Parents really are the best teachers: Young birds that spend longer in the family unit grow up smarter, study shows Siberian jays in Sweden and New Caledonian crows off Australia’s coast studied Those that stayed with their parents for longer developed more skills than others Crows also spent about a year teaching fledglings how to … Read more
The youngest member of the royal family of Sweden, Prince Oscar, takes central stage in a series of newly released pictures. The four-year-old son of Crown Princess Victoria looked thrilled as he befriended and pet some sheep during a visit at the Haga Palace in Stockholm on Monday 18 May. The same day, the young … Read more
The world’s most breathtaking ports: The ultimate list of places with wonderful waterfronts, from America to Australia via Italy and Norway This series of scintillating snaps will take you on a maritime journey around the globe Some of the ports are framed by soaring skyscrapers, others by rolling snow-covered mountains Dubrovnik, Portloe in Cornwall, Marina … Read more
The UK is suffering far graver economic damage than Sweden after Britain imposed a lockdown and the Scandinavian country did not. Britain’s GDP has already seen a larger slump than Sweden’s this year – with only one week of lockdown included in the figures so far. The UK’s construction and retail sectors both saw their … Read more
A review of the scientific evidence into the risks presented by re-opening schools amid the coronavirus crisis has concluded that doing so is unlikely to spread the disease among children or adults. The research, a systematic review of more than 47 separate studies, found that children are at a low risk of catching, spreading and suffering … Read more
Sweden suffered its deadliest month in nearly 30 years in April, figures reveal as country continues to adopt a more relaxed approach to fighting Covid-19 April saw the most deaths recorded in a month in Sweden since December 1993 A total of 10,458 deaths were recorded in the country of 10.3 million inhabitants Sweden has … Read more
Growing up, the story of the starfish stuck with filmmaker Tyler Gildin. The parable – a boy saves a starfish stranded on the beach by throwing it back into the water – was told often at his summer camp. Years later, Gildin was astonished when he discovered his grandfather, Herb, recounting the tale at a … Read more
The UK is behind most of Europe in bringing the coronavirus pandemic under control, the head of the EU’s disease control agency has said. Andrea Ammon said Britain was one of five European countries along with Poland, Romania, Sweden and Bulgaria which have yet to see a downward trend in cases. Ammon, the head of … Read more
WHEN WILL VICTORY BELLS RING OUT? British tanks storming into Denmark, 500,000 German PoWs taken in Hamburg and Cabinet ministers told to stay in London – how the last days of WWII in Europe were reported in May 1945 On Friday, May 4 1945, British troops were rolling into Denmark, crossing German border into Jutland … Read more
Every day, hundreds more lives are lost to Covid-19. Social media is awash with data and graphs, our death rate plotted against that of other nations. And the graphs all seem to point to the same grim conclusion: that the UK is one of worst affected countries, with our death toll approaching a chilling 30,000. In … Read more