Increasing volumes of research are showing that brain power and physical energy levels can be improved. New studies are regularly revealing the close association between physical exercise and brain function. Another group of studies highlight the importance of lifelong learning in ensuring a healthy and productive brain. And then there is the growing volume of [...]
99 per cent of UK households now have Broadband availability according to a recent announcement from BT. Making the announcement BT’s director of strategy, Olivia Garfield said, “Broadband Britain has been a success story with widespread availability, low prices and high take-up.” One reason why Britain has overtaken France, Germany and the USA in terms [...]
Everything Everywhere, the owners of the Orange and T-Mobile network, have announced that they will be offering automatic roaming between the two networks within weeks. This will increase the power and range of the signal for users of both networks and ensure a good signal in all parts of the country from what will now [...]
According to the Hometrack property intelligence service the asking price of houses fell by 0.3 per cent in August this year. That is down from the 0.1 per cent decline in July. At the same time another survey by RightMove showed a decline in the number of first time buyers to the lowest level for [...]
The amazing Apple iPhone app, London Cycle Maps and Routes, designed by the graduate start-up company FIPLAB, has been downloaded over 80,000 times from the iTunes AppStore in just 4 weeks. The app got off to a roaring start with very positive reviews in the London Evening Standard, The Guardian, CNT and many other London [...]
Yesterday was a deeply sad day for cricket. An eighteen year old who had lit up the ground on Friday, taking six England wickets with a superlative display of swing bowling, walked out to bat for Pakistan and returned to the pavilion ten minutes later to the sound of absolute, condemnatory silence. What sadness that [...]
The Office of National Statistics figures just released show that the country’s economy grew faster than expected after the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was revised upwards to 1.2 per cent against a previous prediction of 1.1 per cent. A strong performance in the construction industry that saw output increase by 8.5 per cent in the [...]
A postal survey of 3,733 UK medical practitioners just published in the Journal of Medical Ethics, highlights the views of doctors who specialise in end-of-life-care.. The survey reveals a marked difference in willingness to take decisions related to hastening a patient’s death between those with strong religious beliefs and non-religious doctors. Non-religious doctors are almost [...]
A report in today’s British Medical Journal, concerning obesity statistics, reveals figures from the NHS Information Centre that show that 4,246 people had bariatric procedures in 2008-09. This is an increase of 780 per cent over the figure of 480 procedures in 1003-04. Obesity surgery is only recommended for those who are defined as being [...]
Scientists at leading British universities have, at last, cracked the genetic code of wheat. This is good news because it could lead to increases in production, which could, in turn, drive down bread prices. Wheat has resisted the efforts of scientists to unravel its genome which is highly complex and massive in size. It has [...]
