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Rates have fallen in younger children but remain higher in 10- to 11-year-olds in sign of lasting lockdown impactAlmost one in four children aged 10 and 11 in England are obese, according to the largest study of its kind – a finding that experts say exposes the “profound” and “alarming” long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic.Obesity rates increased by 45% in four- to five-year-olds and by 21% in 10- to 11-year-olds during the first year of lockdowns, the analysis involving more than 1 million children reveals. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/24/child-obesity-in-england-still-above-pre-pandemic-levels-study-finds Author : Andrew Gregory Health editor Publish date

Israeli government says Israel ‘will not give up on the destruction of Hamas’; UN and Sana’a-based humanitarian staff ordered to leave by Houthi officialsThe United Nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (Ocha) has outlined some of the violence happening in the West Bank in its latest update. It describes the number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank in 2023 as “the highest” since Ocha started recording casualties in 2005.It also says “the number of Israelis killed in the West Bank and Israel in 2023 in attacks perpetrated by Palestinians from the West Bank was the highest” in

Tory MPs say Clarke’s rebellion attempt ‘seems to have fizzled already’ as prime minister holds PMQsAfter PMQs there will be a Commons urgent question on resilience in the light of the recent storms. Labour has tabled it, and a Cabinet Office minister will respond.Labour would prosecute Amazon executives if they continued to allow dangerous knives to be sold on their platform, Keir Starmer has said this morning.Five months ago, Labour supported the government’s pledge to introduce new legislation to toughen the rules on possession of machetes and zombie-style knives. There has been no action since, only warnings from experts that

Ex-president in strong position to seize Republican nomination after sweeping first two contests of 2024 primary seasonA sweep of the first two nominating contests on the 2024 primary season left Donald Trump in a strong position to seize the Republican party nomination, and made a rematch with Joe Biden even more inevitable.Trump’s Republican rival, Nikki Haley, vowed to fight on despite her second place finish in New Hampshire, a state where she had hoped for an upset, and her third place finish in the Iowa caucuses. But she faces long odds. There is no precedent for a candidate winning the

Alarm in sector as cost of living crisis and rent rises mean that 125 independent venues either closed or stopped hosting live music in 2023Over a third of UK grassroots music venues are loss-making, according to the annual report of the sector charity Music Venues Trust (MVT).Thirty-eight per cent of the 835 venues, most of them small and entirely independent, made a loss, with cost of rent a particular pressure point: venues that rent their premises saw those costs increase by an average of 37.5% compared with 2022. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/24/over-a-third-of-uk-grassroots-music-venues-are-loss-making-charity-finds Author : Ben Beaumont-Thomas Publish date

Former US president repeats 2020 election lie as rival candidate tells crowd New Hampshire is not last race in fight for Republican nominationFollow our live results trackerWe are a ways out from the 5 November election itself, but after today’s primary in New Hampshire the election events start coming thick and fast until we reach Super Tuesday on 5 March. If you need it, here is a handy timeline of how the process unfolds throughout the year.Former US secretary of labor Robert Reich has written for the Guardian today, and is scathing about what he says is the way that

Soon-to-be-Cyclone Kirrily is forecast – as of Wednesday morning – to be directly over Townsville at 10pm on Thursday. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMorrison to take up separate position at Dyne Asset ManagementAs we brought you just earlier, Scott Morrison will be taking up a role with international advisory and consulting firm American Global Strategies after his resignation from politics late February.Well, firstly, I think we should be quite thoughtful of which category we’re talking about for farmers. If you’re talking about fruits and vegetables, we are in

Finds reported to England’s Portable Antiquities Scheme include medieval bone rosary bead and 3,000-year-old gold dress fastenerCaroline Nunneley was mudlarking along the shore of the Thames in London – inching on her hands and knees while scanning the mud for archaeological finds – when she suddenly spotted a miniature human skull looking up at her.She picked up the small, exquisitely carved object and showed it to a friend. “We turned it over and we went: ‘Whoa.’ Because we hadn’t realised that there was a face on the other side.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/23/british-museum-reveals-bumper-haul-of-treasures-found-by-the-public Author : Esther Addley Publish

Senior official told Yousaf, then health secretary, that having a drink in his hand at dinners made him ‘exempt’Humza Yousaf was allegedly advised on how to avoid wearing a face mask in public by one of Scotland’s most senior health officials at the height of the Covid crisis, a public inquiry has been told.Private text messages show Jason Leitch, Scotland’s national clinical director, told Yousaf he had only to hold a glass in his hand to avoid having to use a mask while he was standing and talking to people at a dinner. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/23/scotland-first-minister-humza-yousef-was-told-how-to-avoid-having-to-wear-mask-covid-inquiry-told Author

Hasbro signs deal with Lego Group and Alton Towers operator Merlin EntertainmentsPeppa Pig is to make her Lego debut in a new range of toys and theme park attractions, in the latest lucrative deal to immortalise a popular character in plastic brick form.The multibillion-dollar global preschool phenomenon known for her love of jumping in muddy puddles is to be given the Lego treatment, appearing for the first time in a range of Duplo sets for children and a series of themed Lego experiences at big theme parks. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jan/23/peppa-pig-lego-theme-parks-hasbro-alton-towers-merlin-entertainments Author : Mark Sweney Publish date :

The shadow health secretary’s speech will be an attack on ‘waste’ in the NHS and say Labour will make it more efficient David Cameron, the foreign secretary, has urged peers to back the government’s Rwanda bill after the House of Lords last night voted for a motion intended to delay its implementation.As Rajeev Syal reports, peers voted for a motion saying ratification of the UK-Rwanda treaty, that underpins the Rwanda bill going through parliament, should be delayed until Rwanda has shown that it has enacted the legal reforms set out in the treaty intended to show it is a safe

In today’s newsletter: Despite a national programme of vaccinations since 1967, measles cases are on the rise – why?• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Before a vaccine for measles was created, there were regular epidemics that caused approximately 2.6 million deaths worldwide each year. In England, the year before the vaccine was introduced in 1968, there were 460,000 cases of measles – by the 1980s that number had dropped to about 10,000 suspected cases a year.To drive home the importance of getting protected from this highly contagious infection, the government implemented a national vaccination campaign

Follow the latest updates liveScott Morrison to resign from politics, Liberal sources sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHomelessness increasing across Australia, report findsIn January every year, the Productivity Commission releases its Report on Government Services, which “monitor the performance of Australian governments in the delivery of important services to the community”.The first thing is to stay connected with the emergency messaging and understand the alerts that may and will come out as the cyclone approaches the coast.But more importantly, use the next 48 hours to 72 hours to prepare yourself and your family

Pentagon details eight new strikes in joint statement with UK, Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, which supported latest bombingReged Ahmad here picking up the blog from Jem BartholomewUS Central Command (Centcom) has posted some of the latest video and images of their airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthis.The US undertook its eighth round of airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Monday at 11.59pm local time. A Pentagon statement said the bombing was proportionate and necessary.US military officials said the strikes were successful and had “good impacts” in all eight locations. US Central Command said the strikes were to “respond to

The rebel group in Yemen has been targeting ships in the Red Sea for support of Palestinians in Gaza, they sayJoe Biden has spoken to Rishi Sunak about the Red Sea crisis emphasising the need to continue “disrupting and degrading” Houthi military capabilities, even as the US military denied claims that the Yemeni rebels had successfully targeted a US military support ship.White House spokesman John Kirby said the US president had discussed the situation with the British prime minister on Monday, following continued Houthi attacks on shipping transiting the Red Sea and nearby Gulf of Aden over the past week.

Lords to debate whether it should delay ratification of UK-Rwanda treatyMy colleague Mark Sweney has more dismal news on the economy this morning:More than 47,000 UK companies are on the brink of collapse after a 25% jump in businesses facing “critical” financial distress in the final three months of 2023, according to a new report. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jan/22/rishi-sunak-rwanda-bbc-conservatives-uk-politics-live Author : Jem Bartholomew (now) and Martin Belam (earlier) Publish date : 2024-01-22 19:20:40 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

‘Looking for a solution in the Middle East doesn’t mean that we are not continuing supporting Ukraine,’ says Josep BorrellIn an intelligence update published today, the British defence ministry said: “Ukraine’s ports exported more agricultural products in December 2023 than at any other point since Russia’s invasion, almost certainly driven by the reopening of Ukraine’s main Black Sea ports and the establishment of a unilateral shipping export channel.”It added:Ukraine has achieved this because it has largely prevented the Russian Black Sea fleet from operating in the western Black Sea, where it is held at risk by Ukrainian missiles and uncrewed

Health organisation says its ambulances are unable to reach the injured in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza StripSee all our coverage of the Middle East crisisThe humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip “could not be worse”, the EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said on Monday.“From now on I will not talk about the peace process, but I want a two-state-solution process”, Borell was quoted by Reuters as saying ahead of an EU foreign ministers’ meeting. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/22/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-gaza-hostages-families-protest-release-benjamin-netanyahu-israel-hamas-war-eu-palestine-talks Author : Yohannes Lowe (now) and Adam Fulton (earlier) Publish date : 2024-01-22 12:38:02 Copyright for syndicated

Disruption expected on Monday as cancellations and delays issued for rail, sea and air with heavy rain and high winds forecastTrain services in Scotland are expected to be suspended until around noon after “a wild night”, Network Rail says.The railway has recovered quickly this morning following Storm Isha with trees and debris cleared across routes in England and Wales, and route proving trains reporting lines clear.Passenger and freight services have restarted and a good service is expected in most areas. Passengers should still check before they head out for the latest travel news on trains operators’ websites.Between 3.30pm on Sunday,

Judge tells court the accused ‘cannot have a fair trial’ because of defence counsel’s health issuesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA judge has discharged the jury in the trial of a former teacher who allegedly groomed and had unlawful sexual activity with a student at an elite Sydney high school.Judge Sophia Beckett told the jury that she was forced to make the “very unusual” decision after evidence about the health of the defence barrister came to light, threatening the fairness of proceedings. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/22/jury-dismissed-in-trial-of-maths-teacher-accused-of-having-sex-with-student-at-elite-sydney-school Author : Daisy Dumas Publish

Hundreds of people set fire to a giant wooden beetle in the annual festival to raise awareness of the harmful pine beetleIn what’s become an annual winter tradition: hundreds of people carrying torches set fire to a giant wooden beetle effigy in Custer, South Dakota, to raise awareness of the destructive impact of the mountain pine beetle on forest land in the Black Hills.Custer firefighters prepared and lit the torches for residents to carry in a march to the pyre Saturday night in the 11th Burning Beetle fest, the Rapid City Journal reported. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/21/custer-south-dakota-burning-beetle-fest-event-pageant-park Author

Inmate, who died aged 83, was imprisoned for the murder of a Sydney drug dealer. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe water supply to Port Douglas in far north Queensland has been turned off “until further notice”, according to Douglas shire council.Late last night the council issued an emergency alert that people in Port Douglas, Craiglie and Mowbray would “need to fill water containers now” due to the loss of water services.The water supply to Port Douglas will be turned off shortly until further notice.A dramatic drop in the

Forecasters warn of life-threatening gusts in coastal areas as local authorities brace for power cuts Strong winds and rain battered large parts of the UK as Storm Isha took hold, with warnings of potentially life-threatening gusts and travel disruption expected into Monday.Two amber wind alerts were put in place by the Met Office across the country on Sunday, while rail, sea and air travellers faced disruption, with closures, cancellations and delays across a number of services. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/21/uk-warned-of-power-cuts-and-travel-disruption-as-storm-isha-hits Author : Tom Ambrose and Alexandra Topping Publish date : 2024-01-21 19:46:07 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Theft occurred on day the Ouray County Plaindealer published story about alleged sexual assault at party at police chief’s houseNearly all the copies of a small-town Colorado newspaper were stolen from newspaper racks on the same day the Ouray County Plaindealer published a story about charges being filed over rapes alleged to have occurred at an underage drinking party at the police chief’s house while the chief was asleep, the owner and publisher said Friday.Mike Wiggins vowed to get to the bottom of it, posting Thursday on X, formerly Twitter: “If you hoped to silence or intimidate us, you failed

Documents recording request from monarch to keep secret the will of a relative partly withdrawn from public viewStaff at Britain’s National Archives have censored documents that show how the late Queen Elizabeth II concealed details of a relative’s wealth from the public.They recently withdrew the papers, removed parts of them and then placed them back in the public domain. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/21/national-archives-censor-files-showing-late-queen-concealed-relatives-wealth Author : Rob Evans and David Pegg Publish date : 2024-01-21 13:01:12 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.