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Community day to celebrate the Wirral “Safer Streets” project
A community day will be held this week to show how the second phase of funding from the Wirral 'Safer Streets' project has been used in parts of Birkenhead and Seacombe to make these areas safer.
Earlier this year,…
Edinburgh women stress need for safe cycle paths after dark
The event on Friday aimed to pressure Edinburgh City Council to make cycle paths around the city safer, especially for women and girls.Kirsty Lewin of Spokes Porty, one of the organizers of the ride, said: “We welcome the Council's…
Evolution of inhaled corticosteroid prescription rates during the COVID-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, despite early concerns about the impact oral corticosteroids could have on the effects of acute COVID-19 reported by the WHO and the potential severity of the disease in patients with asthma and of chronic…
Doncaster police seize drugs and knives during search stop
This month we discovered three cannabis crops at properties in western Doncaster: on Oliver Street, Mexborough, Ash Grove, Conisbrough and The Avenue, Bentley.During proactive patrols, we have stopped searches of nine people this month…
Opinion: Women business founders want funding, not mentorship
Karima-Catherine Goundiam is Managing Director of Red Dot Digital Inc. and B2BeeMatchI was on Twitter one day chatting with a few venture capitalists when one of them wrote, “Any jerk who comes out of college with an idea can get a check…
Central and Victoria line drivers stage second walkout as MORE action is planned throughout December
Night Tube has been abandoned (More…)
TfL hopes the Night Tube can still work, but admitted there would likely be fewer trains than they had hoped.
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said: “This strike is about the dismantling of popular and…
Does playing violent video games have an impact on behavior? Here’s what the latest study has…
Many people think that playing violent video games is a bad idea because they are concerned that it will lead to an increase in aggressive behavior. As these games become more and more popular, some academics have expressed concerns.…
Quantifying social organization and political polarization in online platforms
1.Sunstein, C. #Republic: a divided democracy in the age of social media (Princeton Univ. Press, 2018).2.Iyengar, S. & Hahn, KS Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use. J. Common. 59, 19-39 (2009).Google…
“Trust Covid-apt’s behavior more than social media posts on Omicron” | Nagpur…
Nagpur: “The virus is back, this time with more energy, tactics and cover-up. We do not cough, no fever ... It takes less time to go to the extreme ”. Such social media posts are doing the trick, but doctors say there is little truth to…
‘Emerging threat’ of anti-social behavior by young people on trains and buses in…
The head of the British Transport Police (BTP) in Scotland has said antisocial behavior on the rail network could spread to buses once free travel is extended to those under 22 from the end of January.Chief Superintendent Gill Murray said…