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Sam blames Covid for his lack of confidence when it comes to DIY (Picture: JustFix) A student has confessed to paying a tradesman £180 just to change the batteries in his carbon monoxide alarm, fearing he might get it wrong. Sam Daley told Metro he does not want to speak to anyone on the phone. He also lacks the confidence to negotiate, even though he studies law part time. Sam, from Nottingham, said: ‘There are skills that have been lost throughout the years, and it’s not just me. This anxiety has forced the 22-year-old hospitality worker to turn to an app for help even for the most mundane tasks like swapping batteries. ‘Especially with Covid-19 hitting us, it has taken two years out of my life, I guess in theory I could’ve used that for learning practical skills but I was a teenager at the time. ‘I have got to the point now when I have got so used to using Amazon and stuff I’m less inclined to figure things out for myself and I outsource that to other people. ‘I could learn how to do it, but it is too easy to go on the apps.’ Sam sourced a tradesman through JustFix – which matches people with tradesmen in their local area – and paid them £180 to put up a shelf and change the batteries. Sam said both he and his girlfriend lack confidence with ringing people up and would rather use an app (Picture: JustFix) He explained that he uses apps like ‘for everything and I have to call someone out for absolutely every job’. ‘I live in a house with my girlfriend and I had to use it to get someone in to put up a shelf,’ he added. ‘I even had to have someone in to replace the battery in a carbon monoxide alarm, which I subsequently found out is an easy thing to do – it’s just screwing things in. ‘I just feel lost with DIY as

The Faroe Islands are set to open an under-sea roundabout following more than three years of construction (Credits: ABACA/PA Images) Stunning images have revealed miles of undersea tunnels connecting a set of islands halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands have built 17 tunnels on land and four subsea -including the world’s only underwater roundabout – to deal with its unpredictable weather. This makes it easier to navigate around the self-governing island – which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark . ‘Though we are 18 islands, we often joke that we defy the fact that we are islands (thanks to the tunnels),’ said Súsanna Sørensen, marketing manager of Visit Faroe Islands. The islands are situated in the North Atlantic halfway between Iceland and Scotland. Last week the roundabout opened following more than three years of construction. It is hoped that its opening will cut down the travel time between the capital Torshavn and Runavik from an hour and 14 minutes to just 16 minutes. Every day, more than 6,000 vehicles travel through the tunnel connecting Streymoy, the largest of the Faroe Islands, with Eysturoy, the archipelago’s next biggest island. The islands are connected by more than a dozen subsea tunnels (Credits: Alamy Stock Photo) It took around four years to build the Eysturoy Tunnel and opened in December 2020. At its lowest point, it sits about 614 feet below sea level. ‘The tunnels are designed by the world‘s leading engineers and geologists, so safety with regards to the Atlantic above is not an issue,’ Teitur Samuelsen, CEO of Eystur-og Sandoyartunlar, the company operating the tunnels, said. Faroese artist Tróndur Patursson created the artwork which surrounds the roundabout. The latest addition to the tunnels opened last week (Credits: ABACA/PA Images) ‘We have a lot of good art in the Faroes, and we’d like to support our artists,’ Samuelsen said. Follow Metro on WhatsApp to be the first to get all the latest news Follow us

The brain may not be as powerful as previously thought, according to the research (Picture: Getty Images) People think many millions of times slower than the average internet connection, scientists have found. The body’s sensory systems, including the eyes, ears, skin, and nose, gather data about our environments at a rate of a billion bits per second. But the brain processes these signals at only about 10 bits per second, millions of times slower than the inputs, according to author Markus Meister. A bit is the unit of information in computing. A typical Wi-Fi connection processes about 50 million bits per second. Despite the brain having over 85 billion neurons, researchers found that humans think at around 10 bits per second – a number they called ‘extremely low’. Writing in the scientific journal Neuron, research co-author Markus Meister said: ‘Every moment, we are extracting just 10 bits from the trillion that our senses are taking in and using those 10 to perceive the world around us and make decisions. ‘This raises a paradox: What is the brain doing to filter all this information?’ Individual nerve cells in the brain are capable of transmitting over 10 bits per second. Scientists believe that eventually, computers will be able to do everything a human can However, the new findings suggest they don’t help process thoughts at such high speeds. This makes humans relatively slow thinkers, who are unable to process many thoughts in parallel, the research suggests. This prevents scenarios like a chess player being able to envision a set of future moves and only lets people explore one possible sequence at a time rather than several at once. The discovery of this ‘speed limit’ paradox in the brain warrants further neuroscience research, scientists say. They speculated that this speed limit likely emerged in the first animals with a nervous system. Follow Metro on WhatsApp to be the first to get all the latest news Follow us to receive the latest

Viral footage saw Jude Hill apparently trying to have sex on a hotel table (Picture: Facebook) The identity of a British woman languishing in a Thai prison cell after allegedly trying to have sex on a glass table has been revealed. Jude Hill, a mother-of-one from Plymouth, left the UK for Thailand a few months ago, according to MailOnline. She is said to have straddled her partner in a hotel lobby before the piece of furniture shattered in Pattaya, Thailand, at 3 am on Christmas morning. She allegedly ran away while being chased by hotel staff before grappling with an armed officer in front of the beach. Bystanders eventually helped to subdue her and she was taken to a police station in handcuffs. Footage from the incident showed Ms Hill insulting officers as she was escorted in handcuffs to the police station.

Hot dogs are reportedly seen as too Western in the dictator’s eyes (Picture: Getty Images) Kim Jong-un has reportedly banned North Koreas from eating hot dogs because they’re too Western. The despot decreed that anyone caught serving them at home or selling them in the street is committing treason. Offenders risk being sent to the communist state’s labour camps where conditions are so appalling the UN said they may amount to crimes against humanity. The decree is the latest example of Pyongyang cracking down on what it sees as the invasion of Western culture, according to the Sun. The latest target is Budae-jjigae — a spicy noodle soup made using hot dogs or Spam. It was imported from pro-Western South Korea in 2017 and quickly became very popular. But a vendor in the northern province of Ryanggang said: ‘Sales of budae-jjigae in the market have stopped. ‘The police and market management have said anyone caught selling it will be shut down.’ Divorcing couples also face up to six months in a labour camp under the hermit kingdom’s latest bizarre crackdown (Picture: AP) It was also reported that Kim has ordered divorcing couples be sent to a labour camp for up to six months to atone for their ‘crimes’. This is because splitting up is seen as ‘anti-socialist’. Until last year, only the person who first filed for divorce was sent to a labour training camp, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported. A resident of the northern Ryanggang province said: ‘I went to the Kimjongsuk County People’s Court… where 12 people received divorce decrees. ‘Immediately after the verdict, they were transferred to the county labour training camp.’ Follow Metro on WhatsApp to be the first to get all the latest news Follow us to receive the latest news updates from Metro (Picture: Getty Images) Metro’s on Whatsapp! Join our community for breaking news and juicy stories. Divorce rates had increased on the back of Covid-19 when lockdown constraints put couples up against it financially. The rates are yet to significantly drop, despite