News

Single election broadcast influenced one third of viewers’ votes

Published
Monday 4th December, 2017
Categories
Arts & Culture
Society & Politics

The BBC’s Question Time Leaders’ Special may have swung more than a million people’s votes in June’s General Election, according to the first in-depth analysis of its effect on the poll.

Polling station sign

Event celebrates Yorkshire’s first woman MP

Published
Thursday 30th November, 2017
Categories
Arts & Culture
Society & Politics

The achievements of a pioneering Yorkshire MP are to be commemorated with a public lecture by senior MP Harriet Harman.

Alice Bacon celebrates her General Election victory in Leeds in 1945. Picture: The Yorkshire Post

Heart disease across Europe

Published
Monday 27th November, 2017
Categories
Science
Health

The decline in death rates from heart disease in rich countries could be threatened by rising rates of obesity and diabetes, according to a study by European heart experts.

Picture show a patient having their blood pressure recorded

Number of same-sex church weddings remains very small

Published
Monday 27th November, 2017
Categories
Society & Politics
Science

The majority of places of worship that permit same-sex marriage only carry out a small number of ceremonies, with roughly half having actually married a gay couple, a new study shows.

same-sex marriage

How the brain copes with extreme stress

Published
Tuesday 21st November, 2017
Categories
Science
University

In January 1987, Terry Waite was abducted while negotiating the release of hostages in the Middle East. He was held captive for five years – for much of that time he was in solitary confinement.

Picture shows a representation of a translucent human brain set against a black background.

Statement

Published
Monday 20th November, 2017
Categories
Statements

University of Leeds statement: Wealth screening

Sleeping position linked to the risk of stillbirth

Published
Friday 17th November, 2017
Categories
Science
Health

Pregnant women who go to sleep on their back during the later stages of pregnancy face an increased likelihood of suffering a stillbirth, according to new research.

Image shows a woman holding hands with a pregnant bumb