The King’s Speech promised legislation to create a ‘smoke-free generation.’ The number of children using vapes has trebled in the last three years, rising to 20.5 per cent for 11-to-17-year-olds who have tried vaping.
Amidst controversy, the Prime Minister has agreed to a pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day, honouring the right of the people to protest peacefully.
Disagreement prompts truth. Research suggests that media literacy improves when people from different cultures and with different beliefs fact-check together. Findings show that being paired with someone from a different culture results in more careful scrutiny of social media posts and a willingness to revise one’s initial viewpoint.
Could hydrogen be the answer to a cleaner, decarbonised, environment? Hydrogen gas burns easily and unlike wood and fossil fuels, produces no climate-altering carbon dioxide when released into the atmosphere – only water vapour. So why aren’t we using it? One challenge is that the ‘greenest’ methods for extracting pure hydrogen remain ‘wildly expensive.’
A 1932 Picasso titled Femme à la montre sold for $139 million, making it the second most expensive artwork by the artist to be sold at auction.
Mental health takes a backseat. As many as 50,000 people were sectioned under the Mental Health Act last year, with black people being four times more likely to be committed against their will. Despite much-needed reform to the Mental Health Bill, the government did not include it in the King’s Speech. Chief Executive of Mind, Dr Sarah Hughes finds it: ‘incomprehensible that legislation which would help people at their most unwell has been de-prioritised.’
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