By Mail on Sunday ReporterPublished: 17:07 EDT, 11 September 2021 | Updated: 17:36 EDT, 11 September 2021Children with behavioural problems are more likely to have grandparents with dementia, according to a study. Older relatives of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including parents and grandparents, were 34 per cent more likely to develop dementia, say scientists. Older relatives of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including parents and grandparents, were 34 per cent more likely to develop dementia, say scientists. (Posed by models)ADHD affects about five per cent of children in the UK, causing restlessness, difficulty concentrating and impulsivity. On the other hand, densely populated areas such as New York City were not found to be linked to increased levels of Covid.

Your overwhelming verdict: 'We support vaccine passports too!' Those who oppose vaccines or Covid passports, and have taken to the streets to declare so, say they are fighting for freedom. Indeed, domestic vaccine passports are pretty unprecedented for Britain, in modern times at least. Every expert I've spoken to would rather vaccine passports weren't needed – I feel the same. And should vaccine passports, which must only ever be a temporary measure, be part of that, then the majority of our readers clearly think, so be it.

Yet the Government has decided to weasel out of it by dismantling the triple lock for a year. The rich get richer while the poor survive on a meagre state pension that in real terms continues to fall in value.' But he is worried that the Government may undermine the state pension yet again if it is short of money. The current flat-rate state pension for those who reached state pension age after April 2016 stands at £179.60 a week. Even as recently as 2019, the triple lock was set in stone as part of the Tory Election manifesto to 'unleash Britain's potential.'

An artificial pancreas to manage type 1 diabetes could soon be offered to NHS patients after a major trial produced 'blisteringly brilliant' early results. An artificial pancreas to manage type 1 diabetes could soon be offered to NHS patients after a major trial produced 'blisteringly brilliant' early results. So much of diabetes patients' lives are filled with self-management – doing fingerprick tests, making calculations to determine how much insulin they need. With the artificial pancreas, that's all basically removed. 'But the artificial pancreas has taken away the stress.

September 12, 2021 by News Admin No CommentsGoverning Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser and Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa is to receive another appointment. Rajapaksa, it is learnt, is to be appointed as a party leader of Parliament. The relevant communication had been forwarded to the Speaker by the SLPP. Accordingly, Rajapaksa will be recognised as a parliamentary party leader.

Celebrities are rallying behind British tennis sensation Emma Raducanu as she prepares to fight for a Grand Slam tittle. British celebrities have been cheering on Emma Raducanu, 18, ahead of tonight's final of the US open, where she will face Leylah Fernandez, 19. Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock also wrote a message of encouragement on Twitter, saying: 'Best of luck to @EmmaRaducanu tonight in the US Open final. Olympic golfer Justin Rose and TV presenter and actor Greg Scott also wished Emma luck, saying she was already a winner'Anyone else nervous?! We’re all behind you Emma Raducanu.

By Asiri FernandoThe expert committee appointed to draft a new constitution has sought a three-month extension to submit the final draft to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa while an initial draft is being studied by the Legal Draftsman’s Department, The Sunday Morning learnt. The extension gives the committee till December to submit a final draft. The nine-member committee to draft a new constitution was approved by the Cabinet in September last year. When contacted on the matter, Minister of Justice Ali Sabry expressed confidence that the committee will have a final draft ready by the end of November. The appointment of the expert committee is the first step in several processes that would be required to draft a new constitution for Sri Lanka.

September 12, 2021 by News Admin No CommentsThe governing Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) is looking at nominating Wimal Geeganage to fill the National List slot in Parliament that falls vacant following State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal’s resignation this week, it is learnt. It is also learnt that the SLPP leaders are considering giving Geeganage the appointment as a token of gratitude, since he had given up his registered political party to form the SLPP.

Former Opposition parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake is currently in the President’s waiting list for presidential pardons. Ramanayake is serving a four-year rigorous imprisonment term for making defamatory comments against the Judiciary. However, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa as well as artistes have requested the President to grant Ramanayake a presidential pardon. Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga too requested for a presidential pardon for the MP in a letter addressed to the President on Friday (10). The letter stated that Ramanayake had been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for contempt of court, whereas many other convicts of various crimes are set free by the Government.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa last Friday (10) left for Italy to attend a summit in Bologna with a heavy heart. “If only I was asked whether I was going to meet the Pope, I could have told the truth to Cardinal Ranjith,” Rajapaksa had told several staff members. However, it was later revealed that the Prime Minister was not scheduled to meet with the Pope and that his visit was organised to attend a summit. However, there had been many requests from governing Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) supporters in Italy for the Prime Minister to make the trip. “The visit is a scheduled one and there was no plan to meet with the Pope,” the government source said.

The construction of jogging tracks has come under severe scrutiny by the public on various social media platforms. A proposed jogging track on the breakwater of the Parakrama Samudra tank in Polonnaruwa caused much controversy, resulting in the Government suspending the project. However, the Government has suspended the construction of yet another proposed jogging track, this time in the vicinity of the Kantale Tank. Director General of Irrigation Nihal Siriwardana had reportedly stated that the proposed project in the Trincomalee District had been suspended. Apart from objections over the construction of jogging tracks around tanks, one of the key issues raised was the cost being incurred at a time the country was facing a pandemic and an economic crisis.

The resignation of State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal from Parliament to enable his return to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) as its Governor made way for speculation over the individual who would fill the parliamentary National List slot if and when vacant. Two names were being tossed around as contenders for the National List slot – namely, former MP Jayantha Ketagoda (who recently resigned from his National List slot to make way for Basil Rajapaksa) and Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Yoshitha Rajapaksa. While some reports on social media noted that Rajapaksa would fill the slot, some other reports stated that Ketagoda would be the popular choice. However, when social media reports were being widely circulated on Rajapaksa’s possible appointment, several inquiries were made from him (Rajapaksa) by various quarters on whether he would actually be entering Parliament. After listening to all comments and questions, Rajapaksa laughed and said that it was all a joke.

The lobbying has already begun for him to enter the current national selection committee, probably as one of its members or as its new chief. The official is also willing to include him in the panel,” a senior Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) official revealed last week. A shady pastPramodya Wickramasinghe heads the current three-member senior national selection committee which also includes Romesh Kaluwitharana and Hemantha Wickramaratne. During such times Sri Lanka lost quite unexpectedly against very lesser countries,” remembered the said source. Yet, after a new-look Sri Lanka side under Skipper Dasun Shanaka started winning and regaining confidence of the local cricket followers, such criticism faded gradually.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena has assured there will be no shortage of clothes and undergarments in the country. Speaking to reporters on Saturday (11), he said that garment factory operators are in the possession of sufficient and extra stocks of clothes to be released to the local market. “We home to take the necessary measures to sell clothes via state agencies at a lower price,” he said.

Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who is known for his outspoken nature, last week claimed there were “pimps” in the House. Aluthgamage last Monday (6) accused the Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) of being “pimps” who were willing to put down the nation in order to rise to power. Aluthgamage, referring to a speech by United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, who, on an earlier occasion noted that the UNP had plans for the future of Sri Lanka, said that there was no point in talking of the future when they had already “ruined” the country. The Minister went on to question whether the SJB would be any better, since it is a by-product of the UNP.