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Millions across the globe are tuning in to online gambling – not with the intention of placing bets themselves but simply to watch influencers doing it. However, while viewers are cheering the wins and commiserating the losses, some are also getting hooked in the process.
A new study by gambling researcher Jamie Torrance illustrates how these livestreams blur the line between entertainment and advertising. Some viewers say they watch to curb their urges but often end up wanting to gamble more.
Scottish social attitudes have remained broadly similar to those of the rest of the UK for the last 25 years, according to a new report, yet support for independence has grown considerably. Polling expert John Curtice explores why.
And have you tried to sign up to a green electricity plan recently? If you’ve struggled to understand what’s on offer you aren’t alone – even this sustainability researcher who looked into them was baffled.
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Siriol Griffiths
Wales Editor
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Top streamers are paid by gambling operators to broadcast themselves betting, often with company money rather than their own.
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Jamie Torrance, Swansea University
A new study finds gambling livestreams, where influencers bet to huge audiences, are normalising risk and fuelling addiction among young viewers.
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Shoppers on Edinburgh’s famous Victoria Street.
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John Curtice, National Centre for Social Research
A large-scale survey has charted social attitudes and views and constitutional preference since Scotland got its own parliament.
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Lala Rukh, University of Galway
Energy providers could make it much easier for consumers to make greener choices.
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World
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Amalendu Misra, Lancaster University
A direct confrontation between the US military and Latin America’s drug cartels is edging closer.
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Thomas Gift, UCL
Donald Trump has long made his disdain for the laws governing how militaries fight wars.
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Politics + Society
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Richard Gater, Cardiff University
Automation threatens manual jobs. But what does that mean for working-class young men. And how can policy stop them from being left behind?
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John Fox, University of Portsmouth
The Met has seen several high profile cases of police misconduct in recent years.
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Arts + Culture
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Naida Redgrave, University of East London; Roberta Garrett, University of East London
The film offers persuasive reasons for the recent rise of white nationalism.
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Alison Habens, University of Portsmouth
Ovid’s tale is a lusty celebration of man’s triumph over nature.
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Education
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Claire Oakley, University of Essex; Silke Paulmann, University of Essex
Teachers can create supportive, optimal learning environments through a nuanced use of voice in the classroom.
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Environment
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Callum Roberts, University of Exeter
Overfishing affects food security, blue economy jobs and climate resilience.
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Samira Homerang Saunders, Queen Mary University of London; David Whyte, Queen Mary University of London
New report alleges British links to human rights and environmental crises in West Papua, Indonesia.
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Health
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Adam Taylor, Lancaster University
Exercise might be good for the body and mind, but it can also result in some bizarre ailments.
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Keith Rochfort, Dublin City University
Studies show vaping raises the number of ACE2 receptors: the doorway COVID-19 uses to attack. That means higher risk and slower recovery.
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Marcus Blagrove, University of Liverpool
The first discovery of Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK shows how climate change and global travel are helping mosquitoes that spread dengue and Zika expand northwards.
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Science + Technology
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John Griffin, Lancaster University
The metal-organic frameworks discovered by the three scientists are helping to revolutionise green technology and many other areas.
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Christopher Terrell Nield, Nottingham Trent University
Spiders - are they really more afraid of you than you are of them?
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