Further lockdowns are “unlikely” to be required to control the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, one of the government’s top scientific advisers has said. It comes as the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 has fallen, and the average rate of infection has decreased. COVID infections are widely expected to rise again in September,
Team GB’s Galal Yafai has won the gold medal in the men’s flyweight final after beating the Philippines’ Carlo Paalam at the Tokyo Olympics. The Birmingham boxer took down his opponent in the opening round with a straight left and edged a high-octane contest to secure the verdict. It concluded a stunning run of form
Barnaby Joyce is the new leader of the Nationals Party in Australia. Since the Liberals (in name only) govern in a coalition with the Nationals, that makes Barnaby the deputy Prime Minister of Australia. This is frightening stuff, as Mr. Joyce is far more conservative than the right wing of the Liberal Party. He is
Standing hundreds of feet above ground, wind turbines — like tall trees, buildings, and telephone poles — are easy targets for lightning. Just by virtue of their height, they will get struck. Lightning protection systems exist for conventional wind turbine blades. But protection was needed for blades made from a new type of material—thermoplastic resin
A former Afghan interpreter has described how he ignored a Taliban demand to quit his job with British forces, so the “killing machines” murdered his brother. The 35-year-old, who has just arrived on a rescue flight from Afghanistan to the UK with his family, said he was also attacked in a separate ambush and had
A volunteer firefighter has died in and thousands of people have been evacuated from an island near Athens as wildfires rage in Greece. Civil Protection chief Nikos Hardalias said firefighters faced “exceptionally dangerous, unprecedented conditions” as they battled 154 wildfires on Friday, with 64 still burning into the night. “Over the past few days we
A monorail train displaying Google signage moves past a billboard advertising Apple iPhone security during the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple announced a system this week that will enable it to flag images of child exploitation uploaded to
Alphabet CEO, Larry Page. Emmanuel Dunand | AFP | GettyImages Larry Page, the billionaire Google co-founder, has been granted residency in New Zealand and spent time in the country during the coronavirus pandemic, the New Zealand government confirmed to CNBC Friday. Page, 48, applied for New Zealand residence in November 2020 via the nation’s “Investor
The Western Australia Labor state government is moving forward with Project Symphony in a plan to link over 500 homes and businesses equipped with rooftop solar and home batteries in a virtual power plant. They plan also includes large appliances like air conditioners and electric hot water systems. Virtual Power Plants (VPP) manage the flow
In this article AMZN Amazon fulfillment center warehouse. Getty Images Amazon is bringing back its mask mandate for warehouse workers amid a surge in Covid-19 cases due to the highly contagious delta variant. Beginning on Monday, employees will be required to wear face coverings inside Amazon operations facilities — even if they’re vaccinated — according
Five children, all younger than 10, have died in an apartment fire in St Louis, Illinois. The children’s mother had left home to pick up another adult from work and returned to find the building on fire, officials said. The mother entered the building several times in a bid to rescue her children. Although it
A woman has filed a criminal complaint against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, accusing him of groping her breast. The former employee in Mr Cuomo‘s office, known only as “Executive Assistant #1”, filed the complaint with the Albany County Sheriff’s office on Thursday. The development increases the possibility that Mr Cuomo could face criminal charges.
British nationals in Afghanistan are being told to leave immediately as the country moves into what the UN has described as a “deadlier and more destructive phase”. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on Friday evening issued an advisory against all travel to Afghanistan. It added: “If you are still in Afghanistan, you are advised
The prime minister is not expected to isolate after flying to Scotland this week with a member of his staff who has tested positive for COVID-19. Boris Johnson was on the same flight as the person but did not come within two metres of them, Sky News understands. A Number 10 spokesman said: “The prime
Late last year I worked up the likely amount of public money that would have to be thrown at the nuclear industry in order to successfully and safely decommission the 100 operational reactors and the now shut down ones. Unsurprisingly, the nuclear industry had been very optimistic in its estimates of decommissioning costs and timeframes,
An alpaca condemned to death after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis looks set to die despite his owner pleading with Boris Johnson for a stay of execution. Geronimo the six-year-old alpaca has tested positive for the disease twice and a High Court judge has ruled he must be put down. His owner, Helen Macdonald, whose
Jobs growth in the US exceeded expectations last month while unemployment fell in a further sign the economy continues to bounce back from the turmoil of the coronavirus pandemic. So-called nonfarm payrolls increased by 943,000 in July, official employment figures showed, which was above the 860,000 forecasted by economists. Hotels and restaurants reopening for business
Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s new show sees him take on the role of someone who wonders what their life might be like had things worked out differently. Mr Corman, which was also written and directed by Gordon-Levitt, follows the story of a man who teaches fifth grade history in California’s San Fernando Valley – but had initially
Football Manager players will no longer be able to manage ‘Manchester United’, following a settlement between the club and the games developer Sports Interactive. Instead, from FM22 onwards, the Manchester United football club will be renamed “Manchester UFC” or “Man UFC”, the games maker announced on Friday. Fans of the game and the club have
Team GB has won historic gold medals in cycling and the modern pentathlon, taking Britain’s total to 18. Laura Kenny, 29, and Katie Archibald, 27, won gold in the first ever Olympic women’s cycling madison – giving Kenny her fifth Olympic title and making her the first British woman to win gold at three consecutive