Astronauts are scheduled to take a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) today to install a new British-built communications system that will deliver almost instantaneous messages back to Earth. The British-funded and developed system will speed up scientists’ access to data from experiments on board the ISS, from investigations into the effects of radiation
Month: January 2021
Twitter has announced a new project that will recruit users of the social media platform to help tackle false and misleading tweets. The company said: “We know this might be messy… but we believe this is a model worth trying.” The crowd-sourced pilot programme, named Birdwatch, is being tested in America and follows criticism of
Google says it has made progress on its so-called Privacy Sandbox plans to remove third-party cookies from its Chrome browser amid concerns about the browser’s market dominance and privacy protections. Third-party cookies are trackers placed on websites that enable advertisers to follow users around the web, for instance displaying a product which the user viewed
Boris Johnson has told the country he is “deeply sorry for every life that has been lost” as the UK surpassed 100,000 coronavirus-related deaths. A further 1,631 people were reported to have died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, taking the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic
Britain’s Got Talent could be scrapped in 2021 due to the coronavirus crisis, Sky News understands. Production on the ITV show was postponed earlier in January, with COVID-19 lockdown restrictions making the popular live auditions an impossibility. Now, producers are in talks about whether the show – hosted by Ant and Dec with judges Simon
It is “far too early” for Britons to be thinking about booking a summer holiday, a minister has told Sky News. Asked if people should hold off on booking a trip, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi replied: “Absolutely.” Live coronavirus updates from the UK and around the world Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible
Facebook has launched its Facebook News tab in the UK after completing deals with many of the country’s major news providers, including Sky News, the Financial Times, and the Guardian. Available within the Facebook app, the news tab will feature stories from what the social media giant describes as “hundreds of leading national, local and
Keeping schools closed is having a “calamitous” impact on children, some of the UK’s top paediatricians have warned as they called for teachers to be prioritised for a vaccine. The group said they were witnessing an “acute and rapid increase in mental health and safeguarding cases”, with parents suffering breakdowns and other psychological stress due
The UK’s unemployment rate has hit 5% for the first time in over four years, according to official figures which suggest over 200,000 people lost their jobs in the three months to November. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) also said 828,000 fewer people were on company payrolls through December compared to the pre-COVID-19 crisis
Taking a regular afternoon nap could be one way to stay mentally agile, according to a new study. The research, published in the journal General Psychiatry, looked at the sleep patterns of 2,214 healthy people aged 60 and over in several large Chinese cities. Some 1,534 took regular afternoon naps of between five minutes and
The UK is to offer its genomics expertise to help other countries identify new COVID variants, Health Secretary Matt Hancock will announce. The launch of the New Variant Assessment Platform will see other countries offered UK laboratory capacity and advice to analyse new strains of coronavirus. It will be led by Public Health England working
Joe Biden has suggested the US could soon be vaccinating an average of 1.5 million Americans a day – but warned the country’s growing COVID death toll could still top 600,000. The US has offered one million doses per day over the last week, but the new president insisted: “I think we may be able
Travel industry sources have told Sky News they expect mandatory hotel quarantine to be introduced imminently, as the government tries to suppress new variants of coronavirus. They anticipate an announcement could come as soon as Tuesday, but even those close to discussions remain unclear how broad the restrictions will be. Sources believe differing views among
The article of impeachment formally charging Donald Trump with inciting insurrection before the deadly attack on the Capitol will be delivered shortly. The trial, which is expected to get started on 8 February, will be led by the US Senate’s longest-serving member. Democrat Patrick Leahy, 80, said in a statement: “When I preside over the
Singer Will Young has said he is “astounded” his twin brother was allowed to leave hospital following a suicide attempt – just days before taking his own life. Rupert Young, 41, died after jumping from a bridge in London on 30 July last year, an inquest heard. His death came just days after he was
More than 100,000 people have now died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19. But this official government total is just one measure of lives lost. Another – deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate – now totals 107,907 in the UK. But, to capture the impact of the pandemic we need
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