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32% of girls ‘cannot access period products at school’ despite Government schemes

Almost a third of girls and young women in the UK cannot access free period products at their school or college, despite Government schemes being in place for several years, research suggests. Some 32% of girls and young women said they could not ...

28 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Period products locator app hits milestone of more than 1,000 locations

Social Justice Secretary Shona Robison has hailed an “important” milestone for a mobile app which helps people find free period products across Scotland. The PickUpMyPeriod locator app has now linked to more than 1,000 places across the country. ...

28 May 2022 at 01:01

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Medieval warhorses no bigger than modern-day ponies, research finds

The image of the medieval warhorse as a giant snorting, stamping beast is a myth, according to new research, with many mounts of the era no bigger than modern-day ponies. The chargers of English knights were often below 14.2 hands, which would ...

10 Jan 2022 at 13:25

Four million people embarking on foreign festive trips

An estimated four million people in the UK are preparing to spend the Christmas and new year period overseas, according to a travel trade organisation. Abta said Sunday will be the busiest day for departures between Friday and January 2, with ...

20 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Health & Wellbeing

Period advice now being offered by Amazon’s Alexa

Amazon’s Alexa has been trained to offer better advice on periods. Alexa can now answer a series of detailed questions on periods by using information from the Freedom4Girls charity, whose guides have been informed by British teenagers, ...

24 May 2023 at 06:15

Christmas getaway disruption as some flights cancelled due to high winds

A “perfect storm” of bad weather and millions of travellers has resulted in disruption at the start of the Christmas getaway period – with some flights and ferries cancelled due to high winds. The Met Office said yellow warnings for ...

22 Dec 2024 at 07:45

75mph gusts forecast as Christmas getaway disruption continues

Winds of up to 75mph have been forecast for parts of the UK as the Christmas getaway period continues to see disruption caused by bad weather. Heathrow Airport has confirmed around 100 flights have been cancelled on Sunday and ...

22 Dec 2024 at 18:59

Health & Wellbeing

My smear was normal but I’m still worried about symptoms – what should I do?

It’s believed cervical screening, aka smear tests, prevent more than 70% of cervical cancer deaths – and this figure would be even higher if everyone eligible attended, according to Cancer Research UK. Smear tests don’t ...

22 Jan 2024 at 07:30

Airport enacts emergency procedures as bad weather disrupts Christmas getaway

An airport was forced to enact emergency procedures on Sunday as bad weather continued to cause disruption during the Christmas getaway period. A plane’s nose wheel collapsed as it landed in Belfast due to adverse ...

22 Dec 2024 at 21:31

Conditions expected to improve after bad weather disrupts Christmas travel

Conditions are expected to improve this week after bad weather caused disruption during the Christmas getaway period. The Met Office has forecast a “grey Christmas” with some sunny spells and “extremely mild” ...

23 Dec 2024 at 05:50

Teeth find shows meat-eating dinosaurs roamed East Sussex 135 million yeas ago

The discovery of sets of prehistoric teeth has revealed that groups of meat-eating dinosaurs stalked the East Sussex coast 135 million years ago. The research, led by the University of Southampton, has ...

05 Dec 2024 at 17:51

Women make fewer mistakes while on their periods, research suggests

Women make fewer mistakes while on their periods, despite feeling less capable at this time of the month, research suggests. Experts discovered that women experience fluctuations in mental agility ...

05 Jun 2024 at 11:09

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