Ryan Reynolds votes for the first time in a US election but fans focus on Blake Lively’s bare feet

Ryan Reynolds votes for the first time in a US election… but eagle-eyed fans focus in on Blake Lively’s bare feet By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 21:50 BST, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 22 October 2020 He’s originally from Vancouver, Canada. And Ryan Reynolds got all the support he needed to cast … Read more

Police launch fresh hunt for Bernadette Walker as officers focus to abandoned buildings

Bernadette Walker (pictured), 17, was reported missing from Peterborough on July 21 after she had not been seen for three days A fresh round of searches has begun for a missing teenager feared murdered by her parents – just a week after police confirmed their current searches had concluded. Bernadette Walker, 17, has now not … Read more

China air force conducts drill after President Xi urged his army to ‘focus on preparing for WAR’ 

China has released new footage of its air force conducting a live-fire drill just days after President Xi Jinping urged his troops to ‘focus on preparing for war’. In a dramatic video shared today by state broadcaster CCTV, a group of Chinese fighter jets is seen hovering across mountains and sea as pilots fired bullets … Read more

Music: Children who play an instrument ‘can focus for longer and remember more’

Learning to play an instrument as a child can help you focus for longer and remember more throughout your life, a study has concluded.  Neuroscientists from Chile conducted tests with musically-trained children and found they have greater brain activity in regions related to hearing and attention. Therefore, they suggest, kids who learn instruments may enjoy … Read more

Wil Anderson admits he made a ‘mistake’ quitting Triple M to focus on stand-up comedy

‘It was terrible timing!’ Wil Anderson admits he made a ‘mistake’ quitting Triple M to focus on stand-up comedy months before COVID-19 destroyed the industry By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:00 BST, 7 October 2020 | Updated: 23:00 BST, 7 October 2020 Wil Anderson announced he’ll be stepping down as co-host of Melbourne’s Triple … Read more

Ruthie from Pennsylvania becomes cult hero after speaking in Republican pollster’s focus group

‘Trump is acting like a crackhead’: Ruthie from Pennsylvania becomes cult hero online after telling Republican pollster’s focus group she was undecided but Trump’s debate behavior persuaded her to vote for Biden Ruthie, from Pennsylvania, joined by 14 other undecided voters in focus group Conducted via Zoom by veteran Republican pollster Frank Luntz on Tuesday … Read more

Meghan Markle says she doesn’t focus on ‘criticism or flattery’

Meghan Markle spoke out about how she handles public criticism during a virtual summit on Tuesday afternoon, using a quote from artist Georgia O’Keefe to insist that she pays no mind to negative or positive opinions about her.  The 39-year-old mother-of-one joined the Fortune’s Most Powerful Women summit to discuss ‘humane tech’ with the publication’s … Read more

Reading: Children’s books with busy pictures ‘make it harder for kids to focus and absorb knowledge’

Children’s books with lots of really detailed pictures ‘make it harder for kids to focus and absorb knowledge’, study shows US researchers modified half of a kids’ book to remove all its needless pictures 6–8-year-olds were given it to read while their eye movements were tracked The kids were less distracted and learnt more when … Read more

Thousands of Ford Focus cars are urgently recalled – here’s what to do if yours is affected 

Thousands of Ford Focus cars are urgently recalled – here’s what to do if yours is affected 2787 Ford Focus vehicles from model year 2019 have been recalled Defective transmission studs could cause the engine to stall Several recalls affecting tens of thousands have hit Ford Australia this year By Alison Bevege For Daily Mail … Read more

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden tells National Trust to ‘focus on protecting’ British heritage

Chartwell, Kent Chartwell’s land has history dating back to the 14th century and it is thought to have been built on as early as the 16th century, with Historic England noting that some of the Tudor brickwork is still visible on external walls.  Chartwell, now a Grade I listed building, became the family home of … Read more