Meet Les Rodgers, the St Luke’s Hospice volunteer who might best be described as the charity’s Mr Fix It. Les, who is 79 and lives in Eckington, first volunteered at the St Luke’s shop in Crystal Peaks, where he gave his time and enthusiasm for six years. More recently he has been volunteering at the St Luke’s Distribution Centre, the hub for the thousands of donations that are sorted and then sent out for sale at the chain of 14 St Luke’s shops across the city. He now carries out PAT Testing on...
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Seven-year-olds trusted good gossip if it came from multiple sources but the bad only had to be heard onceIn the ruthless world of the primary school playground, one bad rumour is enough to make children wary of another, new research suggests.Psychologists who studied gossip in seven-year-olds found that the children trusted good rumours when they came from several sources, but could be swayed by bad rumours they heard only once. Continue reading
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You know how this normally goes.Apple releases a new product. It makes a very pretty ad about the new product. It also makes sure the very pretty ad is accompanied by very pretty music.Also: I've used every iPad since the original. Here's my buying advice for the new 2024 modelsAnd you think to yourself: "That's a very pretty product. I must buy it."Yet something quite different happened last week. Apple launched its new iPads with a relatively low-key presentation. Indeed, it may well be -- as...