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Party rides high with new leader Zack Polanski winning media plaudits and supporter numbers doubling to 140,000A surge in membership levels is causing the Green party some novel problems. “Our local association went from 400 to over 1,000,” one activist said. “We had...
Why do we yawn? It’s almost certainly not for the reason you think
Given that we’ve literally grown up with them, we often know surprisingly little about how our bodies work. This new series aims to fill the gapsAll vertebrates yawn, or indulge in a behaviour that’s at least recognisable as yawn-adjacent. Sociable baboons yawn, but...
Peer trying to derail UK smoking ban discussed bill with relative at tobacco firm
Lord Strathcarron says he and an in-law ‘high up’ at British American Tobacco discussed bill, which he aims to weakenA member of the House of Lords who is trying to derail the generational ban on tobacco sales discussed the legislation with a family member who is...
NI parents caught in UK crackdown lose child benefit after travelling via Dublin
Exclusive: new anti-fraud system fails to account for fact many return to country via airport in Irish capitalParents in Northern Ireland have had their child support payments stopped as part of the UK government’s crackdown on alleged benefit fraud simply because...