This is the incredible school where the headteacher's bizarre dedication to handwriting practice means EVERY pupil is ambidextrous. Only ten per cent of the population are left handed - and only ONE per cent can write with both hands. But all 300 students at Veena Vandini School in India can write with both their left and right hand, with some able to do both at the same time - in different languages. Every 45 minute lesson features 15 minutes devoted...
Now no one likes filling out piles of admin, and tax returns are probably the worst of the lot. BUT, it seems that confusing, infuriating flat pack instructions may top even the most taxing of tax forms. A new survey of 2,000 UK homeowners has revealed that 16 per cent find flat pack instructions more difficult to follow than a job application and 13 per cent would rather tackle a tax return than try to fight their way through those...
Translators always need to make sure that there are no inconsistencies, ambiguities or errors in their translations. So translating a politician who uses inconsistent, ambiguous and error-ridden language on a daily basis can be difficult. Translators and interpreters worldwide have suffered bigly thanks to the President of the United States. According to French translation expert, Bérengère Viennot, The professional challenges they face when it comes to translating Trump go far beyond his sometimes offensive rhetoric. Why is it so easy...
A property priced at £500,000 has recently entered the real estate market in prime central London. Located in Mayfair, the two bedroom flat provides a rare opportunity for a young family or student to purchase a property in the area, or a buy to let investment opportunity for someone looking to expand their estate in the city. Mayfair has long been a desired residential location, with the typical resident regularly evolving. Recent years have seen house buyers getting younger, with...
Dramatic new video footage has been released showing terrified guests fleeing the Royal Clarence Hotel in their nightgowns as burning embers rained down from the night sky. The scary moment the historic Exeter hotel was evacuated was captured on CCTV pictures from Cathedral Yard and released by the council on the six-month anniversary of the blaze. A large area of the city centre was cordoned off for days while emergency services tackled the blaze, which destroyed what was claimed to...
With the upcoming General Election in the UK, the French Presidential Election, constant threats of nuclear war and terrorism; the hummus shortage that’s been sending the nation into a frenzy does seem somewhat trivial. News of a UK ‘hummus crisis’, nonetheless, still managed to find its way onto the front pages of yesterday’s newspapers. Reports have suggested that a number of UK supermarkets such as Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer and Tesco have suffered a “crisis”, in which stocks of hummus...
The Foreign Secretary said that voters should not feel sorry for the "mutton-headed old mugwump" as, he says, Mr Corbyn is a threat to the country and its security. He went on GMB this morning to explain where he got the strange phrase from. He said: "I think it was in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." So the General Election campaign is already a farce, and it is only likely to get worse. Watch Video Here
A mum narrowly avoided death when she stabbed herself in the chest after tripping over her two dogs in the kitchen and onto an upright KITCHEN KNIFE. Sarah Lane, 31, suffered a two-inch wound through her chest after falling on the 4.5-inch blade in her draining tray while sterilising baby bottles for her two young sons. The full-time chef collapsed in a pool of blood in front of her horrified daughter Freya, 12, following the freak accident at around 2.30am...
A 507 million-year-old sea monster with can-opener like pincers has been identified for the first time. And the strange-looking creature could point to the origin of modern day millipedes, crabs and insects, according to paleontologists. Canadian scientists have uncovered the new fossil species that sheds light on the origin of mandibulates - the most abundant and diverse group of organisms on Earth, which includes flies, ants, crayfish and centipedes The creature, named Tokummia katalepsis by the researchers, is a new...
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