Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by Legend Press in 2019 and comes out in Germany in 2021. You can follow Deborah on X and Instagram.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is endorsing an increase in health taxes around the world, with the aim of curbing chronic diseases and premature deaths, as […]
The “large majority” of European coastal waters are safe to swim in, according to a new assessment of Europe’s bathing water, by the European Environment Agency […]
Dog encounters on holidays are often the stuff of cute online reels about falling in love with a furry new best friend and eventually adopting them, […]
With summer just around the corner, the risk of heat waves is increasing too. Last year, which was officially the warmest year in the 175-year observational […]
International travellers are being warned about the risk of catching measles while abroad in new guidance from US health authorities. Unlike previous advice, the new alert […]
A new survey is showing a dramatic change in the drug and alcohol habits of European teenagers: consumption of “traditional” drugs and alcohol is dropping, with […]
Bare beating, the act of playing music or TikTok videos out loud on public transport, has become so widespread, and so irritating to fellow passengers, that […]
Pakistan should remain under travel restrictions until at least July 2025, World Health Organization (WHO) officials have said, due to an ongoing polio outbreak classed as […]
Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the eighth consecutive year, according to the latest World Happiness Report. The study, released by the Wellbeing […]
A new study warns that Parkinson’s disease cases will more than double by 2050, reaching 25 million worldwide. Countries with poorer socioeconomic conditions and ageing populations are expected to see the steepest rise, […]
By 2050, almost 60% of the world’s adult population will be classed as obese, and a third of under-25-year-olds will be overweight or obese, according to […]
Air pollution can negatively affect human brain function even after only short periods of exposure, researchers have found. Published in Nature Communications journal, the study by […]