Germany will suspend using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the under-60s over concerns about rare blood clots. Officials agreed unanimously to only give the jab to people aged 60 or older, unless they are at high risk from COVID-19 or are health workers, following a recommendation from the country’s independent vaccine expert panel. The country’s medical
Month: March 2021
SpaceX has suffered another failed landing for its prototype Starship spacecraft, as the rocket broke up in thick fog right before touchdown in Texas. This was the fourth full-scale stainless steel model to launch since December to an altitude of more than six miles. The previous three exploded at touchdown or shortly afterwards. According to
Sir Keir Starmer has revealed one of his top team has apologised after describing business as “the enemy”. Shadow tourism minister, Alex Sobel, was “wrong” in his comments, according to the Labour leader, who added that under him, the party was “very clearly pro-business”. Image: Sir Keir Starmer stressed Labour was ‘pro-business’ under his leadership
The last two multimillion dollar spots on the three-day SpaceX flight into orbit have been filled by a science teacher and a data engineer. The SpaceX Dragon capsule is scheduled to launch in mid-September to an altitude of 335 miles – 75 miles higher than the International Space Station and on a level with the
The UK has recorded 56 more COVID-19 deaths and 4,040 new cases in the latest 24-hour period. This compares with Monday’s figures of 23 deaths and 4,654 infections. There is typically an increase in reported deaths on Tuesdays as weekend updates are added in. A total of 126,670 people in the UK have died within
Virgin Galactic has unveiled its latest spaceplane model, the SpaceShip III, the first of which will be named VSS Imagine. Ground testing is starting immediately and glide flights are planned for this summer to launch from Spaceport America in New Mexico. Unveiling the design, Virgin Galactic celebrated the plane being “finished entirely with a mirror-like
PayPal is to launch a cryptocurrency service, initially allowing consumers in the US to spend a range of currencies when making purchases with millions of online merchants globally. The move, first reported by Reuters, is set to provide a huge boost for people using Bitcoin, Ether, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin for everyday transactions, being able
Fortnite-maker Epic Games has accused Apple of “kneecapping the competition” in its latest swipe at the company after being banned from the App Store for avoiding Apple’s payment rules. Epic Games says it has filed a complaint to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) “in support of its investigation into Apple’s anticompetitive behaviour.” Earlier this
A scandal-hit financier claimed he was a “senior adviser” to then prime minister David Cameron, according to a business card handed to the Labour Party. The card suggests Lex Greensill had a government landline phone number as well as a Downing Street email address. The government has previously claimed Mr Greensill’s role was approved “in the
It is time to “move on” from a row over David Cameron’s dealings with a financial services company, a minister has told Sky News. “I think people have looked at this. As far as I know, David Cameron did absolutely nothing wrong,” Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said when asked about the former prime minister’s links
Over-65s are leading the way back to the supermarket aisles as the largely-vaccinated generation grows more confident about shopping in physical stores again, new figures show. Monthly data from market research firm Kantar showed there were 13 million more trips to grocery shops in the four weeks to 21 March than in the previous month.
Nike is suing the creators of a pair of so-called “Satan Shoes” launched by rapper Lil Nas X for copyright infringement. The black and red Nike Air Max 97s, customised by quirky art brand MSCHF, feature a pentagram – a symbol of Satanism – on top and it is claimed that each shoe contains “one
The most likely origin for coronavirus was transmission from a bat to humans via an unidentified intermediate animal species, according to a long-awaited World Health Organisation (WHO) report due to be published today. The WHO team state that “it remains to be determined where SARS-CoV-2 originated”, according to a draft copy of the report seen
Metropolitan Police officers “acted appropriately” at the Clapham Common vigil held in memory of Sarah Everard, a review has found. The report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has found that the force “was justified in adopting the view that the risks of transmitting COVID-19 at the vigil were
Sir Lenny Henry has written an open letter, signed by a number of household names, calling on Black people in the UK to have the COVID-19 vaccine. Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, actor Thandie Newton, radio host Trevor Nelson and author Malorie Blackman are among the signatories of the letter which asked people to “trust” the
The videos of the last minutes of George Floyd’s life are haunting and awful, one man’s very public death recorded for the world to see. But those same videos have now become the cornerstone of the criminal case against the man accused of Mr Floyd’s murder. Prosecutors seeking to have former police officer Derek Chauvin
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