A “hero” father-of-seven has died after rescuing his children when they got into difficulty in the sea. Jonathan Stevens, 36, died in the incident in Barmouth, northwest Wales on Sunday afternoon, with his partner Laura Burford saying: “I owe this man everything bringing our babies back.” The plasterer was reportedly caught in a rip tide
Month: August 2020
Caroline Flack took her own life after finding out she was definitely going to be prosecuted for assault and fearing the publicity that would come with a trial, a coroner has concluded. Coroner Mary Hassell said the Love Island presenter’s alleged assault of boyfriend Lewis Burton “played out in the national press” following her arrest
Caroline Flack’s mother has said her daughter was “seriously let down by the authorities” before she died – and also accused her boyfriend of leaking a photo of the bloody scene from the night of the star’s arrest. Flack, 40, died at her flat in north London in February just a few weeks before she
Chinese-owned app TikTok has been accused of harvesting its users’ data, and was even described as a potential national security risk by White House officials. On Friday, President Trump said he intended to ban the video-sharing platform from the US because of these concerns, although over the weekend he appeared to approve of a potential
It has been a year like no other in recent memory – and acclaimed photographer Rankin is urging us all to document it for posterity in a mass picture project. Best known for shooting celebrities and royalty, including David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Kate Moss and the Queen, the famous photographer is now inviting amateurs
Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume, “the architect of the Northern Ireland peace process”, has died. The former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) had been ill for some time. Having committed his life to the pursuit of Irish unity by peaceful means, he was fiercely criticised for holding secret talks with
Smartwatch maker Garmin paid a multi-million dollar ransom to criminals who encrypted its computer files through a ransomware negotiation business called Arete IR, sources have told Sky News. Earlier this week Sky News reported that Garmin had obtained the decryption key to recover its files from the WastedLocker virus. Security sources believe this virus has
Former Pope Benedict XVI is ill with shingles after returning to the Vatican from a visit to Germany, a newspaper citing his biographer has reported. The 93-year-old retired pontiff has become very frail and his voice is barely audible, author Peter Seewald told German daily Passauer Neue Presse. However, German-born Benedict met with Mr Seewald
US astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday after a two-month voyage that was NASA’s first crewed mission from home soil in nine years. Behnken and Hurley, tallying 64 days in space, undocked from the
A teenager who vanished last month after she ran out of petrol has been found alive in a remote section of the Cascade Mountains in the US. King County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Ryan Abbott said it was a “miracle” that 18-year-old Giovanna Fuda was discovered on Saturday after a week-long search. Mr Abbott said she
August 2nd, 2020 by Steve Hanley NextEra Energy, the parent company of Florida Power & Light, is leading an aggressive shift to wind and solar power in the Sunshine State. Recently, it has also moved to add battery storage to its renewable energy portfolio. When its Manatee county energy storage facility is completed in 2021,
7:03 PM ET Associated Press LOUDON, N.H. — Brad Keselowski won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday for his third victory of the NASCAR season and 33rd of his career. Keselowski and Denny Hamlin swapped stage wins and had the lead a combined 18 times before Keselowski, who is in a contract year for
The Chinese-owned short-video app TikTok could be sold to Microsoft after an apparent change of mind by President Trump. On Friday he said he intended to ban TikTok from the US because of concerns about the data of US users and appeared to dismiss the idea of a takeover by an American company. The US
[embedded content] Published on August 2nd, 2020 | by Chanan Bos This is the 19th broadcast of CleanTechnica’s weekly news show. We now also have a Patreon page! This week’s show covers Panasonic claims regarding future batteries, whether Sony’s concept EV might reach the market after all, two non-Tesla Gigafactory wannabees, a green skyscraper (half of
August 2nd, 2020 by Tim Dixon Welcome to China × Cleantech — June 2020. Our China x Cleantech series covers top cleantech stories in China each month. EV Sales Tesla & The Minions — China EV Sales Report On July 25, José Pontes reported on Chinese EV sales, highlighting that the Model 3 had almost
New rapid coronavirus tests that can detect the virus in just 90 minutes will start to be used in care homes and labs from next week. The two new types of test do not require trained health staff to operate them and can also pick up other winter viruses. Image: The Nudgebox can diagnose COVID-19