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Too much screen time may affect children’s early school performance, study finds

Excessive screen time is associated with lower performance in reading and maths, according to the study.

Euronews · Oct 11, 2025

Do Phones Really Wreck Kids' Lives?

"If your kids went through puberty on a smartphone with social media, they came out different than human beings before that," argues psychologist Jonathan Haidt.

Reason · Aug 20, 2025

Is Conscientiousness Cratering? It Depends on How You Twist the Data.

Despite those viral charts you may have seen, conscientiousness among young people doesn't actually seem to be in "freefall."

Reason · Aug 18, 2025

Fear and frenzy on TikTok after women punched in New York City: ‘I don’t want my account to be exploited’

Traumatic attacks tap into a common fear in the city, but they remain unusual. That hasn’t stopped them from being politicized

The Guardian - US · Mar 29, 2024

Business insolvencies still substantially higher than pre-pandemic

The number of firms being put into liquidation remains at its highest level in more than six decades

Birmingham Post · May 29, 2023

Warning on North East economy despite small dip in insolvency numbers

Insolvency group R3 said there were still tough times for many firms in the region

Birmingham Post · May 3, 2023

North East experts warn that "insolvency dam has burst" in 2022

R3 organisation was speaking after a big rise in corporate insolvencies in 2022

Birmingham Post · Feb 13, 2023

50 new jobs in north Northumberland as Ad Gefrin starts recruitment ahead of spring opening

The recruitment process closes on January 8, with a host of full, part time and casual jobs available

Chronicle Live · Dec 24, 2022

Quarter Day payments bring unwelcome Christmas concerns for North East business owners

R3 says concerned business owners should be speaking to their landlords now

Birmingham Post · Dec 23, 2022

Insolvency body R3 warns of threats to North East businesses

The trade body was speaking after a big surge in both corporate and personal insolvencies

Birmingham Post · Nov 22, 2022