Hailey Bieber talks quitting Twitter for her mental health, making Instagram a safer space

Hailey Bieber previously spoke out about limiting Instagram comments on her page – only allowing people who follow her to write something – as a helpful way in staying away from negative energy. The model, 24, spoke to Dr. Jessica Clemons, a psychiatrist, about mental health and social media on her YouTube page. Hailey revealed … Read more

Covid makes Britain’s roads safer with £4.4bn fewer claims

Covid makes Britain’s roads safer: Insurance pay outs drop by £4.4bn with 41% less accidents and 26% fewer deaths than in 2019 London motorists have made £693m-worth fewer car insurance claims in 2020 Accident levels in the capital have fallen almost 60 per cent due to Covid-19  Motorists in Scotland have recorded almost 37 per … Read more

Surgery: Wearable smart display for X-ray images ‘could make spinal operations safer and quicker’

Pioneering smart display device that attaches to a surgeon’s glasses and displays images in front of their eyes ‘could make spinal operations safer and quicker’ Spinal surgeons use real-time X-ray scans during operations to guide their work However, such images are typically displayed on monitors in the operating room  This forces surgeons to look away … Read more

Hotel rooms with mini-kitchens are the perfect fix for a safer staycation

Perfect fix for a safer staycation: The hotel rooms with mini-kitchens – so guests can cut down on restaurant visits ‘Apart-hotels’ offer the perfect compromise between a traditional hotel and a self-catering apartment  Citadines Islington is a new ‘rooms with kitchens’ hotel in the trendy North London district – from £119 a night Adagio’s 146 mini-apartments … Read more

Uber makes London a ‘safer place’, court hears

Uber makes London a ‘safer place’, a court has heard as the taxi app battles against TfL for its licence to be renewed.   The ride hailing app, which first operated in London in 2012, has admitted ‘mistakes were made’ in the identity fraud scandal that allowed 24 bogus drivers to take 14,788 rides. It is appealing Transport … Read more

Quantum breakthrough paves way for safer online communication 

Scientists in the UK have demonstrated a prototype quantum network for secure online communications that can’t be penetrated by cyber attacks.  The University of Bristol’s ‘multiplexing’ system splits light particles that carry information to multiple internet users from a single central source.  Researchers have demonstrated the technology – which employs the odd effects of quantum entanglement … Read more

Drivers who pas their test first time are statistically safer

With learners given the green light to restart lessons from Saturday and likely to be allowed to sit their test from later this month, new research has revealed that those who pass their driving test first time are statistically safest on the road. Analysis of accident rates over a motorist’s lifetime against the number of … Read more

Polymer coating for plants could be safer alternative to pesticides

A new polymer coating could serve as a safer alternative to pesticides in controlling harmful fungi that devastate plant crops.  UK scientists used a coating of (meth)acrylate polymer, which is normally used to make acrylic plastics, to block fungi from attaching to surfaces.  The coating, which was shown to be effective on plants, averts the … Read more

Young drivers ‘safer’ if they share driving footage with parents

Young drivers’ cars should be fitted with cameras and the footage of their behaviour behind the wheel shared with their parents in a bid to cut accident rates, a new road safety report said. Studies in America have found that a combined use of dash cams and ‘accelerometers’ – which record the high G-forces created … Read more

Danish headteacher says schools are back in action because unions know pupils are SAFER in schools

Jesper Larsen, a headteacher in Copenhagen, Denmark, said Danish schools were able to go back to class a month ago because the country’s society respects government guidelines While British schools will not begin to reopen after lockdown until the beginning of June at the earliest, at my school here in Denmark virtually all the children … Read more