• Thursday, March 06, 2025

How bias and inequality affect societal cohesion

NEW research from the Beyond Us and Them project demonstrates just how much more work is required to ensure equality of treatment and inclusion for minority groups in society. Our most recent paper, due to be published next Monday (11), Discrimination, Prejudice and Cohesion – Intergroup relations among black, Muslim and white…

BBC tells Antiques Roadshow to be mindful of ‘reputational risk’…

The BBC has urged potential producers of its long-running Antiques Roadshow to be careful about handling “sensitive” historical subjects as the corporation is outsourcing the antiques appraisal show. The content must be able to address “colonial history” to stay clear of a “reputational risk”, according to the BBC’s online documents…

Beware of Vitamin D overdose: UK man who popped 20…

A British man was hospitalized after taking an overdose of vitamin D, which he began taking as a supplement, after visiting a private nutritionist, a CNN report stated. Dr. Alamin Alkundi, a coauthor of the report and an endocrinologist at William Harvey Hospital in East Kent in the UK, who…

80 per cet of customers have less than £500 in…

THE top official of a British bank has said that its customers have less than £500 of savings in their accounts, according to a report. Charlie Nunn, chief executive of Lloyds Bank said that customers with persistent debt problems jump up by a third in the first six months of…

Preet Kaur Gill and 11 other MPs bat for more…

Birmingham Airport authorities have urged the region’s parliamentarians to prevail upon Air India to operate more direct flights between the West Midlands city and India’s Amritsar. The airport chiefs said fleet shortages and spare part issues have hindered the efforts of two airlines’ to link the international destinations better. They,…

Nalini Malani’s exhibition featuring 40-metre animations to open at National…

AN exhibition of 40-metre animated projections based on pictures from the National Gallery, London, is set to take place later this year. Twenty-five striking new animations have been designed to immerse the viewer in a panorama of nine big video projections, played on a continuous loop. The projections are based…

Chris Hemsworth unrecognisable in first images from sets of Mad…

While fans await the release of Chris Hemsworth’s much-talked-about film Thor: Love and Thunder, new photos from the sets of his forthcoming film Furiosa are doing the rounds on the internet. For those not in the know, Furiosa is a prequel to the blockbuster film Mad Max: Fury Road. The…

Sunak and Javid: Big hitters who quit UK government

Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid were two of the biggest hitters in UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government until they quit on Tuesday in protest at his scandal-hit leadership. Sunak, 42, had been on a meteoric trajectory to power that could have made him Britain’s first Hindu prime minister. Javid,…

Missguided changes name to MGL Realisations (2022) Limited

LAST month, fast-fashion retailer Missguided was acquired by Frasers Group in a £20 million rescue deal. Now, the company which was founded by Nitin Passi in 2009 has changed its registered business name to MGL Realisations (2022) Limited, according to reports. However, the Manchester-based company will continue to trade as…

Why you can exercise only on weekends and still be…

Here’s some good news for those who are unable to exercise daily due to time constraints. According to experts, you need not invest too much time to stay fit – all you need is 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity exercise. Yes, you read that right. A total of 350,000…