Students sitting 6 feet apart in classrooms no better protected from those who sit 3 feet apart

Social distancing in classrooms where children sit six feet apart is NOT necessary and they’re no better off than sitting three feet apart, new study finds as Biden pushes for children to get back to school A new study looked at 251 Massachusetts school districts open for in-person learning in fall 2020 that had six … Read more

Animal welfare group claims fish are ‘suffering’ and their ‘mental wellbeing’ should be protected 

An animal welfare group backed by Carrie Symonds is calling for action to tackle fish suffering, including efforts to protect their mental wellbeing.  A study published by the group threatens to upset Britain’s millions of hobby fishermen by raising concerns about hook injuries and stress. Even the stocking of ornamental fish, such as goldfish and … Read more

Zara Larsson says she was ‘well protected’ against ‘predators’ in the industry

‘Not a lot of people are trying to make a move on a 16-year-old’: Zara Larsson says she was ‘well protected’ against ‘predators’ during the early stages of her career as she poses for chic shoot By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 15:53 GMT, 1 March 2021 | Updated: 15:53 GMT, 1 March 2021 Zara … Read more

Greenpeace builds ‘boulder barrier’ to protect marine protected area

Greenpeace activists have built a new underwater ‘boulder barrier’ in a protected area of the English Channel to stop a hugely harmful fishing practice.  In total 18 boulders, each weighing about three tonnes and carrying the name of a celebrity endorser, were dropped this week from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza in the Offshore Brighton marine protected … Read more

Neil Armstrong’s boot print and other artifacts left on the moon are now protected by US law

A new law has become the first to protect human artifacts in outer space.  The ‘One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act’ prevents companies that do business with NASA from disturbing historic traces of previous missions to the moon. Designed to ‘protect and preserve the historic and scientific value of U.S. government … Read more

Covid UK: People refusing vaccine WON’T be protected by neighbours

Britons who refuse to take coronavirus vaccines will not enjoy protection even if their neighbours are immunised, scientists warned today. University of East Anglia experts yesterday claimed the current crop of Covid jabs will never allow Britain to reach ‘herd immunity’ – when so many people are immune to a virus that it can’t spread … Read more

Britons who refuse the Covid vaccine won’t be protected by their neighbours

Britons who refuse to take coronavirus vaccines will not enjoy protection even if their neighbours are immunised, scientists warned today. University of East Anglia experts yesterday claimed the current crop of Covid jabs will never allow Britain to reach ‘herd immunity’ – when so many people are immune to a virus that it can’t spread … Read more

Dancing On Ice 2021 studio FIRST LOOK: Judges protected by perspex screens

The new series of Dancing On Ice will see the judges protected by perspex screens and no studio audience amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  Newly released images of the ITV show’s studios sees large screens placed in front of the judges chairs to shield Ashley Banjo, John Barrowman, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. The judging panel will … Read more

Wrongly jailed soldier calls on Troubles veterans to be protected from alleged historic offences 

‘End this witch-hunt now’: Former soldier Lee Clegg, whose conviction for murder in Northern Ireland was quashed after he spent two years in prison, calls on veterans of the Troubles to be protected from alleged historic offences Lee Clegg was jailed over two teenagers deaths in 1993 at checkpoint in Belfast But he was released … Read more

COVID-19: People with antibodies ‘ARE protected against reinfection’

People who have previously caught the coronavirus and have antibodies are unlikely to get infected again within six months, a NHS study shows.  Research from Oxford University Hospitals looked at 12,180 healthcare workers in Oxford hospitals from April through to November.  Antibody tests revealed 1,246 workers had already caught the virus by the time the study … Read more