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When is too early to start Christmas shopping? It’s a popular topic of conversation as the festive season approaches, but it’s not a new one. Ahead of Christmas 1957, BBC cameras went out on to London’s Oxford Street and Regent Street to speak to shoppers and get their thoughts. First broadcast – 30 November 1957
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Ken Barter is a retired professor of social work at Memorial University. He was also the chair of child protection for the school of social work from 1998 until 2003. (Michael McArthur/CBC) Ken Barter — one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s leading experts on child protection for decades — says the child and youth advocate should have…
King Charles knows his reign ‘will be up soon’ King Charles, who was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, knows his reign ‘will be up soon’, a royal insider has claimed. According to a report by The Telegraph, per Us Weekly, the source says “His [King Charles] older age is getting to him, and he’s…
When winter winds to an end, there are plenty of things to look forward to — warm weather, blooming flowers, cookouts and the beach. But, for many people, that last item comes with a bit of hesitation. Before you strip down to that bikini, that winter weight has got to go. So when spring and…
Vulnerable people should not see ‘supported suicide’ as only option, says Abbott Labour’s Diane Abbott, mother of the house, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that she voted against the bill due to concerns that vulnerable people will “get swept up in the assisted dying route”. She said that a quarter of people who want…
Learning to play a musical instrument can help children improve their “inhibition control,” the ability to focus on a task and resist distractions and automatic or impulsive reactions. That’s what a new meta-analysis done at Université de Montréal and published in the November issue of the journal Cognition, suggests. Supervised by psychology professor Simone Dalla…
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10 hours ago News Duration 6:23 The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says highly infectious dermo was recently found in oyster samples collected in Merigomish, N.S. While it is deadly for oysters, it does not pose risks to humans. Watch Amy Smith’s interview with Jeff Bishop of the Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia.
A 74-year-old fruit vendor is receiving unexpected support after his humble banana was sold for an extraordinary $6.2 million at an auction at Sotheby’s. Shah Alam sold the banana for just 35 cents (Rs 29) not realising it would go on to become the centrepiece of Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork, ‘Comedian’. The surreal sale of the…
