The first rocket launch from UK soil failed because of a premature shutdown in the rocket that prevented LauncherOne from reaching orbit, Virgin Orbit has said. The opening part of the mission went according to plan, the company said, as its plane took off from Spaceport Cornwall, Britain’s first such site, at Newquay Airport. A
Month: January 2023
Blue singer Lee Ryan has been found guilty of the racially aggravated assault of a female cabin crew member on a British Airways flight. It comes following an incident on a journey from Glasgow to London in July last year. Ealing Magistrates’ Court heard the singer was “slurring his words and staggering around” after drinking
Dolphins shout at each other over increasing levels of underwater noise pollution, new research suggests. Sounds generated by humans may force the animals to make louder and less effective whistles, according to experts from the University of Bristol. Dolphins rely on echolocation to hunt and reproduce, meaning activities like drilling and shipping could affect the
Liberty Steel UK has placed 440 jobs under threat through a series of actions to secure its future amid “unviable” market conditions. The company said high energy costs had combined with other uncompetitive factors such as cheap imports and it was vital its operations were “refocused”. Liberty, part of Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance, said its
Average ambulance response times in England last month were the longest on record – as more than half of people at major A&Es had to wait longer than four hours for the first time since records began in 2011. New figures show the average response time in December for ambulances in England dealing with the
Elon Musk has earned a place in the Guinness World Records for the largest ever loss of personal wealth after Tesla stock plummeted. The Twitter and Tesla chief executive – who was overtaken as the world’s richest man in December – has lost about £153bn ($182bn) since November 2021, according to estimates by Forbes. Oher
Two dozen MPs since 2016 have been paid for second jobs through personal service companies they have set up, a Sky News investigation has found. It means these MPs can exploit the fact that tax rates on companies differ from those on employment, enabling them to reduce their tax bills on second jobs. This practice
Long COVID sufferers who had a mild bout of the virus should expect their symptoms to resolve within a year, researchers have suggested. People with ongoing effects after illness have been concerned that lingering symptoms will not disappear. But academics suggest that “mild disease does not lead to serious or chronic long-term morbidity”. The team
An additional batch of classified documents have been discovered by aides to President Joe Biden. The papers were found in a location separate from the Washington office he used after leaving the Obama administration, NBC News reported, citing a source familiar with the matter. It comes after the White House said on Monday that the
Legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck, known for his work with The Yardbirds, has died at the age of 78. A family statement posted on the musician’s official Twitter account read: “It is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck’s passing. “After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away
Russia’s Wagner Group has claimed the body of one of the missing British aid workers in Ukraine has been found. Christopher Parry, 28, and Andrew Bagshaw, 48, were last seen on Friday leaving Kramatorsk for Soledar. A spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: “We are supporting the families of two British men
Boris Johnson has become the number one most donated to MP this parliament after receiving a single donation of one million pounds. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer had previously been the most donated to MP with £740,000 in multiple donations, Sky News’ Westminster Accounts tool showed. But the money from Brexiteer and crypto investor Christopher
American football player Damar Hamlin, who collapsed and suffered a cardiac arrest during a game last week, has been released from hospital in Buffalo. Hamlin‘s heart had to be restarted twice after he suddenly fell to the ground during the match against the Cincinnati Bengals on 2 January. For almost a week, doctors listed his
The Transport Select Committee heard from two sides in the national rail dispute, but the most important voice – the third rail – was not even in the room. Mick Whelan, of drivers’ unions Aslef, put the chances of resolution at zero (on a scale of one to 10) while Mick Lynch, of the RMT,
The “scandal” of MPs’ earnings from second jobs and donations exposed by Sky News’ Westminster Accounts project “needs to end” through “root-and-branch” reform, the SNP has said. The party’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn told Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates that the findings of the investigation should “ring alarm bells for everyone” and demonstrate
A new image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope offers insights into how the first stars formed in the early universe more than 10 billion years ago. The image shows a cluster of stars known as NGC 346, which is more than 200,000 light-years away from Earth. It has become of interest to astronomers
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