More than 16,000 new secondary school spaces are needed within seven years to accommodate new pupils starting primary education, official figures reveal. Data analysed by BBC News shows the scale of the challenge to meet rising demand by the time current four-year-olds move schools. Surrey County Council and Birmingham City ... Read More »
Another drop in mortgage interest rates, to their lowest level in three years, sent borrowers back to the bank to refinance home loans. Total mortgage application volume increased 2.9 percent last week on a seasonally adjusted basis from the previous week. Applications are now nearly 35 percent higher than one ... Read More »
obesity won’t cut your existence brief after all, a new examine suggests. Danish researchers document that the threat that an obese individual will die upfront has dropped dramatically over the past 40 years. How dramatically? in keeping with their analysis, the 30 percentage extra chance of death early from anycause ... Read More »
Americans are nevertheless divided over the controversial fitness reform law even though most tend toassist many parts of the degree, a new HealthDay/Harris poll observed. but, not one of the present day crop of presidential candidates appears to inspire lots hope that they may properly deal with fitness care coverage ... Read More »
THURSDAY, April 14, 2016 — Adults with diabetes die earlier and suffer longer with disabilities than men and women without the blood-sugar disease, researchers are reporting. Type 1 and type 2 diabetes will shorten the lives of 50-year-old men and women by more than three years. And only about 13 ... Read More »
This glass ping pong table is the ultimate designer accessory Clearly, it’s the best ping pong table ever. Alas, only a flashy young billionaire with a huge pad can afford Calma e Gesso’s floating crystal and glass tennis court — but that’s sort of the point of Architectural Digest’s annual ... Read More »
Every nursery in England should have a qualified early years teacher to help toddlers develop skills like speech and language, a children’s charity says. Save the Children says pre-schoolers can be “set back decades” if their brains are not adequately stimulated before they start formal schooling. It says early years ... Read More »
Note to self: Remember that Post-its turn 35 this month. Since it first hit office supply closets across America in the early Eighties, the ubiquitous sticky square has been a life saver for our notes, reminders, and everything in between. Who can forget the iconic “Sex and the City” breakup ... Read More »
A blue diamond ring that child star-turned-diplomat Shirley Temple wore for decades is going up for auction. Sotheby’s says the 9.54 carat ring is among the more than 300 lots in the “Magnificent Jewels” auction scheduled for April 19 in New York. It has a pre-sale estimate of between $25 ... Read More »
