Tests have found that drivers heart rates are lower when the faster speed is allowed. Sophie long reports. Roadworks some of them go on for mile after mile. The current speed limit is normally 50mph, but highways england says that could be increased to 60. They conducted trials with heart rate monitors measuring d rivers stress levels as they pass through roadworks at different speeds. 60 of them recorded a decrease in their average heart rate in the 60mph zone. In the 55mph zone, there was a decrease in 56 . What you find at 50mph is many trucks have their Speed Limited to 56mph. And, therefore, they try and drive faster, they tailgate cars a foot off their bumper that becomes incredibly dangerous. So, on those stretches, if you can have 55mph or 60mph, youll get less tailgating, fewer drivers studying their speedometer, and it really can be safer. But what about people working on the motorways . The unite union, which represents them, say these proposals ignore their safety. They say
Against proposition but finally he was vindicated and that his team have been creating chances. He said one day they would all go in and they did. The squad, as with spurs, it shows that james milner is available and a very good option if required. And fleetingly against Manchester United last week. The reasons why this player was bought from arsenal. A starkly as always played pretty well here at wembley. Im not sure thatll be the case but like spurs, liverpool will go for it. Been expecting a good game. In the championship it is the east Anglian Derby between each switch and norwich. The canaries are one nilup and norwich. The canaries are one nil up after a clinical finish and norwich. The canaries are one nil up after a clinicalfinish here from James Madison just before the hour mark. Norwich unbeaten in the past seven matches and they are in control. 72 minutes on the clock and it is still one nil to norwich. Australia has won the open. The is really a 2 point lead in the multifor
Theyre a valuable first step to a future career. But others see them as exploitative and a barrier to social mobility. Later this week, parliament will propose a ban on unpaid internships, which last four weeks or more. 0ur education editor Branwen Jeffreys has been investigating. Racha finally has the job she wants, training at a tv production company. Shes got a good degree and lots of skills but before she landed this job, racha spent a year doing unpaid internships. I had to work to support myself. I worked in retail, worked in a shop. I think at one point i had fourjobs on the go because a lot of them were zero hour contracts and, yeah, i was still in a lucky position because i was living at home. How angry is your generation about this issue . We are really angry about it. I think the people that are experiencing it are really angry about this. I think not a lot of people have realised how big an issue it has become. Theres nothing new about some paid Work Experience but what has
Had expressed her support for the Islamic State group on social media, but she told Woolwich Crown court that she hadnt known what the knife was for, as our Home Affairs Correspondent Dominic Casciani reports. Wrestled to the ground by armed police, a birmingham man setting out to kill. This was the man arrested, ummariyat mirza. He wanted to rampage in his home city. Now convicted alongside his wife, Madihah Taheer, and his sister, zainub, who encouraged them both. Mirza was obsessed with knives and replica guns. He wanted to fight in syria but then turned his attention to home. His pregnant wife bought him this combat knife on her credit card and he trained on this martial arts dummy. Mirzas attack plan wasnt fully formed when he was arrested but he has admitted preparing an act of terrorism by researching targets, including a synagogue and this raf Careers Office in the city. It is one of seven foiled plots so far this year. Typical of the kinds of terrorist threat we are now seeing
The Smithsonian Associates and the International Spy museum cohosted this 80 minute event. Good to see all of you here. I am a historian and curator. Some of you i know, some of you i am meeting for the first time. I would like to welcome all of you to the spy museum and spy seminar, where we focus on the spies of the American Revolution. The first two weeks centered on wellknown personalities. You have the , which has an entire tv show dedicated to it now, and ben franklin is of course ben franklin. Next week, we will look at the most infamous spy in u. S. History, Benedict Arnold. The relative obscurity of James Lafayette is what will make this morning so interesting. He is someone we should know more about. His impact on World History is well known. Historians are just now beginning to piece it together to find out new information and understand his impact on the revolution and figure out how he sits among the great heroes and villains of american intelligence history. Katherine egn