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Here is an undeniably rousing, relentlessly celebratory film about the England women’s football team’s triumph at the 2022 European championships – only a few months back, but as is the way, the summer seems like another age. Technically this is a documentary, but it’s more like the sort of feelgood motivational clip show that might get shown to aspiring football coaches – though that shouldn’t diminish the basic enjoyment it provides.So we get the highlights of England’s rise to glory: the nervous group-game victory over…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study of prison rates from Cardiff University's Wales Governance Center reveals massive disparities between England's most deprived areas and its least deprived. The report shows that in 2021, the imprisonment rate for the ten most deprived local authorities in England—based on where prisoners were…

by Sophus zu Ermgassen, Christine Corlet Walker and Josh Ryan-Collins, The Conversation The government’s response to the housing crisis has been to build more homes. Credit: M2020/Shutterstock England's housing sector accounts for 20% of the country's emissions. Its stock is outdated and efforts to improve the energy efficiency of England's homes are limited.…

A commuter carries a bottle of water as they exit the carriage of a London Underground tube train in central London, on July 19, 2022 as the country experiences an extreme heat wave.Photo: Niklas HALLE’N / AFP (Getty Images)England baked under several heat waves throughout this summer. It didn’t just push the country into uncomfortable days—the heat waves also caused more than 2,800 additional people aged 65 and up in England to die, according to a new analysis from the U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Office…

Credit: University of Southampton Homelessness has increased in rural communities, according to a new report by the University of Southampton. The findings reveal that 88 percent of respondents feel homelessness has increased within the last year alone. …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The vast majority of social media posts directed towards England's winning Euro 2022 football players across the tournament were positive, an analysis by Cardiff University's HateLab has found. …

The UK’s National Health Service has announced that it will test delivering vital chemotherapy drugs via drone to the Isle of Wight. The body has partnered with Apian, a drone technology startup founded by former NHS doctors and former Google employees. Test flights are due to begin shortly, and it’s hoped that the system will reduce journey times for the drugs, cut costs and enable cancer patients to receive treatment far more locally. The Isle of Wight is an island two miles off the south coast of England with a…

PhD student Paula Gonzalez testing soil for traces of gas leakage near a decommissioned well in England. Credit: Heriot-Watt University There is no evidence to suggest that England's decommissioned oil and gas wells are leaking methane into the environment, according to a new study by Heriot-Watt University. …

By its own admission, the Bank of England is a “forbidding place”. It is responsible for storing gold bars and setting monetary policy, but is currently best known for making ominous predictions about the economic outlook. Located on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, its headquarters is a neoclassical fortress, with walls so high they seem built to deter anyone from looking in. Can’t We Just Print More Money?, by Bank of England economists Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning, is a well-timed attempt to show the public…