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Online search activity taken from Google can help predict peaks in Covid-19 cases up to 17 days in advance, a new study reveals. Researchers from University College London created computer models based on online search query frequencies to gain insights about the prevalence of the disease in multiple countries, including the UK. Models based on … Read more
The already in-demand Cotswolds have reached new heights of desirability amid the coronavirus pandemic, new research has suggested. The area’s pretty rural villages have long been a favourite among the rich and famous, with homes in the area owned by Kate Moss, Jeremy Clarkson, David Cameron, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and the Beckhams, to name but a … Read more
DVLA says ‘SAM’ and ‘DAN’ are the most in-demand personalised registrations as Britons buy a private plate every minute in 2020 despite a massive decline in new car sales Nearly 370,000 personalised registrations have been purchased this year BEN, TOM and AMY join SAM and DAN in the top five most common searches Appetite for … Read more
How to make hand sanitiser and cook your own KFC: Google’s top searches of 2020 are revealed… and the list is dominated by coronavirus-related phrases Google’s list of ‘big hitter’ search terms for 2020 is dominated by coronavirus Millions of questions were lodged around making face masks and hand sanitiser Searches for ‘KFC recipe’ and … Read more
While the eighties is often thought of as the decade that fashion forgot, Princess Diana was often applauded for her statement looks from novelty knits to her love of gingham. And the fourth series of The Crown has highlighted Princess Diana’s influence to a whole new generation, with eBay revealing new research that shows a surge in … Read more
HBO’s ‘Murder on Middle Beach’ is a deeply intimate docuseries directed by Madison Hamburg, who tries to investigate his mother’s murder and find her killer a decade after her death. Madison Hamburg was 18 years old when he got the call from his sister: Their mother had been stabbed and bludgeoned to death outside her … Read more
‘Where is my baby?’: Migrant mother screams as she searches for her six-month-old boy who later died after being pulled from the water in the Mediterranean ‘Did you see my baby? I lose my baby! Why me? Where is my baby?’ Mother says Baby Joseph was pulled from the Mediterranean but died aboard rescue vessel He … Read more
Police carry out highest number of stop and searches in seven years, new figures show – with highest rate of black people being stopped since 2014 There were 558,973 stop and searches carried out in from March 2019-2020 BAME people were stopped 185,401 times – up 55,215 from 130,186 last year They were stopped at a … Read more
A side-by-side comparison of Google search results in the last decade shows just how much the online search engine has changed for the average person as the lucrative tech giant became an advertising machine selling ads tied to searches. Google is currently in the crosshairs of a US Justice Department lawsuit that accuses the tech … Read more
REVEALED: Google is handing ‘users’ personal information to police if they search keywords related to an investigation’ CNET reports that police are issuing Google with ‘keyboard warrants’, forcing them to provide the IP addresses of all users who searched a particular word A ‘keyboard warrant’ led to the recent arrest of a suspect who set … Read more