The UK's communications regulator has published guidance for website operators aimed at preventing under-18s from accessing pornographic content online via "highly effective age assurance" techniques.

In 2021, there were 17 people aged 65 and over for every 100 people aged 20 to 64 (this is the so-called “old-age dependency ratio”); by 2050, there will be 29 for every 100. So far ...

"What a busy December we have had at The William and Patricia Venton Centre,” says Age UK Northamptonshire’s day centre manager Wendie Hutton. We have had a jam-packed month of Christmas ...

Many people date partners roughly their age, but some people have quite large age gaps in their relationships. However, there has not been a lot of systematic psychological research to find out ...

That should provide insight into how Ice Age cycles have changed, and may help in understanding how atmospheric carbon changed climate, they said. “Thanks to the ice core we will understand what ...

and much later during the last ice age. "It provides important context for needing to reduce emissions of CO2 now and thinking about Earth's climate future," Higgins said.

People can can still continue the season of giving by donating any unwanted Christmas gifts to the Age UK shop in Morpeth. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Northumberland Gazette, you get ...

Isotope analysis confirmed the age of the ice at more than 1.2 million years, providing the team with a snapshot of Earth's distant past. Carlo Barbante, project coordinator and glaciologist from ...

It should provide insight into how Ice Age cycles have changed, and may help in understanding how atmospheric carbon changed climate, they said. “Thanks to the ice core we will understand what ...

Air and particles formed hundreds of thousands of years ago are trapped in the ice What is probably the world's oldest ice, dating back 1.2m years ago, has been dug out from deep within Antarctica.

What is probably the world's oldest ice, dating back 1.2m years ago, has been dug out from deep within Antarctica. Working at temperatures of -35C, a team of scientists extracted a 2.8km-long ...