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Smell of food begins on the tongue, here’s why
This shows that the interaction between smell and taste, the primary components of food flavour, may begin on the tongue and not in the brain as previously thought.
Netanyahu to name settlement in disputed Golan Heights after Trump
The newly-re-elected Israeli Prime Minister Biyamin Netanyahu vowed today to name a settlement in the Golan Heights after Donald Trump. The move by newly elected Netanyahu is to thank Trump for flouting international law and recognising Israeli sovereignty over the lands just before the Israeli elections. Israel captured the region to its North along the Syrian border during the Six Day War in 1967 and it has been occupied ever since despite UN resolutions against Israel’s annexation of the strategic...
Real life ‘Uncle Albert’: only sailor to survive Titanic and Lusitania disasters revealed
George Beauchamp was working as a fire stoker below deck when the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean on April 14 1912
Brits are working from public toilets and zoos as hot desking turns to ‘not desking’
Public toilets, zoos and mountain tops have been named among the most weird and wonderful places people work from as hot desking turns to ‘not desking’. Research of more than 5,000 sole traders, entrepreneurs and small businesses has revealed people are increasingly turning their backs on the office and running company operations from their mobile phone. Those running animal care businesses were found to be most likely ‘not desking’, with a quarter running their firms remotely. People working in arts...
Labour takes clear lead across 10 Westminster polls
The Labour Party has put clear water between itself and rival parties, taking a lead in 10 Westminster polls. According to the latest voting intention Jeremy Corbyn’s party has an average lead of five percentage points over Theresa May’s Conservatives. The latest polls, conducted by ComRes, ORB and YouGov, give Labour a +10, +3 and a +1 lead respectively. Other polling houses put Labour up by as much as nine points, with Hanbury giving them 40 per cent of...
Police are hunting London moped delivery driver after a string of sexual assaults
The man has assaulted a number of women across London.
Watch school striker Greta Thunberg’s rapturous address to London climate protestors
The 16-year-old founder of the school strikes against climate change previously said hoped to join the protesters in London.
Herbs that only grow on the tropical island of Mauritius ‘could treat cancer’
Researchers found that leaves from three herbs, that are exclusive to the island, contain compounds that stop the growth of cancer cells in the oesophagus
Buckingham Palace announces Donald Trump state visit in June, protests already planned
Buckingham Palace has just confirmed a state visit from the US president between June 3 and June 4. Donald and Melania Trump last met the Queen on a visit to the UK in July 2018 amid large public protests. As well as visiting the Queen who hosts state visits, Donald Trump is to meet the Prime Minister at Chequers and travel to his Turnberry Golf Course in Scotland. Trump’s visit last year was greeted by hundreds of thousands of protestors...