Expert to examine if young people are more anxious about the climate emergency

Major new research will examine whether younger people are more anxious about the climate emergency than older generations. The study will examine if millennials and those younger do worry more about environmental changes, who they blame and how they cope. Social media memes and hashtags suggest “baby boomers” are often blamed for global problems, including climate change, at least according to millennials. Intergenerational blame may distract from real solutions and foster discord and disengagement. The study will also…

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Japan to vote for new PM amid political uncertainty: All you need to know | Politics News

The Japanese legislature, known as the Diet, is set to meet for an extraordinary session to vote for the next prime minister.The vote on Tuesday follows the collapse of a 26-year-old partnership earlier this month between the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the smaller Komeito party after Sanae Takaichi took the helm of the LDP.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe LDP has been the dominant force in Japanese politics since the 1950s, but over the past…

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Last Ebola patient discharged in DR Congo, WHO says | Ebola News

Barring new cases, the patient’s recovery kicks off a 42-day countdown to declaring the country’s 16th outbreak over.Published On 19 Oct 202519 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe last Ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been released from a treatment centre in Kasai province, according to the United Nations health agency.The patient is the 19th to recover out of 64 total cases recorded since the outbreak was declared in September, the…

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Four-minute heist at the Louvre: How priceless jewels were stolen in France | Arts and Culture News

The Louvre Museum in the French capital has closed for “exceptional reasons” after a group of intruders successfully stole eight pieces of priceless jewellery in a quick-hit heist that has rocked the world’s most-visited museum.A manhunt for the thieves was under way in Paris on Sunday as police cordoned off the museum – famously home to Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Mona Lisa – with tape and as armed soldiers patrolled its iconic glass pyramid entrance.Recommended Stories list of…

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Pub used for Harry Potter filming damaged by fire

A pub that was closed for what is thought to be the production of the Harry Potter TV series has suffered damage after a fire.Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue received a report of a fire within a storeroom of the Cleave Inn in Lustleigh, in the early hours of Sunday morning.The pub was shut for filming on Wednesday and Thursday, a total of eight fire engines were sent to the scene, with an aerial ladder platform and…

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Exeter 38-0 Harlequins: Henry Slade stars as Chiefs crush Quins

Exeter: Hodge; Feyi-Waboso, Slade, Ikitau, Woodburn; Skinner, Varney; Goodrick-Clarke, Dweba, Iosefa-Scot, Jenkins (capt), Tuima, Hooper, Roots, Fisilau.Replacements: Yeandle, Burger, Tchubadze, Zambonin, Pearson, James, Chapman, Hammersley.Yellow card: Tchubadze (56).Harlequins: Green; Isgro, Northmore, Benson, Murley (capt); Smith, Porter; Baxter, Walker, Williams, Petti Pagadizabal, Lewies, Kenningham, Evans, Cunningham-South.Replacements: Turner, Wenger, Delgado, Treadwell, Browne, Carr, Townsend, Anderson.Yellow card: Murley (68), Browne (77).Referee: Karl Dickson. Source link

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Topless runner takes part in topless swim in Devon

Caroline RobinsonSouth WestBBCLouise Butcher took part in Devon Hospitals Charity Topless Swim 2025A cancer survivor and campaigner has taken part in a charity swim. Louise Butcher, who is known as the Topless Runner, was among the swimmers at the Royal Devon Hospitals Charity Topless Swim 2025 which aimed to raise funds and awareness of breast cancer. The swim at Ilfracombe raised more than £30,000 with 200 ladies "all proudly showing their breasts" including some who had mastectomy scars.Teams…

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Kenya’s revered opposition leader Raila Odinga being laid to rest | Politics News

Final ceremony follows days of memorial events that left five people dead and hundreds injured during stampedes.Published On 19 Oct 202519 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareKenyans are saying a final farewell to esteemed opposition leader Raila Odinga, days after several people were killed when mourners gathered to pay their respects in the capital Nairobi.Odinga, a pro-democracy champion who also served as prime minister from 2008 to 2013, is being buried Sunday at his family’s homestead…

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Live Review The Stranglers ’51 years in and the band are still moving like a ninja’

The Stranglers Manchester Apollo Oct 18th 2025 Live Review     Something Better Change! 51 years in and the Stranglers are still moving like a ninja. Louder Than War were there dressed in black.    More than half a century in and The Stranglers still have an ability to surprise. At this stage of the game, the band are very much the curators of their own idiosyncratic museum dusting down the exhibits and reframing their own hallowed discography.…

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Cornish Pirates miss out on first win of season after 15-15 Doncaster draw

Cornish Pirates joint-head coach Gavin Cattle said he was proud of his side after their 15-15 draw with Doncaster.The Knights ensured a share of the spoils as Russell Bennett converted a 77th-minute penalty to prevent Pirates claiming their first Champ win of the season. An unconverted Iwan Price-Thomas try gave the hosts an early lead before former Pirates winger Matt McNab made it 7-5 to Doncaster soon after.Arthur Relton had a try disallowed for a forward pass before…

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The Lemonheads are back to their ragged best on ‘Love Chant’

The Lemonheads: Love Chant (Fire) Vinyl | CD | DL available at Sister Ray Out now “Never forever is a long time”, winks Evan Dando on The Lemonheads’ first collection of originals for nearly twenty years. It’s worth the wait – Sam Lambeth reviews a restless, adventurous album full of Dando’s loose, untamed charm. The Lemonheads’ frontman Evan Dando is certainly the kind of chap who could lose twenty years behind the back of the sofa. It’s been…

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Parents urged to make sure children in Cornwall are vaccinated

Parents are being encouraged to make sure their children are up to date on their vaccinations.Kernow Health CIC, responsible for delivering school-age immunisations for the NHS, has launched a campaign for half term that explains which immunisations are available to young people.The organisation offers the nasal flu vaccine, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for boys and girls, the tetanus/diphtheria/polio vaccine, meningitis ACWY and catch-up vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella.Michele Boyce, a clinical manager for the Cornwall and…

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