showed he was onside. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Rocks and racism? How geologists created and perpetuated a narrative of prejudice

Kathryn Yusoff sparked a culture war with her latest book, suggesting slavery and white supremacy informed the work of geology’s founding fathers. Here, she and other experts suggest that attitudes have changed little sinceIt was at the London Library at St James’s Square, surrounded by the shiny offices of geological extraction companies including BP and Rio Tinto, that Kathryn Yusoff discovered a deep link between geology and racism. It was 2017, and the professor of inhuman geography from Queen Mary University of London was doing research for a book about the history of geology. Little did she know that her niche, archival discoveries, which led to a 600-page tome on race and geoscience seven years later, would put her on the very faultline of a culture war.The academic book, called Geologic Life, was published in 2024. It soon attracted the attention of the conservative higher education publication the College Fix, which said that Yusoff’s writing “suggests even rocks have been ...

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3 d. ago How Joel Kaplan became Mark Zuckerberg’s most trusted political fixer

Meta’s newly promoted head of global affairs has masterminded social media giant’s pivot towards Donald Trump

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4 d. ago ‘Brain pacemakers’: implants to be tested to help alcohol and opioid addicts

Trial will determine whether electrical pulses can control and decrease yearningsSurgeons are to put implants into the brains of alcoholics and opioid addicts in a trial aimed at testing the use of electrical impulses to combat drink and drug cravings.The technique is already used to help patients control some of the effects of Parkinson’s disease, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Now a group of doctors and researchers – from Cambridge and Oxford universities and King’s College London – are preparing to use deep brain stimulation to try to decrease addicts’ yearnings and to boost their self-control. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Businesses near site of George Floyd killing sue Minneapolis, accusing police of ignoring ‘no

City still debating future of intersection where Minneapolis police killed George Floyd

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7 d. ago Improvements ‘can be made up and down country’ after doctor’s son died – coroner

William Hewes died aged 22 at Homerton University Hospital in January 2023.

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7 d. ago ‘It’s supposed to be intense’: inside the experimental film that ‘truly captures’ autism

It stars a roaming shapeshifter – and a cat-faced soldier fighting a zombie in a swamp. We go behind the scenes of The Stimming Pool, the first ever feature film to be made by autistic directors Do you know how many autistic people there are in the UK? The answer is an estimated 700,000. Yet until now, there has never been a single feature-length film directed by autistic people. Or at least not one that has secured a theatrical release in the UK and slots at festivals worldwide.The film is The Stimming Pool, an experimental feature shot over just 12 days that puts on screen the interests, passions and perspectives of its five young autistic creators. They worked alongside Steven Eastwood, professor of film practice at London’s Queen Mary University, funded initially by the Wellcome Trust. “We asked why autistic people are always required to explain or illustrate their experience,” says Eastwood. “What about just having neurodivergent authors behind the cameras, doing the creativity...

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7 d. ago ‘A leap’ to say man would have lived if hospital care different, inquest told

William Hewes died aged 22 at Homerton University Hospital in January 2023.

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7 d. ago London tops university chart for performing arts. Believe that?

London tops university chart for performing arts. Believe that?  Slipped Disc

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7 d. ago Sankofa Series: How a University of London affiliate evolved into University of Ghana

Sankofa Series: How a University of London affiliate evolved into University of Ghana  GhanaWeb

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7 d. ago Entrepreneurial student group takes home new career perspectives after London networking trip

Entrepreneurial student group takes home new career perspectives after London networking trip  Northeastern University

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7 d. ago Student to cycle 2,500km for charity after his mother overcomes cancer

Jesper Hartikainen will cycle around 200km a day from London to the Finnish capital, Helsinki.

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8 d. ago London university 'Understanding Hamas' book launch met with protest, but not canceled

London university 'Understanding Hamas' book launch met with protest, but not canceled  Israel Hayom

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