From Ethiopian girl band to Kenyans listening to toads… how staff at Dfid spent YOUR millions

Boris Johnson’s historic decision to abolish the standalone Department for International Development (Dfid) and roll its functions into the Foreign Office is long overdue.  Ever since David Cameron expanded Britain’s aid budget to 0.7 per cent of GDP, scandal after scandal has emerged about millions of pounds of hard-pressed UK taxpayers’ money being shovelled into dubious … Read more

Humans can tell why chimps are angry, relaxed or even aroused just by listening to calls 

Humans are able to determine whether a chimpanzee is happy, sad or angry and why they might be feeling that way just by listening to their calls, a new study shows. Researchers from the University of Amsterdam played different chimp calls to more than 3,400 volunteers and asked them to determine the mood and situation.  … Read more

Scarlett Moffatt admits she is worried that the walls in her home are LISTENING to her

Scarlett Moffatt has revealed she is worried that the walls in her house are listening to her in her latest bizarre theory that comes after she claimed drones are being disguised as pigeons to spy on people. The TV presenter, 30, took to Instagram Stories alongside her boyfriend Scott Dobinson where she revealed they will sometimes … Read more

NFL admits they were WRONG for ‘not listening’ to Colin Kaepernick’s protests

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell admits they were WRONG for ‘not listening’ to Colin Kaepernick’s protests against police brutality and that players can kneel from now on The NFL have admitted they were wrong for not listening to Colin Kaepernick Kaepernick ‘took the knee’ during national anthems before NFL games in protest The former San Francisco … Read more

Taylor Swift is keeping herself busy in isolation by cooking, drinking wine and listening to music

Taylor Swift reveals how she is keeping busy in isolation… by ‘cooking, sipping wine’ and watching Hitchcock films By Kellie Chudzinski For Dailymail.com Published: 00:39 BST, 26 April 2020 | Updated: 14:50 BST, 26 April 2020 She’s normally always on the go – from writing pop tracks to acting and constant touring.  But quarantine has … Read more

Selena Gomez reveals she has been getting through quarantine listening to music from The Weeknd

Selena Gomez is getting through quarantine listening to a lot of music. And that includes music from her ex, The Weeknd. The actress, 27, revealed Monday she had been listening to his newly released song Songbird during self-isolation.   Quarantine music: Selena Gomekz revealed Monday she had been listening to The Weeknd’s newly released song Songbird during self-isolation … Read more

How Katy Perry was pulled from a ‘secret listening party’ amid coronavirus scare

Katy Perry fled Australia on Friday after a 24-hour ‘quarantine’ in her Sydney hotel.  The pregnant singer, 35, was isolated on Thursday and forced to cancel a ‘secret listening party’ after a coronavirus scare rocked her record label. It’s believed two people at Universal Music Australia’s headquarters in Woolloomooloo were exposed to the virus and staff were instructed to … Read more

Listening to music helps recovery of stroke patients by ‘stimulating their brain’

Listening to music helps stroke patients recover by stimulating their brain and lifting their mood, a study suggests. In the first study of its kind, researchers evaluated how music therapy improved the lives of stroke patients in Cambridge. Stroke is a leading cause of disability in the UK, causing motor skill problems and leaving sufferers … Read more