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Concern over online deliveries for shielded groups

Calls for elderly to get grocery delivery priority How do I get a food parcel? Blood Cancer UK chief executive Gemma Peters said: “We fear that the time it is taking to give people at very high risk, priority for online deliveries could cost lives. “We are now at the point where some people are being forced to choose between going hungry and making a trip to the supermarket that could be fatal if they pick up the coronavirus there. “People with blood cancer are already scared about the virus…

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How to Measure Pressure With a Phone and a Baggie

Wouldn’t it be cool if you could do physics experiments on your phone, without needing a lab full of special instruments? Actually you can, with a free app called turning your phone into a sonar to measure the speed of sound. Or swinging it on a string to derive the gravitational constant. I decided to try this one, using the phone’s barometer to study pressure. Here’s the setup: Set your phone to display the atmospheric pressure. Put it in a sealed plastic bag with some extra air in there. Place…

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Coronavirus ‘costing councils 30m a month’

Virus could prompt ‘extreme’ council cuts £1.1bn ‘reprioritised’ fund to tackle coronavirus Second-home owners ‘use loophole’ to claim grants It is up to Welsh ministers what they spend the money on. Mr Morgan, who is also the Labour leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf council said the revenue councils are missing out on includes income they normally generate from leisure centres, planning fees, parking income, rent of property, school dinner income and theatres, while costs have risen elsewhere. Many council tax and business rate payments have also been deferred.

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Ive been on a diet since I was four. Can I finally make peace with my body?

Im never going to stop wanting to be thinner and chasing it. But Im OK with that Every morning I have the slightly morbid habit of reading the New York Times obituary section. I have a subconscious wish to see in one illuminating flash how another person figured out her story so I can gain some insight into mine. It was mostly a soothing habit, until the morning I read about Jean. In late April 2015 the obit headline read: Jean Nidetch, a Founder of Weight Watchers, Dies at 91.…

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Hall of Famer Mike Singletary: ‘I’m going to do everything that I can’ to get back to coaching football

Head coach Mike Singletary of the San Francisco 49ers addresses the team in the locker room after the NFL game against the Chicago Bears at Candlestick Park on November 12, 2009 in San Francisco, California. The 49ers defeated the Bears 10-6. (Photo by Michael Zagaris/Getty Images) “As a leader, when you’re a player, you can get out there and get in the guy’s face and say, ‘Look, man, we got to do better than this. Let’s go.’ But now when you’re a coach, going from a player to a coach,…

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