spokesman David Renard said: “ Sadly, these figures reflect the scale of the housing challenges that

Only two in five 16 to 25 year olds who are living in the countryside anticipate staying there over the next five years. Four in five( 84 percent) of those polled by YouGov for the Campaign to Protect Rural England( CPRE) said their decision to move was influenced by feelings of isolation and difficulty connecting with friends online. Crispin Truman, chief executive of CPRE, said:" The sad reality is that the majority of young people born and raised in the countryside feel they can no longer aff

Japan players, from left, Gaku Shibasaki, Maya Yoshida, goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda( green) and Yuto Nagatomo, react after conceding a goal during the second half of a Group B football match against Saudi Arabia on Oct.... 7, 2021, at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in the final round of Asian qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.... " We got tired and lost our rhythm, that's when they capitalized and scored," Japan boss Hajime Moriyasu said....

Bus travellers could face the “ devastating impact ” of services being cut by about a third in weeks unless emergency funding is extended to help routes survive, it has been warned. Travel companies currently receive funding from the Department for Transport's Bus Recovery Grant, but the money is due to expire when the financial year ends on April 5. More than ￡1.7 billion of Government funding has been made available to bus operators to keep services running during the pandemic. However, no gua

A boom in barn conversions is meaning that rural communities are missing out on thousands pounds in funding for GPs and schools due to a planning loophole, town halls are warning. There has been a near trebling in farm buildings being converted into homes in recent years without developers having to apply for full planning permission. This means that they are able to avoid having to pay four figure sums to councils to fund local services like schools and roads as part of the conditions for the p

GEORGE TOWN: Leaders in the medical field will get together to celebrate the legacy of epidemiologist Dr Wu Lien-Teh( pic), who invented a medical face mask that became the N95 respirator. The inaugural Dr Wu Lien-Teh International Conference on April 28 will see experts discussing his contributions to the prevention of communicable diseases.To be chaired by the president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in China, Prof Dr Wang Chen, the conference is aimed at promoting the legacy of Dr

Local authorities dealt with 1.13 million cases of rubbish dumped on highways and in beauty spots in 2020-21, up 16 per cent from 980, 000 the previous year.... However, the number of fines handed down by courts to offenders fell by more than half, to just 1, 313, from 2, 672 in 2019-20.... New financial penalties have come into force to crack down on fly-tipping. The majority of householders already dispose of their waste responsibly, however any householder who fails to pass their waste to a

As of March 31, 2021, when Apple released the iOs 14.5 beta update to its operating system, Siri no longer defaults to a female voice when using American English.... Siri has been criticized as embodying several facets of gender bias in artificial intelligence.... A 2016 analysis of popular language models used by software companies noted that word associations were highly stereotypical....

The safety of high-rise buildings has been under the microscope since dozens of people lost their lives in the tragic Grenfell Tower blaze. The Government has now pledged to take fresh action to relieve the burden on leaseholders, who have so far faced eye-watering costs for remediation work.It says it will not hesitate to introduce a developers’ tax to hit those responsible for dangerous cladding if firms do not voluntarily step up to fix safety defects. Here is what is known about the plans so

“ With two in five deaths related to drug poisoning, this highlights the critical need for public health services to be fully funded.” A government spokesperson said: “ Every death on our streets is a tragedy.... Our most recent statistics published by the ONS estimated that homeless deaths decreased by 12 per cent in 2020 compared to the previous year.“ Even one death is one too many, which is why councils will receive ￡2bn over the next three years to support the homeless.... We also are wor