Day: May 28, 2025
Facial movements help horses communicate signals such as difference between aggression and play, researchers find
They might get quizzed by bartenders about their long faces, but horses pull a variety of expressions when interacting with each other, researchers have found.
While facial movements can help members of the same species communicate emotions or other signals to each other, they can also be important for inter-species understanding – such as helping humans glean insights into the experiences of domesticated animals.
Digital bank admits weak controls led to £28m of losses through government’s bounce back loans
Digital bank Starling has suffered a 25% drop in annual profits and announced it would turn down government guarantees on £28m of Covid loans losses after conceding its own weak controls were to blame.
The admission stirs up a long-running controversy over Starling’s handling of the government-backed bounce back loan (BBL) scheme, which was built to get money quickly to small businesses during lockdown. The scheme offered loans of up to £50,000 at 2.5% interest but carried little risk, with taxpayers picking up 100% of losses if the companies defaulted.
Minnie-Rae Dunn, 8, was playing on cluttered balcony after persuading mother to let her play outside
An eight-year-old girl fell 18m (60ft) to her death from the cluttered balcony of a sixth-floor flat after persuading her mother to let her play outside, an inquest heard.
Minnie-Rae Dunn died from catastrophic injuries in the fall from the balcony, which was crammed with eight bin bags of clothes and pieces of furniture.
