Globetrotting presenter hopes ‘value’ of programmes offsets their carbon footprint Explorer and television presenter Simon Reeve is troubled by the carbon footprint of the travel documentaries he makes and sometimes feels a hypocrite, he has confessed. Talking candidly about his climate change guilt and also reflecting on his unhappy teenage […]
Year: 2022
‘Time machine’ will allow astronomers to study the beginning of the universe shortly after the Big Bang Nasa engineers yesterday completed the final unfolding of the huge primary mirror of the agency’s James Webb space telescope. The manoeuvre was the final step of the $10bn observatory’s two-week deployment phase that […]
Senior lawyers question motives of attorney general, who says she could refer acquittal to court of appeal Senior lawyers have accused the attorney general for England and Wales of politically-driven meddling after she announced that she could refer the acquittal of the Colston Four to the court of appeal. Suella […]
Judge rules William ‘Roddie’ Bryan can seek parole after 30 years while Travis and Gregory McMichael cannot A judge in Georgia sentenced Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan to life in prison on Friday for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was running through their […]
Inquiry into government gatherings widened to include former aide’s allegation and photographed cheese-and-wine get-together Coronavirus – latest updates Dominic Cummings has alleged there was a lockdown-breaking party in the Downing Street garden five days after Boris Johnson and up to 17 staff were pictured with wine and cheese. The prime […]
Updates from the New Year’s Test at the SCG The Spin: subscribe to our weekly cricket newsletter Any thoughts? Email Sam or tweet @sjjperry I’d be staying up while Bairstow is there, big time. I don’t know how “big time” amplifies it in any way, and yet, there it is. […]
Tory peer recommended PPE Medpro to Cabinet Office before it was formally registered, it has emerged The Conservative peer Michelle Mone referred a business to the Cabinet Office for potential multimillion pound PPE contracts before it had even been incorporated as a company, it has emerged. The business, PPE Medpro, […]
PM sought funds for flat refurb from Tory donor while promising to consider plans for mystery event Boris Johnson has been accused of corruption after it emerged that he sought funds for his flat refurbishment from a Conservative donor while promising to consider plans for a mystery “great exhibition”. The […]
Witnesses in Almaty describe scenes of chaos in streets as Russian ‘peacekeepers’ arrive in country What are the protests about? Dozens of protesters and at least 12 police officers have died in ongoing violence in Kazakhstan, authorities have claimed, as “peacekeepers” from a Russian-led military alliance arrived in the country […]
President blames predecessor for role in violence of 6 January ‘The lies that drove the anger and madness have not abated’ Biden denounces Trump in anniversary speech – follow live Joe Biden on Thursday forcefully denounced Donald Trump for spreading a “web of lies” about the legitimacy of the 2020 […]