2 on trial for Yousef killing
TRAGIC LOSS Yousef Makki TWO teens who cannot be named will go on trial over the knife death of grammar school pupil Yousef Makki.
The 17-year-old was attacked in Hale Barns, Greater Manchester, on March 2.
One 17-year-old denies murder and another admits having a lock knife but denies perverting justice and conspiracy to rob.
At Manchester crown court, a judge said both will face a jury on June 18. FALLING asleep with the telly or a light on at night can make women fatter, a study claims.
Scientists have found a link between artificial light at night, disrupted body clocks and piling on the pounds.
Nodding off with a bedroom light on meant women were a fifth more likely to become obese, the five-year study discovered.
It found light at night increased women’s chances of gaining 11lb by 17% and upped the likelihood of subjects being overweight or obese by 22% and 33% respectively.
Lead author Dr YongMoon Mark Park said: “Exposure to artificial light at night (ALAN) may contribute to the obesity pandemic.
“Increasing trends in light pollution… parallel the rapid increase of obesity in the US.”
He said animal studies back the theory that light exposure at night may lead to weight gain by directly affecting signals from the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin and circadian rhythms, the body clock.
He said: “ALAN has been shown to suppress expression of circadian clock genes and… alter feeding behaviours and lead to weight gain in rodents.” Sources of ALAN included clock radios, small night lights, as well as from other rooms or shining in from street and car lights. US researchers at Triangle Park National Institute of Health in North Carolina tracked 44,000 women aged 35 to 74.
Prof Malcolm von Schantz, of Surrey University, said: “Light in the late evening will delay our body clocks. “These new findings won’t change the advice to maintain good sleep hygiene, and avoid light and electronic distractions in the bedroom, but they add further strength to the case for this advice.”
The findings are published in journal JAMA Internal Medicine. Peaceful sleep