Four health benefits of hugs - and why they feel so good
The reason hugs feel so good has to do with our sense of touch
Susannah Walker, Liverpool John Moores University
Daniel Smith
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For many people, the thing they’ve missed most during the pandemic is being able to hug loved ones. Indeed, it wasn’t until we lost our ability to hug friends and family did many realise just how important touch is for many aspects of our health – including our mental health.
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Students devastated as University of Liverpool scraps graduation ceremonies
University says it will be postponing any summer ceremonies
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The University of Liverpool will not hold in-person graduation ceremonies this summer - leaving students devastated.
The University has confirmed that it will postpone this summer s planned ceremonies to a later date, disappointing final year students as well as those who still haven t been able to celebrate their graduation from 2020.
Why did a Nazi leader crash-land in Scotland?
By Steven Brocklehurst
image captionRudolf Hess was a wartime deputy of Adolf Hitler
One of the most bizarre episodes of World War Two unfolded on a farm to the south of Glasgow on 10 May 1941.
A German airman parachuted out of his Messerschmitt Bf 110 just before it crashed near Floors Farm in Eaglesham.
He was promptly arrested by a pitchfork-wielding local farmer who took him to his farmhouse before alerting the authorities.
The German identified himself as Captain Alfred Horn and demanded to see the Duke of Hamilton because he had an important message for him.
Refugee nurses are being recruited into the NHS on a fast-track scheme to help in the UK s fight against coronavirus.
In the first scheme of its kind, Liverpool John Moores University are offering refugees a four-week course to bring them on to the frontline of hospitals across the country.
At the moment nurses who have fled their home countries to settle in the UK are not allowed to practice, no matter their qualifications, while their application is being processed.
The new course helps those who have been given asylum to get back into work.
The pilot course is being run in partnership with a charity called Refuaid, with the first 14 refugees on it coming from countries including Ethiopia, Sudan, Iran, Philippines, Gambia, Honduras and Myanmar.