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Here, Dr Gill Main, associate professor of Leeds University and co-editor of the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, and Brid Featherstone, author and professor of social care at Huddersfield University, answer these and other questions about the issue that is blighting Britain. What is child poverty?The most commonly reported measure of child poverty is […]
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No risk it, no biscuit. The man who made that phrase famous in NFL circles has seen his offense risk it, but it’s still not get many biscuits via deep passes. So what’s wrong? “We’ve had the guys open, we’ve just missed them,” Bucs coach Bruce Arians told reporters on Tuesday. “There are times when […]
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The insulation around nerve cell components in our corneas have unique properties, and little is known about them. But UConn School of Medicine neuroscience professor Royce Mohan believes his lab is on the verge of uncovering a path to better understanding that ultimately could lead to several vision-preserving advances. Learning more about the cellular environment […]
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A new website aims to help climate conscious travellers make more-informed holiday choices by calculating the carbon costs of British breaks and even day trips in response to the increase in domestic tourism during the pandemic. Natural Britain, which launched in July, wants to become the go-to website for ethically-run travel in the UK, and […]
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AMD kicked off an excellent year of tech with the release of Renoir, the Ryzen 4000 series mobile APUs. Now their replacements are due: but lightning rarely strikes twice, and it appears that AMD isn’t ready for another revolution.The new Ryzen mobile series is suspected to have a mix of Zen 2 and Zen 3 […]
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A pair of thugs in balaclavas tried to bundle a mum into a car as she pushed a pram along the street during a terrifying kidnap attempt, police have said. The victim had been walking along Yarningdale Road in Coventry when a small dark car stopped behind her at around 11.10pm on Friday. Two men […]
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Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray worked on the side at Tuesday’s practice, but it doesn’t sound like there’s much concern about him missing Sunday’s game against the Patriots. Murray spoke to reporters after the session and said that he didn’t do a full workout as a way to limit the number of passes he throws during […]
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Rice University biochemists Michael Stern and James McNew have studied how neurodegeneration kills cells. They’ve conducted countless experiments over more than a decade, and they’ve summarized all they’ve learned in a simple diagram they hope may change how doctors perceive and treat degenerative diseases as varied as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and muscle atrophy. In a study […]
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Here’s another name to add to the list of retailers who will keep their relief on business rates – thanks very much, dear chancellor – even though their stores were open during lockdown. It’s Pets at Home, which joins all the big supermarket chains and discount merchant B&M in the brazen bracket. There were mitigating […]
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Apple said in a letter to privacy advocates that it’s implementing ‘app tracking transparency’ in iOS 14 a little early to stop Facebook from collecting “as much data as possible” to monetize its users. The social giant immediately fired back, accusing the Cupertino giant of using its dominant position to “self-preference their own data collection.”Last […]
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