Prince William and Prince Harry will be reunited later to a unveil a statue to mark what would have been Princess Diana’s 60th birthday. Over the past 18 months the troubles in the relationship between the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex have been well documented, but their mother will be their focus
Month: June 2021
Conservatives in Matt Hancock’s constituency have thrown their support behind him despite calls for his resignation as an MP after he was filmed breaching social distancing rules. Councillor Ian Houlder had written to the local Tory party calling for Mr Hancock to be removed as their MP. But a spokesperson for the West Suffolk Conservative
Nissan is to announce details of a new battery ‘gigafactory’ that will enable its Sunderland car plant to massively increase production of electric vehicles. The Japanese manufacturer is expected to claim the battery plant, built in partnership with Chinese manufacturer Envision, will create 2,000 jobs. The government is thought to have provided some financial support
The government has no plans to carry out its own investigation into unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and whether they pose a threat to the UK, a defence minister has told parliament. Baroness Goldie fielded questions in the House of Lords on the UK’s response to a Pentagon report which was released last week. The long-awaited
Nick Grimshaw has announced that he is leaving BBC Radio 1 after 14 years. The 36-year-old said it was “time to go and maybe make some other dreams come true” after fulfilling his “childhood dream” at the radio station. Grimshaw joined the BBC in 2007, hosting the BBC Two youth music show alongside DJ Annie
Matt Hancock is facing a backlash in his constituency over breaking social distancing rules, with a Conservative councillor calling for the former health secretary to be deselected if he does not stand down. Ian Houlder has written to the local Tory party calling for Mr Hancock to be removed as MP for West Suffolk in
Smallville actor Allison Mack has been sentenced to three years in prison for manipulating women into becoming sex slaves for the leader of the cult-like NXIVM group. Mack had pleaded guilty to the charges that accused her of helping create a society of brainwashed women branded with leader Keith Raniere’s initials. “I made choices I
Millions of people most vulnerable to COVID-19 are set to be offered a COVID booster vaccine from September to increase their protection ahead of winter. New interim advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) sets out the priority list for who should get a third jab if a booster programme is needed.
It’s got impressively scary aliens, time travel and huge amounts of fire power, but Chris Pratt says it’s family relationships that are at the heart of his new film. In The Tomorrow War the actor plays a former military man turned school teacher who’s drafted, along with many others, to travel into the future to
MPs from across the political spectrum have called on the government to introduce new measures to support the live music industry after restrictions were extended. The group of MPs from the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Greens and Scottish National Party say that the sector has gone through a “profound challenge” when faced with the pandemic,
The spectator who caused a massive pile-up at the Tour de France has been arrested, according to a report by Reuters. A 30-year-old French woman is in custody after presenting herself at a police station in Landerneau, Brittany, a source close to the investigation told the news agency. She is accused of involuntarily causing injury
NASA’s new Deep Space Atomic Clock – designed to provide a GPS-like system for spacecraft – is up to 10 times more stable than existing space clocks, new research has found. Ground-based atomic clocks have been the gold standard for timekeeping since the 1950s, but now a new device launched into space in 2019 is
A deal to avoid a ban on sausages and other chilled meats moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland has been agreed at the last minute. The UK and EU have announced an extension to a grace period allowing their transit across the Irish Sea, hours before a ban would have come into force. London
A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids could reduce migraines by up to half, especially for young women, a new study has shown. Researchers found a high omega-3 diet could slash persistent headaches by two to four per month. The fatty acids, which can be found in supplements and oily fish, have also been shown
It is unlikely the world “would have been on the verge of World War Three” if Russia had sunk a British warship near Crimea, Vladimir Putin has said. The Russian president claimed HMS Defender, a Type 45 destroyer, illegally entered his country’s territorial waters near Crimea in order to observe in detail how Russian forces
Detections of methane on Mars have excited scientists because, on Earth, the gas is often produced by microbes – its presence could indicate that similar life was, or is, present on the red planet. There are potential geological processes that could produce methane too, but even before identifying the source of the gas on Mars,
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