Women who have sons are more likely to be victims of domestic abuse
Scots academics found mothers with male children had a 20 per cent higher chance of being assaulted by their partners than mums who had daughters.
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Mums with male kids are more likely to be hit by partners (Image: Getty Images)
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British economy shrinks due to November lockdown
GLOOMY SKIES: While the 2.6 percent monthly decline was smaller than expected, analysts said the UK was still likely to see a double-dip recession
Reuters
The UK economy shrank in November for the first time since the initial COVID-19 lockdown last spring, hit by a tightening of social-distancing rules.
The 2.6 percent monthly decline was much smaller than most analysts expected a Reuters poll had pointed to a 5.7 percent contraction but several economists said the nation was still likely to suffer a double-dip recession.
The British economy, which shrank more sharply than any other major advanced economy in the first half of last year, is now 8.5 percent smaller than it was before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in February.
Dutch town to test every citizen in bid to halt new variant spread
From CNN s Sharon Braithwaite and Mick Krever
People construct a Covid-19 testing facility at a sports hall in Bergschenhoek, in the municipality of Lansingerland, The Netherlands, on January 12. Robin Utrecht/ANP/AFP/Getty Images
The Dutch municipality of Lansingerland will test all of its residents from the age of two for Covid-19, following an outbreak in a primary school which included cases of the more transmissible UK variant.
Everyone living in the town, with or without symptoms, will receive an invitation on Wednesday for a test, the town said in a statement. According to the Dutch Statistics Bureau, Lansingerland had 63,267 residents as of November 2020.