Bids in 10-minute auction started at $4.8m for 20 July trip on Blue Origin spacecraft with Bezos and his brother. Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin has sold the spare seat of the company’s 20 July New Shepard space rocket blast-off for $28m, the company announced on Saturday. Related: Rocket men: Bezos, […]
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Midfielder, 29, required urgent CPR on the pitch during match against Finland but is now stable Danish international footballer Christian Eriksen was given chest compressions by medics during the Euro 2020 clash against Finland in Copenhagen on Saturday. Eriksen, 29, collapsed face first into the pitch while running to collect […]
Lord Evans to call for tougher rules to stop former ministers using contacts and expertise for private gain Ministers could face a five-year ban from lobbying after leaving office and face fines if they break the rules. Lord Evans, chair of the committee on standards in public life, will propose […]
Monday’s announcement will come as coronavirus case are rising at fastest rate since second wave Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The lifting of all lockdown restrictions in England is likely to be delayed for up to a month from the planned date of 21 June, government […]
Russian ruler says relations with US at their lowest point in years as the two presidents prepare to meet in Geneva The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has said US-Russia relations are at their lowest point in years, in an interview before his meeting with the US president, Joe Biden, next […]
The Cape Cod fisherman estimates he was in the beast’s mouth for 30 seconds; experts say the encounter was a fluke A commercial lobster diver who got caught in the mouth of a humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod on Friday morning said he thought he was going […]
Taskforce chief Kate Bingham gets damehood and Oxford research leaders also rewarded Key figures in the battle against Covid-19 and Britain’s vaccine success have been rewarded in the Queen’s birthday honours list, with vaccines taskforce chair Kate Bingham getting a damehood. Honours are also bestowed on two leaders of the […]
Exclusive: Labour accuses ministers of ‘selling out communities’ after analysis of recent donation declarations Labour has accused the Conservative party of “selling out communities to pay back developers” after figures revealed that 13% of the Tories’ recent donations came from property tycoons and companies. Labour’s analysis of declarations released by […]
Dozens of ex-employees sign open letter claiming they were bullied and treated like objects BrewDog: from ‘punk’ brewery to beer behemoth BrewDog, the fast-expanding craft beer firm, has apologised to former employees who accused the company and its co-founder James Watt of fostering a “culture of fear” in which workers […]
Public health expert says social distancing and mask guidance should stay in place for foreseeable future Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has been urged to pull the plug on the final easing of coronavirus restrictions across England later this month, as he prepares to […]