Personal dolphin whistles are recorded for the first time to help estimate population sizes

Individual dolphin whistles are recorded for the first time to help researchers estimate population sizes and track their movements Researchers placed four hydrophones along the Namibia coastline in 2016 They captured more than 4,000 hours of acoustic sounds including whistles They then listened for distinct differences to estimate the total population size Researchers heard 200 … Read more

Obese 5ft 3in teenager drops TWO dress sizes in just six weeks

An overweight teenager who weighed 15 stone and consumed 4,500 calories a day drops an incredible two dress sizes in just six weeks purely by exercising more and ditching fast food. Lucy, 18, lives in Lightwater, Surrey, with her mother Rachel, who weighs 17 stone and appears on 5STAR’s It’s Your Fault I’m Fat tonight. The … Read more

Woman drops three sizes in five weeks with £7.99 hypnosis app

A beauty expert who has struggled with her size for most of her life revealed how she dropped three dress sizes in her sleep – thanks to a £7.99 hypnosis app. Suffering with the eating disorder bulimia nervosa in her twenties, mother-of-two Stacey Orton, 46, of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear then became a comfort eater. … Read more

Bride-to-be drops two dress sizes in five months and drops more pounds during lockdown

A bride-to-be has revealed how she’s managed to stick to her weight loss regime ahead of her wedding, despite the challenges of lockdown.  Accountant Laura Mee-Bishop, from Derby, is only a couple of pounds away from her 12 stone target, which she set for her October 2020 wedding. She started her weight loss journey at … Read more

Bird-brained: Parrots and crows have evolved ‘truly exceptional’ brain sizes

Bird-brained: Parrots and crows have evolved ‘truly exceptional’ brain sizes while pigeons and emus have the same brain-to-body ratio as dinosaurs did 66 million years ago Birds and dinosaurs had similar brain sizes around 66million years ago  After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs birds evolved relatively bigger brains   Body size of some birds got … Read more

Maggie Chretien drops three dress sizes flexible dieting without giving up burgers and dessert

A young mother has proudly showed off her incredible post-birth body transformation after shedding three dress sizes despite eating six meals a day. Maggie Chretien, 30, from Melbourne, said she felt ‘trapped’ in her own body after struggling with her fluctuating weight since the age of 21. By the time she was 26, she became … Read more

Mother and daughter shed nine stone between them as they drop FOUR dress sizes

A mother and daughter have lost nearly 9st between them and shed four dress sizes apiece by cutting out unhealthy snacking and running 5K races together. Elsie Spalding, 21, and her mother Tracey Spalding, 50, from Hertford, Hertfordshire, say they are ‘closer than ever’ since taking on their weight-loss challenge in January. In a matter … Read more

Boris Johnson sizes up colossal boost in defence spending

Boris Johnson sizes up colossal boost in defence spending as he launches most detailed review into Whitehall’s security policy since the Cold War PM is launching the most in-depth review of security policy since the Cold War  Downing Street says it will go beyond the parameters of a traditional defence The Prime Minister warns that … Read more

Class sizes are getting bigger to save cash as schools axe teachers

Class sizes are getting bigger to save cash as schools axe teachers as part of widespread cost-cutting measures  Schools are axing teachers as part of widespread cost-cutting measures Quieter pupils becoming ‘lost’ in bigger lessons, inspectors in England found Ninety-one per cent of secondary head teachers reported ‘class sizes increased’  By Daily Mail Reporter Published: … Read more