Scottish Filmmaker Lynne Ramsay Honored by Reykjavik ’s Stockfish Fest
Scottish auteur Lynne Ramsay and former Icelandic Film Center (IFC) chief Laufey Guðjónsdóttir received honors from the 10th anniversary edition of Reykjavik’s Stockfish Film & Industry Festival (April 4 – 14, 2024). The awards, presented during a reception on April 11th, celebrate outstanding…#lynneramsay #icelandicfilmcenter #laufeyguðjónsdóttir #iceland #ramsay #stockfish #hrönnkristinsdottír #ratcatcher #morverncallar #scotland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Effective trigger speeds for vehicle activated signs on 20 mph roads in rural areas - Olowosegun A, Fountas G, Davis A.
This paper aims to offer novel empirical evidence as to the identification of the most effective Trigger Speeds (TS) for Vehicle-Activated Signs (VAS) in rural areas. To achieve this, an experimental study was carried out in the area of Scottish Borders, U... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Mansions for sale in England and Scotland for less than £1m
The definition of a mansion is a large and imposing residence with typically at least five or six bedrooms. This country house, south of Whetstone, meets the brief. The approach is arresting, with a tree-lined drive leading to the central Doric portico and slate steps. It has 10 bedrooms and a…#whetstone #struttparker #inverness #wardlawhouse #beauly #manorhouse #georgian #halfway #bristol #weston (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Where do high-risk drinking occasions occur more often? A cross-sectional, cross-country study - Torney A, Room R, Jiang H, Huckle T, Holmes J, Callinan S.
INTRODUCTION: The current paper examines the proportion of drinking occasions and total alcohol consumed that takes place at off-premise locations. Comparisons are made between high-income countries: Australia, New Zealand, England and Scotland, and across... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Delegates support calls on wellbeing and health and safety
Delegates to UNISON’s health conference debated a series of motions under the collective heading of health, safety and wellbeing, on Monday and Tuesday afternoons.
“Let’s commit to fostering a workplace where every woman feels valued,” said Susan Parkinson (pictured above).
Moving a motion on women’s mental health at work for the national women’s committee, she explained that women experience higher levels of mental health problems than men.
Karen Buckley from Greater Manchester stated that 76% of the NHS staff are women. Alongside the fact that the majority of carers – paid and unpaid – are also women, and...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 10, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News 2024 National Health Conference health and safey long covid mental health sexual harassment trans rights Source Type: news
Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94
Nobel-prize winning physicist who showed how particle helped bind universe together died at home in EdinburghPeter Higgs, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who proposed a new particle known as the Higgs boson, has died.Higgs, 94, who was awarded the Nobel prize for physics in 2013 for his work in 1964 showing how the boson helped bind the universe together by giving particles their mass, died at home in Edinburgh on Monday.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 9, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Severin Carrell and Ian Sample Tags: Peter Higgs Higgs boson Particle physics UK news Scotland Nobel prizes Science People in science Science prizes Edinburgh University of Edinburgh Source Type: news
Peter Higgs obituary
Theoretical physicist whose name was attached to the Higgs boson, a sign of the mechanism underlying the structure of atomsIn 1964 the theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, who has died aged 94, suggested that the universe contains an all-pervading essence that can be manifested in the form of particles. This idea inspired governments to spend billions to find what became known as Higgs bosons.The so-called “Higgs mechanism” controls the rate of thermonuclear fusion that powers the sun, but for which this engine of the solar system would have expired long before evolution had time to work its miracles on earth. The struct...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 9, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Frank Close Tags: Peter Higgs Higgs boson People in science Physics University of Edinburgh Mathematics Scotland Newcastle Bristol Source Type: news
Teen cancer survivor reveals she had no idea how ill she was until radiographer CRIED during scan
Molly Cuddihy, 21, from Scotland was 15-years-old when she was told she told she had metastatic Ewing sarcoma. The maths student, knew something was not right for six months before. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health workers deserve better than this government
Speaking to delegates gathered at UNISON’s annual health conference in Brighton today (Tuesday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
“The government’s promised but not delivered on the NHS. Its legacy will be crumbling hospital estates, outdated equipment, appalling waiting lists and NHS staff at their wits’ ends.
“Investment’s been drained for 14 years, capacity’s tumbling and workforce stress is ratcheting up.
“It’s no small wonder three in ten NHS workers had to take time off for mental health issues in the past year.
“The pressures on healthcare staff are immense. They’re caring for ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 9, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release 2024 National Health Conference NHS staff Source Type: news
Christina McAnea leads applause for successful UNISON strikers
There’s power in the union – particularly if that union is UNISON. That was the message at the heart of a speech this morning from general secretary Christina McAnea to UNISON’s national health service group conference in Brighton.
“Look at all you’ve achieved in the past 12 months”, she told delegates.
“Forty-two re-banding deals done across England and Scotland in our Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign. £70 million in back pay – and rising.
“A huge strike in Northern Ireland that forced politicians back into the Northern Ireland Assembly to sort out public sector pay – that’s the power of UNISON....
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 9, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News 2024 National Health Conference General election 2024 Industrial action national care service NHS strikes Source Type: news
Yes, total eclipses are very nice. But have you ever smelled bacon? | Zoe Williams
I ’d love to feel the beautiful mysteries of the universe. But I have other interestsThe total solar eclipse, visible in parts of Mexico, the US and Canada yesterday,was experienced in the UK only as a “small grazing” (that’s what the astronomers call it), and then only in the north and west of the country. Happily, I went to Lewis in the Outer Hebrides for the eclipse of 2015, where coverage was 98% andpeople (not just me) had travelled for it from all over the country.It was news to me that people even existed who were that into eclipses. In further news: it doesn ’t even have to get that dark to fill “eclips...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 9, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Zoe Williams Tags: Solar eclipses Astronomy Science Scotland World news UK news Mexico Canada US news Source Type: news
Meghan Markle nemesis primed for TV return
British TV host and journalist Jeremy Clarkson is set to bring back his hit farming docuseries next month, despite a U.K. press organization ruling that he made "pejorative and prejudicial" comments about Meghan Markle's sex. Clarkson's Farm will return to Amazon Prime for its third season,…#jeremyclarkson #meghanmarkle #clarksonfarm #amazon #meghan #clarkson #sun #scotland #rosewest #clause (Source: Reuters: Health)
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NHS staff have been shown porn and offered money for sex at work
NHS staff including ambulance workers,111 call handlers, porters, nurses and cleaners have been shown pornographic images, offered money for sex and assaulted at work, according to research published by UNISON today (Monday).
In a survey released to coincide with the first day of UNISON’s annual health conference in Brighton, one in ten (10%) healthcare workers reported experiences of sexual harassment.
This included being touched or kissed, demands for sex in return for favours and derogatory comments.
Sexual assault was reported by almost three in ten (29%) of all the health workers who’d experienced sexua...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 7, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release NHS staff sexual harassment Source Type: news
Mental health absences adding to NHS staffing crisis
NHS staffMore than three in ten (31%) NHS employees have had to take time off work with mental health issues in the past year, according to a UNISON survey published today (Sunday).
As the staffing crisis in the health service continues, the union says the findings – based on more than 12,000 health workers across the UK – show the effects of burnout among employees and mean many more could quit altogether.
Panic attacks, high blood pressure, chest pains and headaches are among physical signs of stress reported by nurses, porters, 999 call handlers and other NHS staff who completed the survey. Some also said they exper...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 7, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release mental health NHS staff Source Type: news
‘Mary & George ’ Bosses on the Mother-Son Duo That Infiltrated King James’ Royal Court
[This story contains spoilers from the series premiere of Mary & George.] In 2018, while flicking through the LGBTQ+ section of a copy of Time Out magazine, television producer Liza Marshall found a listing for a lecture about the sexuality of James VI and I, who reigned as the king of Scotland…#marygeorge #timeout #lizamarshall #jamesvi #scotland #queenelizabeth #stuartkingof #jacobean #hollywoodreporter #henryviii (Source: Reuters: Health)
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