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Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen
Health, Sports & Psychology

Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen

...community coming together to celebrate. Another of my heroes is Fatima Whitbread who became World champion in 1987. Although boasting a great career, Whitbread never managed an Olympic gold but won a silver (1988) and a bronze (1984). However, it is Whitbread’s story that makes her, in my mind, a true inspiration. Whitbread was abandoned as a baby, spending her...
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Refugees languish in camps on Lesvos as conditions deteriorate
Society, Politics & Law

Refugees languish in camps on Lesvos as conditions deteriorate

...community Pikpa Camp is entirely different. It offers shelter to around 80 of the most vulnerable refugees (about 20 of them children) with medical issues. Run entirely by volunteers, it depends on donations. It is an open camp, and people can come and go as they please – but some people never go out. One group of women are too afraid to ever leave their tent. Pikpa...
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What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars
Society, Politics & Law

What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars

...communicative, and no unambiguous landing signal was received. Loss of the lander is disappointing, because it was a precursor to the system that will be deployed in four years to land a rover designed to search for life below the planet’s surface. The Trace Gas Orbiter had to make a crucial manoeuvre to bring it into orbit under Mars’ gravitational influence, a time...
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What do scientists really do? My experience interviewing researchers
Science, Maths & Technology

What do scientists really do? My experience interviewing researchers

...communal feeling overlooking the science world. The scientists at AstrobiologyOU and the School of Physical Sciences at The Open University told us about what they research and do at the university. They also shared what a typical day looks like for them. Transcript This first video demonstrates the wide range of careers that all come together to form AstrobiologyOU and,...
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By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire
Society, Politics & Law

By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire

...communities they claimed to represent. Under the new system, PCCs are elected by the general public and “held accountable” by police and crime panels, which are made up from all local authorities within the force area PCCs. Elected PCCs possess a great deal of power. Their many responsibilities include creating a police and crime plan, and setting the police precept...
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Do animals really raise human babies as their own?
Nature & Environment

Do animals really raise human babies as their own?

...communicate his experiences on his reincorporation into “humanity”. Social creatures Like primates, wolves and dogs are highly social and all members of the pack will participate in the care of puppies or cubs. Wolves can also enter into friendships with animals who would, in other contexts, represent appropriate prey. An example dating back to 2007 but which did the...
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Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media
Society, Politics & Law

Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media

...communications regulator) published a review of the effectiveness of its 2007 rules banning junk food advertising in and around UK children’s TV programmes. It concluded that broadcasters had largely complied, but advertisers shifted to unregulated programmes, and as adult airtime accounted for nearly 70% of children’s viewing, children were still exposed to high...
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Subjugation and slavery: fake news in the nineteenth-century press
History & The Arts

Subjugation and slavery: fake news in the nineteenth-century press

...community. So normalised was the belief that black people were stupid and incapable of looking after themselves and would continue to need, in the words of slave-owner Edward Long, 'white guidance to civilise them', that it was even part of the anti-slavery discourse. A poem supporting the abolition of slavery used the term ‘nigger’ and has a ‘grateful slave’...
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