A SpaceX vessel carrying four astronauts has docked with the International Space Station (ISS). The Dragon capsule called “Resilience” by it’s crew launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and took 27 hours to reach the ISS in the early hours of Tuesday morning (UK time). The three American and one Japanese astronauts on board the craft
Month: November 2020
Hurricane Iota has made landfall on the coast of Nicaragua with winds of up to 155mph, the National Hurricane Centre (NHT) has said. The category four hurricane hit the town of Haulover at around 10.40pm eastern time on Monday (3.40am GMT Tuesday). It is around 15 miles south from where the devastating Hurricane Eta struck
US President Donald Trump asked for options on attacking Iranian nuclear sites last week, according to an official, before ultimately deciding against it. Mr Trump, who has yet refused to concede that he lost the presidential election, apparently made the request during an Oval Office meeting last week, which included Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary
Taylor Swift has claimed music mogul Scooter Braun would not allow her team to enter negotiations to buy her own music from him, unless she signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). The Bad Blood singer has been fighting for control of her original recordings since Braun bought a large number of them last year. Now, the
St John Ambulance has confirmed it has been approached to potentially train up volunteers to administer a coronavirus vaccine. Last month the rules over who can give a vaccine were extended to include independent nurses, allied healthcare professionals, paramedics, physiotherapists, pharmacists and student nurses and doctors. At the time the Health Secretary Matt Hancock said:
Born at just 28 completed weeks of pregnancy, twins Zaki and Mileka were premature and suffered from multiple health conditions, which were a cause of serious concern for their parents. The twins’ mother, Rifat Ara-Ridge says: “Zaki had a lot of complications, he had a blood transfusion, MRSA, and really tugged at our emotions.” Barry
Many iPhone users are experiencing issues with getting the NHS COVID-19 app to launch on their phones. People have been reporting over the past week that the app does not load, with it instead becoming stuck on the blue screen with the NHS logo. NHS Test and Trace has published a workaround for the glitch,
A row has erupted after Boris Johnson reportedly condemned devolution in Scotland, saying it had been “a disaster north of the border”. The prime minister claimed it was Tony Blair’s “biggest mistake” and that while he previously thought it was a good idea, he could not “see a case” for handing down more powers to
Mouthwash is able to kill COVID-19 within 30 seconds of exposure to it in a laboratory, a scientific study has found. The preliminary findings, which are yet to be peer reviewed, come ahead of a clinical trial investigating whether over-the-counter mouthwash can reduce the levels of coronavirus in a patient’s saliva. The research, which was
A man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a 16-year-old girl who was found dead in woodland after disappearing on VE Day this year. Shane Mays, 30, from Havant in Hampshire, entered his plea on the first day of his trial at Winchester Crown Court. He is charged with the murder of the teenager,
Three vaccines approved for use in the UK have all reported they are around 90% effective in late stage trials. The UK was the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. It is currently being rolled out across the nation, alongside the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, which was given the green light
Eight other Conservative MPs are self-isolating along with the prime minister after one of them tested positive for coronavirus. Lee Anderson, the Ashfield MP, began to experience coronavirus symptoms on Friday and both he and his wife, who is in the shielded group, tested positive on Sunday morning. On Thursday morning, Mr Anderson had attended
“I expected corruption, I never expected the lack of humanity.” Alexander Nanau is the Emmy award-winning director behind Collective, the hard-hitting documentary showing the aftermath of the 2015 Bucharest nightclub fire that killed 64 people and brought down the Romanian government. It’s a raw and graphic movie, featuring no interviews and no voiceovers, just the
Global stock markets are rallying sharply after positive trial results from a second potential coronavirus vaccine lifted hopes over the battle to defeat the pandemic. The FTSE 100 jumped by 2%, or more than 100 points, after interim data from a US-developed drug produced by Moderna showed it to be 94.5% effective against COVID-19. Markets
A demo of songs recorded by Ed Sheeran and sold by his mother when he was a teenager is being auctioned. The current seller bought the recordings in 2005 in Framlingham, Suffolk, where the 29-year-old musician grew up. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, was keen to support musicians from the area. The collection
Iota has strengthened into a “dangerous” category 4 hurricane as it heads towards Central America. Forecasters expect it to make landfall in northeastern Nicaragua and eastern Honduras on Monday night. It comes just days after the countries were ransacked by category 4 Hurricane Eta which killed at least 200 people and left dozens more missing.
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