Britain’s biggest building society Nationwide has spoken out on what it is doing to help flat owners in blocks with cladding-related fire safety defects, who are struggling to remortgage or move home. These leaseholders are required to have what is known as an EWS1 form to prove their building is free of fire risk cladding … Read more
Junior soldiers risk punishment if they don’t repeat ‘mantras’ on diversity and inclusion in annual assessment forms Soldiers have been told to pledge what their main objective is for the next year Told to say it will be to contribute towards an ‘inclusive culture’ within regiment Intended to help troops of different ethnic, religious or … Read more
Marine scientists exploring the depths of the ocean surrounding the Galapagos Islands have uncovered dozens of new species of deep-sea creatures. Plunging miles beneath the Pacific Ocean, they discovered 30 previously unknown invertebrates, include four new species of crustacean known as squat-lobsters, 10 new types of bamboo corals and four new species of octocorals. A … Read more
Lori Loughlin’s daughter Olivia Jade took to Instagram Sunday with an impassioned plea to her 1.3 million followers to correct all acts of racism. The 20-year-old social media influencer wrote, ‘Need to understand that just “not being racist is not enough” if you hear people saying disrespectful things, correct them.’ Jade made her case less … Read more
Pictured: The clump of 33 trees in Alaska that forms ‘America’s smallest national forest’ The forest is located on Adak Island, part of the volcanic Aleutian archipelago The first trees on the spot were planted to cheer up Second World War troops Around 6,000 troops were stationed on the island to guard against the Japanese By … Read more
An 11-year-old boy and cancer patients are among the vulnerable children whose parents are being asked to sign do not resuscitate forms. GPs asked Ilhan Ates-Suddes’s mother Margaret, from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, to fill out an order for if he catches coronavirus in a move she branded inhumane. Meanwhile a 16-year-old boy was called by his doctor surgery … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Why trusts hold a stronger hand than other fund forms By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 BST, 14 December 2019 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 14 December 2019 It remains to be seen whether Edinburgh Investment Trust’s decision to replace its fund manager in the New Year proves a shrewd … Read more
Scientists untangle the mystery of how ice formed on Mercury in spite of surface temperatures as hot as 750 degrees Fahrenheit Researchers at Georgia Tech investigate how ice forms on Mercury Most of the ice on the planet’s poles is believed to have come from asteroids However, some of that ice likely formed when compounds … Read more