Shutting schools during lockdown will leave children from the poorest families at least a year behind their classmates, a new study has found. Researchers claim educational gaps between children could grow and inequalities between pupils will rise due to school closures during the Coronavirus pandemic. Children from 'disadvantaged' backgrounds who …...Read More

It's well known that coronavirus can travel deep in the body, infecting the nose, throat and lungs. Bur new research has found that the virus can also infect the ear and the mastoid bone of the skull which is just behind the ear. In a small study of three patients, …...Read More

Parents should not buy face masks for children under three because they can cause choking and suffocation, Public Health England has warned. The public health body made the announcement on the eve of face coverings becoming mandatory in shops throughout the UK. It made the move after becoming aware that …...Read More

Nicola Sturgeon is using her daily coronavirus press conferences as 'party political broadcasts' and a lack of scrutiny of her decisions has allowed her to cultivate a 'Saint Nicola' persona in Scotland through the crisis, a leading MSP told MailOnline today. Michelle Ballantyne, Conservative MSP for South Scotland, spoke out …...Read More

Neanderthals went extinct around 40,000 years ago but have a reputation as being hulking, brutish beings who were tough and fearless. But a new study has found this belief to be at least partly incorrect, as Neanderthals likely had a pain threshold lower than the majority of modern-day humans. Genetic …...Read More

City-dwellers should switch off their garden lights at night, scientists have urged — as light pollution interrupts the sleeping patterns of magpies and pigeons. Disrupted sleep — and catching up on sleep debt in the daytime — can impact a bird's ability to forage, defend itself from predators and find …...Read More

Shiraaz Kureembokus (pictured) claimed he was lonely during lockdown when he tried to meet the teenager - who was actually an undercover officer An Oxford University PhD student has been jailed after a police sting caught him trying to arrange sex with a 14-year-old boy off Grindr. Shiraaz Kureembokus claimed …...Read More

In Utah this month, Sim Gill, the district attorney in Salt Lake County, sent state legislators recommendations for changing the laws governing the use of force by the police, including that state’s fleeing-felon statute. Mr. Gill, who said he has long examined how use of force statutes conflict with the …...Read More

This is the moment a mother bravely protected her four-year-old daughter from being abducted in broad day light in India. Two motorcyclists can be seen attempting to take the young girl and drive her away on one of their bikes in eastern Delhi's Shakarpur area. But the mother rushes out …...Read More

Road traffic is again nearly as heavy as it was before lockdown with new data showing that vehicle numbers reached 88 per cent of pre-Covid levels on Monday. The amount of motorists on Britain's roads is up four percentage points week-on-week, according to the Department for Transport (DfT) data. The …...Read More