The stress of bereavement may accelerate the ageing process, according to researchers who found evidence that losing a loved one early in life had an impact long before people reach middle age.Scientists spotted biological markers of faster ageing in people who had lost a parent, partner, sibling or child, but
Reeves says winter fuel payments to be restricted to poorer pensioners Reeves says pensioners not in receipt of pension credit will no longer get the winter fuel payment. That means it will only go to poorer pensioners. She says this is not a decision she wanted or expected to make.
The Lennox Stakes has often been won by a seven-furlong specialist with a high cruising speed and turn of foot who tends to struggle once elevated to Group 1 company. That final point has applied much less since the significant cash injection to the race’s prize-money, and dual Group 1
From being the youngest on Team GB at the 2008 Olympics to the oldest-ever medal winner in his event. From being a 14-year-old schoolboy in Beijing to participating in Paris with the inspiration fuelling his longevity watching in the stands – his children. The 10m synchro platform title from Tokyo
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Market Moves Which was to say, the rebound after the worst day for US equity markets in about six months wasn’t particularly helpful in picking out which sectors of US markets might be safer in volatile times. Utilities (represented by the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund, or XLU) rebounded the
It will come as little, if any comfort, in the days and months to come, that targeted attacks on groups of children at play are mercifully rare in the UK. The worst in British history was the Dunblane massacre in March 1996 when a gunman walked into a school and
BBC Joe House (left) and Jonathan Lear at Camp Lejeune – Joe’s wife and Jonathan died of cancers possibly connected to water contamination British military veterans affected by a long-running toxic water scandal in the US, say they feel let down by a lack of support from the Ministry of
Arsenal have completed the signing of defender Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna in a deal worth £42m. The 22-year-old, who can play at centre-back or left-back, has signed a five-year contract with the Gunners until 2029 and he further strengthens a defensive unit that conceded only 29 goals and kept 18