Left-handed people are more likely than right-handers to be βhyper-competitiveβ, according to a new Italian study of more than 1,100 people. This supposed competitive edge may help explain why lefties, who make up just 10% of the population, are over-represented in sports such as tennis and boxing.
03.03.2026 13:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Interesting.
03.03.2026 07:46 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0UK programmes to protect nature and the climate in developing countries are suffering budget cuts despite ministersβ promises, the Guardian has learned.
03.03.2026 07:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Scotland has become the first part of the UK to legalise hydrolysis, an environmentally friendly alternative to cremation or burial, reflecting increasing demand for more sustainable funeral arrangements.
03.03.2026 07:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Scotland has become the first part of the UK to legalise hydrolysis, an environmentally friendly alternative to cremation or burial, reflecting increasing demand for more sustainable funeral arrangements.
03.03.2026 07:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nigel Farage has been accused of Donald Trump-style election denial by the Green partyβs new MP for Gorton and Denton, after he claimed her Reform rival βcame firstβ among British-born voters in last weekβs byelection.
03.03.2026 07:44 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0More than 100,000 Britons were stranded in the Gulf on Monday, with airspace in the region still closed to most flights and overland evacuation regarded as risky.
03.03.2026 07:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Israelβs determination to attack Iran and the certainty US troops would be targeted in response forced the Trump administration to take pre-emptive strikes, Marco Rubio said, in a new explanation for Washingtonβs surprise entry into the conflict.
03.03.2026 07:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Datacentre developers are facing pressure to reveal whether their projects will increase the UKβs net greenhouse gas emissions, amid concerns the sites could double national electricity demand.
02.03.2026 07:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Green party said its membership had passed 200,000 in the wake of its victory in the Gorton and Denton byelection, in which it overturned a huge Labour majority.
02.03.2026 07:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Shabana Mahmood has ripped up the governmentβs asylum rules so that from Monday every refugee will be told that their status is temporary and will last just 30 months.
02.03.2026 07:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The UKβs RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus was hit by a suspected drone strike, causing limited damage and no casualties, Cypriot authorities and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
02.03.2026 07:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Donald Trump said on Sunday he was prepared to talk to what was left of the Iranian leadership in the wake of the killing of the countryβs supreme leader by US-Israeli air strikes aimed at overthrowing the regime.
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Hannah Spencer is the new MP for Gorton and Denton after the Green partyβs first ever parliamentary byelection victory. In a bitter blow to Keir Starmer, Labour were pushed into third place in a constituency the party has represented for nearly a century. Reformβs Matt Goodwin came second.
27.02.2026 07:21 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Peter Mandelson is facing an inquiry by the EUβs anti-fraud agency after the European Commission requested the body look into his activities during his time as trade commissioner in Brussels.
27.02.2026 07:20 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0US βbullyingβ over a proposed carbon levy on shipping appears to be paying off, experts have said, after Panama reversed its support for the measure.
27.02.2026 07:19 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Jeremy Corbyn is to become the parliamentary leader of Your Party, after an election in which his rival Zarah Sultana was also voted on to the partyβs leadership committee.
27.02.2026 07:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hospitals and care homes in the UK face βan impending car crashβ, experts have warned, as research shows the number of overseas nurses and carers has collapsed.
27.02.2026 07:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0High-stakes talks between the US and Iran over the future of Tehranβs nuclear programme ended on Thursday without a deal, as the threat of war grows.
27.02.2026 07:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Voting has opened in the Gorton and Denton by-election. With the polls predicting a near-perfect tie between Labour, Reform UK and the Greens, says Politico, for the next 24 hours, the Manchester suburb will be a βfull-scale political circusβ.
26.02.2026 15:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Police arrested a man for a burglary in a city he had never visited after face scanning software deployed across the UK confused him with another person of south Asian heritage.
26.02.2026 07:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The US has been accused of βshameless exploitationβ over a health financing agreement with Zambia worth more than $1bn (Β£740m).
26.02.2026 07:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Dad joke of the day.
25.02.2026 17:08 β π 293 π 21 π¬ 14 π 2The Metropolitan police has apologised to the Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, for accidentally revealing he was the source of a tipoff that Peter Mandelson supposedly planned to flee the UK, prompting officers to arrest the former ambassador.
26.02.2026 07:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hospitals that cause harm and injury to women and babies during childbirth often resort to a βcover-upβ of their mistakes, falsify medical records and deny bereaved parents answers, a damning report has found.
26.02.2026 07:04 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Polls open in the Gorton and Denton byelection a day after Reformβs candidate found out he will not face a sanction for leaflets that omitted the partyβs imprint.
26.02.2026 07:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The T-Rex was significantly faster than previously thought. New analysis of the deadly dinosaurβs footprints suggest the predator ran in a βtoes-firstβ style, making it 20% faster than original estimates, and meaning it would beat Usain Bolt over 100m by a crisp 0.81 seconds.
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