Science Museum hopes fellow travellers of the late cosmologist will join visitors to display of his office miscellany Having devoted his life to the conundrums of the cosmos, Prof Stephen Hawking has left behind a mystery of his own amid the eclectic contents of his former office. The Cambridge cosmologist, […]
Year: 2022
The US agency says Elon Musk’s expansion could flood Earth’s orbit with objects, making flights and observations more difficult Nasa has raised concerns about SpaceX’s plan to deploy about 30,000 satellites for its Starlink, as have some major companies. Elon Musk’s SpaceX previously received authorisation for about 12,000 satellites to […]
More than half members of Net Zero Scrutiny Group were also in group that promoted Brexit vote, as fears grow for UK’s green agenda ‘It’s all a bit cynical’: the politicians behind the Tory attack on net zero agenda A group of Conservative politicians and their allies are on the […]
Border checks said to have increased business costs and ‘suppressed’ trade, and the situation could worsen Brexit red tape has damaged Britain’s trade with the EU and the situation could worsen unless the government works with Brussels to reduce hold-ups at UK ports, parliament’s spending watchdog has said. Only hours […]
Boris Johnson’s communications chief was director of Hydro Industries when he visited No 10 Boris Johnson is facing questions over his support for a company that employed Guto Harri, his new communications chief, after it emerged the firm signed a £150m deal in Downing Street with the endorsement of the […]
In the first Brits ceremony to do away with gendered categories, women or female-fronted acts won 10 out of 15 overall awards Adele was the runaway winner at this year’s female-dominated Brit awards, taking home the prizes for artist of the year, album of the year for her fourth record, […]
Online sexual abuse of young women having ‘devastating impact’, says charity that commissioned research More than a fifth of girls and young women in the UK have been ‘“cyber-flashed” in the last year and a similar number have faced sexual harassment, according to a study exposing endemic internet sexual abuse. […]
Police rescue Labour leader from anti-vaxxers shouting ‘traitor’ and ‘Jimmy Savile’ days after PM’s smear of Starmer in parliament MPs from all sides angrily rounded on Boris Johnson and accused him of whipping up political poison after the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, was set upon by protesters who accused him […]
Opposition parties say claimed new pledges are not new but an attempt to distract from record NHS backlog Boris Johnson has been accused of a “shameful spinning” of key pledges on cancer care in an attempt to distract from the NHS’s record 6 million-strong backlog of people on waiting lists. […]
French president says both sides need to work quickly to avoid escalation after five-hour session at the Kremlin Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin did not appear to reach a breakthrough in marathon talks at the Kremlin on Monday evening aimed at fending off a Russian attack on Ukraine. After five […]