Getty Images Posture is all about regular movement, exercise and positive mindsets “Sit up straight!” – we’ve all heard that command barked at us many times. For years we’ve been told that good posture means standing tall, shoulders back and your spine straight as a rod. But that might not actually be true. According to […]
A choreographer and former dancer with The Washington Ballet, Stephen Nakagawa, has been named the new head of the Kennedy Center’s dance programming, days after the entire staff of the renowned performing arts institution’s dance department was fired. In a press statement sent to Newsportu on Monday, the president of the Kennedy Center, Richard Grenell, […]
Zahra Fatima & Ruth Comerford BBC News Matt Taylor Lead weather presenter PA Media Sun and sunflowers in Becketts Farm, south of Birmingham The August bank holiday has brought record temperatures for parts of the UK, with the hottest recorded in Wales. Hawarden, on the border near Chester, hit 29.6C – the highest recorded in […]
Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Media Trapped in underground rocks, a potential energy resource has eluded generations of British politicians. It’s called shale gas and the method of getting it out of the ground, known as fracking, has proved politically difficult. Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, has been banned many times by different prime ministers […]
Seoul, South Korea – South Korean President Lee Jae-myung is set to meet United States President Donald Trump for the first time in a high-stakes visit to his country’s closest and most important ally. After a one-day meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo, Lee arrived in Washington, DC, on Sunday ahead of […]
Tanya Gupta BBC News, West Midlands BBC Kevin Braddock said the question for many was how to start A gym set up with a focus on the wellbeing of body and mind has been awarded a £14,000 lottery grant to develop its work. The Soma Space in Oswestry was established two years ago by Kevin […]
Katy Prickett BBC News, Cambridgeshire Family handouts Anne Martinez (left) and Karen Starling died the year after undergoing double lung transplants at the hospital A hospital trust has paid a “six-figure settlement package” in the case of nine patients following an outbreak of a bacterial infection linked to its water supply. Three patients died and […]
PA/James Brown An artist’s impression issued by the University of Portsmouth of an Istiorachis macarthurae A new species of dinosaur that had an “eye-catching sail” along its back has been named after sailor Dame Ellen MacArthur. The dinosaur, unearthed on the Isle of Wight, has been given the name Istiorachis macarthurae with the first word […]
Catrin Nye and Adam Eley BBC News Getty Images Baby food manufacturers must cut levels of salt and sugar in their products and stop promoting snacks for babies under the age of one, the government has said. The new guidance would also restrict the use of marketing claims that suggest health benefits without scientific evidence. […]
We discuss the latest political news, including the FBI search of former Trump adviser John Bolton’s home and whether President Trump will send National Guard troops to more cities. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: There’s been no summer slowdown in Washington, D.C. President Trump’s takeover of the Capitol city’s police is about to enter its third week, […]