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Regularly eating salmon, mackerel and sardines as a child can halve the risk of developing asthma as you get older, according to a team of scientists. Queen ‘Mary University of London researchers studied data from 4,500 children born in the 1990s in the UK – that have been monitored by scientists since birth. Those who … Read more
Sales of flats HALVE as housing market is crippled by fire risk fears brought on by Grenfell cladding crisis Flat prices halved amid fears over cladding similar to that on Grenfell Tower In September last year flat transactions also fell by around 5,600, or 48 per cent Earlier was revealed homeowners could face £40,000 bill … Read more
Drug to treat brittle bones could HALVE number of hip replacements that need to be re-done, scientists say Drug to treat osteoporosis could halve number of hip replacement re-operations Scientists have discovered the drug denosumab could help protect the hip bone An estimated 8,500 hip revision procedures are carried out each year on NHS By … Read more
The two-week quarantine for contacts of Covid-19 cases could be halved or eliminated entirely under plans which would see the mass use of pregnancy-style testing kits. The kits, which give results in minutes, would be used to identify un-infected contacts and release them from the 14-day quarantine. The testing scheme will be trialled on emergency … Read more
Quarantine for contacts of Covid-19 cases could be halved or eliminated entirely under mass testing plans, it has been suggested. Pregnancy-style testing kits, which give results in minutes, would be used under the plans to identify un-infected contacts and release them from two-week quarantine. The mass testing scheme will be trialled on emergency workers in … Read more
Boris Johnson could HALVE the self-isolation period for those who test positive for coronavirus to seven days ‘this week’ after PM declares ‘big push’ to get Britons to comply with the quarantine rules Ministers will reduce period to between 10 and seven days as soon as this week Polling suggests that people will do as … Read more
Shares in FTSE 250-listed Cineworld have more than halved today after the giant said it will temporarily shut down all of its cinemas in the UK and the US, affecting around 45,000 employees in the two countries. The cinema giant, which blamed the decision on delays of major film releases and an ‘increasingly challenging’ situation … Read more
Owner of British Airways seeking to halve price of its planned £900m takeover of Spanish rival By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 00:24 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 00:24 BST, 29 July 2020 The owner of British Airways is seeking to halve the price of its planned £900m takeover of a Spanish … Read more
Dixons Carphone axes dividend as profits halve: Electronics chain warns of ‘weakening’ consumer spending By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 15 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 15 July 2020 Dixons Carphone axed its final dividend in a fresh blow to investors after annual profits more than halved. Warning of ‘weakening’ spending … Read more
Keeping the middle seat empty on airplanes halves the risk of passengers getting infected with the coronavirus, a study has suggested. Professor Arnold Barnett, a statistician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, estimated the risk of transmission on an Airbus 320 or Boeing 737 – two of the most commonly used planes. He found the … Read more