London: Research has found that children regularly bullied by their brothers or sisters are twice as likely to become clinically depressed or harm themselves as young adults. Experts said that the findings showed the need for parents to intervene to prevent the effects of sibling rivalries getting out of hand.
Encourage motorists to switch from diesel to cleaner fuel: Johnson
London: London Mayor Boris Johnson said that government should give cash incentives to diesel car users to scrap them and improve air quality. The Mayor called for the Government to reward drivers of the most polluting diesel vehicles for switching to cleaner alternatives, to help the capital meet European clean air targets. Johnson has already announced plans to introduce an extra £10 fee for drivers entering the central London congestion charge zone from 2020 to reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions. He said the Government should help tackle local pollution hot spots and fund a transition to zero-emission buses and taxis. People who were “seduced into buying a diesel vehicle” by tax incentives should now be given £1,000 to £2,000 to encourage them to switch to cleaner models, he said. “I feel very sorry for them,” the Mayor said. “This has been a massive failure of public policy, millions of people were told they were doing the right thing, the clean thing, the environmentally friendly thing, by buying a diesel. They feel very hacked off now when told they are more polluting."
24 killed in Pak mosque collapse
Lahore: At least 24 people were killed when a mosque collapsed in a densely-populated area of Lahore. Jamia Masjid Hanfia in Daroghawala on the outskirts of Lahore and close to the Wagah border collapsed when more than 50 people were offering afternoon prayers. The huge minaret of the mosque fell and brought down the roof along with it. Twenty-four worshippers died in the incident, rescue official Jam Sajjad said. “We have almost completed the rescue operation. But we fear that a couple of bodies could be under the rubble,” he said. Twenty-one injured people have been admitted to city hospitals where the condition of seven were stated to be critical.
