Yennah Smart

How much does the royal family really cost the UK?

Newly published sovereign grant accounts reveal how much the King and Queen get from the Crown Estate — and how much from the taxpayer

‘Hi Mum and Dad’ … inside the emotive text scam Fraudsters are posing as vulnerable children to trick parents out of thousands of pounds — but the police and phone companies are playing catch-up

🔔🚨The results from our work on categorization of #SMSscams published at #IMC2024 and the upcoming paper on “Hi Mum and Dad” SMS scams at #USENIXSecurity are published in today’s article @thetimes.com by @yennahsmart.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/business-mon... #StopScamsUK #scams @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk

Welcome to Sidmouth, where over-90s are having the time of their lives The Devon town has only 842 residents under 30 — and 1,100 over 80 — and yet somehow it works, thanks to a strong sense of community and plenty of willing volunteers

Sidmouth, in east Devon, has 1,100 residents over the age of 80 compared with just 842 under 30s – yet somehow, it works

An absolute delight of a read from @yennahsmart.bsky.social, one of the rising stars on the Times data team www.thetimes.com/article/9c8a...

Who are the hundreds of thousands of children missing primary school? We look at the data behind an ‘epidemic of absence’ to find the key factors

Who are the hundreds of thousands of children missing primary school? @thetimes.com
@nicolawoolcock.bsky.social @yennahsmart.bsky.social look at the data behind an ‘epidemic of absence’ to find the key factors.
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UK population projected to reach 72.5 million by 2032

Immigration into the UK is set to add almost five million people to the country’s population over the next decade, the ONS has said⬇️

With the likes of Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX and Chappell Roan headlining major festivals over summer and Tate McRae and Dua Lipa on tour, could 2025 be the first year that women out number men in the charts...!

But the future is female!! The proportion of top 100 songs in the UK credited to women is steadily increasing!

Since the arrival of the Beatles, male groups have been responsible for the majority of top hits up until the early 2000s when male soloists started to become more prominent

For the second year in a row, female soloists dominated the UK music scene in 2024!

Following the latest NHS flu figures across the Christmas period, NHS directors warn of pressure on hospitals due to spread of winter quad-demic (flu, Covid, norovirus and respiratory syncytial virus)

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🗞️ More and more Times and Sunday Times journalists and staff are joining BlueSky.

We’ll be updating this starter kit as they do so, you should give them a follow

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