Playing video games can be good for your mental health, new research suggests. The study by the team at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, focused on players of Nintendo’s Animal Crossing and Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville by Electronic Arts. Crucially, it included data from the games-makers on how long each participant
Month: November 2020
Barack Obama has said it’s “absolutely” time for President Donald Trump to concede the election – and that he should have already done so. Mr Trump‘s predecessor told CBS’ 60 Minutes programme that he should have conceded defeat to Joe Biden “the day after the election” and it was time for America’s outgoing leader to
Boris Johnson has declared himself “fit as a butcher’s dog” as he self-isolates, while also raising the prospect of a COVID-19 vaccine being distributed “perhaps before Christmas”. The prime minister is currently self-isolating after meeting with a Conservative MP who later tested positive for coronavirus. Mr Johnson’s need to quarantine comes in a critical week
House price tags have edged down from record highs in a sign that sellers are now rushing to beat the end of the stamp duty holiday next March, according to a property website. Rightmove has charted a strong increase in demand and asking prices since the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, moved in July to give the
Ellen DeGeneres has won an award for her chat show just months after a row over “toxic” workplace allegations. Three senior producers from the Ellen DeGeneres Show left the programme over the summer, after allegations of bullying and misconduct behind the scenes were made by former staff members. They spoke to the US news outfit
Global pharmaceutical company Janssen is beginning clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine in the UK. Around the country, 6,000 volunteers are taking part in phase-three trials of the COVID-19 vaccine at 17 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) sites, including in Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Leicester, Sheffield, Manchester, Dundee and Belfast. Please use Chrome
Four astronauts have begun their journey to the International Space Station (ISS) after a historic SpaceX launch. It is NASA’s first fully-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit on board a privately-owned spacecraft and the second time that SpaceX’s Dragon capsule has taken astronauts to the space station, after a test flight back in May
Boris Johnson is self-isolating after a meeting with an MP who later tested positive for COVID-19. The prime minister’s spokesman said he had been notified by NHS Test and Trace that he has to self-isolate as he was a contact of someone who has tested positive. Mr Johnson will “follow the rules and is self-isolating”
Peru’s interim president has resigned after just five days following the deaths of two people in protests over the sudden removal of his predecessor. Manuel Merino was sworn in on Tuesday after Peru‘s opposition-dominated Congress voted to remove popular centrist Martin Vizcarra as president over bribery allegations, which he denies. But in a televised speech
Two new “mega labs” to turnaround 600,000 coronavirus tests a day are planned for next year, as Boris Johnson tries to draw a line under losing two key advisers. The prime minister will make a “series of critical announcements”, Number 10 said, following the sudden departure of aides Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain. And in
The UK’s COVID-19 hotspot should have a tighter lockdown and school closures to reduce spiralling cases, Hull’s NHS boss has said. Hull in East Yorkshire became England’s worst affected area this week as infection rates soared to well above 700 per 100,000 people. This weekend, around 180 people are being treated at the Hull Royal
One of Britain’s biggest listed property groups is facing demands from an American hedge fund to break itself up and hand over a board seat in the latest example of shareholder activism targeting a major UK company. Sky News has learnt that Countryside Properties, which has a market capitalisation of over £2bn, has been told
Donald Trump has appeared to concede the US election for the first time, saying that president-elect Joe Biden “won”. He made the admission in a tweet along with more unfounded claims the vote was rigged against him. Mr Trump wrote of his soon-to-be successor: “He won because the election was rigged. NO VOTE WATCHERS OR
Tigray’s leader has admitted it fired missiles at the capital of neighbouring Eritrea, in another escalation of the fighting in Ethiopia. Earlier, at least three rockets appeared to have been aimed the airport in the Eritrean capital Asmara, hours after the Tigray regional government warned it might attack. The attacks on an international target represent
Des O’Connor has died at the age of 88 following a fall at his home, his agent has confirmed. The TV all-rounder had achieved a rare feat in the often fickle world of entertainment, heading up his own primetime TV chat shows for over 45 years, as well as forging a successful musical career with
The tension of a contested election has been building for days and finally the two sides of a divided America squared off. They came head-to-head outside The Supreme Court in Washington DC in the afternoon on Saturday. By dusk, both sides moved into town, some armed with baseball bats, shanks and up for a fight.
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