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Police respond to illegal gatherings across UK as they break up house parties and seize music equipment despite fines of up to £10,000 for organisers Thousands of pounds of music equipment was seized by Essex Police last night West Midlands Police said it had dealt with about 90 reports from the public Humberside Police have … Read more
Guy and Chris Sebastian respond to claims The Voice was ‘rigged’ – and reveal the ‘above board’ way they ensured there was no drama on set By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:34 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 14:34 BST, 29 August 2020 Some viewers slammed this year’s season of The Voice … Read more
During a crisis people with a large social network are slower to respond to the problem than more isolated individuals, a new study shows. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University put 2,480 people into one of 108 groups of various sizes and presented them with a range of disaster scenarios. Those in larger groups were less … Read more
Two hearts can respond very differently to the same piece of music, either by speeding up or slowing down, according to a new study. European Society of Cardiology researchers found classical music can trigger either slower or faster heart recovery rates, depending on the person listening. Patients with mild heart failure showed shorter heart recovery … Read more
Flooding will become so bad in parts of England over the next 30 years that ambulances and fire brigades will struggle to reach locals within the seven-minute window for life-threatening incidents, study shows When flooding occurs, roads can become impassable or congested with traffic At the same time, demand for the emergency services often significantly rises Experts … Read more
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant can now respond to users who are concerned they may be infected with novel coronavirus Users can now query Amazon’s voice assistant on if they have coronavirus Alexa can respond to users with information pulled from the CDC A new feature also makes the assistant sing along with hand washing It … Read more
Apple’s voice assistant Siri can now respond to users who are worried they may have coronavirus with a questionnaire Siri can now respond to users who are worried they may have COVID-19 The voice assistant now responds with a questionnaire Among other things, Siri asks is users have a fever or cough It then directs … Read more
Between them, they have racked up nearly 130 years working in the City, managing investment funds worth billions of pounds on behalf of investors – through thick and thin. Five hugely experienced fund managers who passionately believe that stock markets reward long-term investors, however painful the present may be. We asked them for their views … Read more
‘Seven people including the gunman are dead’ after ‘disgruntled employee who was fired earlier in the day’ goes on rampage at MillerCoors headquarters in Milwaukee Authorities were responding to reports of an active shooting at MillerCoors in Milwaukee on Wednesday afternoon Seven people including the gunman have reportedly been killed, sources say There is a heavy police … Read more
Pets have been a companion to humans for millennia. In fact, according to Greger Larson, director of the University of Oxford’s palaeogenomics and bio-archaeology research network, humans have likely kept baby animals for amusement as long as humans have lived. But the story of exactly how animals became domesticated is much debated and often only glimpsed at … Read more