Health Secretary Matt Hancock has admitted there are “challenges” with the coronavirus testing system following a “sharp rise” in demand. Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr Hancock said the government was “working hard” to fix issues with COVID-19 testing availability but admitted it could take a “matter of weeks”. He revealed tests
Month: September 2020
Gary Lineker will have to adhere to new BBC impartiality rules after signing a new five-year deal with the corporation. The new director general, Tim Davie, admitted Lineker “knows he has a responsibility to the BBC in terms of social media”. Mr Davie made the announcement as part of its annual report, adding that impartiality
Former Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke has been sentenced to two years in prison for three sexual assaults on two younger women. The judge, Mrs Justice Whipple, described the 49-year-old as a “sexual predator” who used his “success and respectability as a cover”. “You made your victims come to court,” she said. “They told the truth,
The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas, which on Earth can be attributed to living organisms, scientists said on Monday, in a fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbour. Conditions on Venus are often described as hellish with daytime temperatures hot enough to melt lead and an atmosphere comprised almost
Britain’s unemployment rate rose to 4.1% in the three months to July as the total number of jobless rose by 62,000, the Office for National Statistics said. The jobless rate was up from 3.9% a month earlier – but is still yet to be fully illustrative of the economic crisis with the Treasury’s soon-to-end furlough
September 15th, 2020 by Guest Contributor By Yu Sun Chin, Solutions for Our Climate, Seoul, South Korea 2020 has been called a defining moment to fight the climate crisis, and many tech companies are amping up their efforts to do so. This year, Apple announced that it would cut its emissions by 75 percent and
The latest drone flyover of Tesla Gigafactory Berlin shows some impressive progress, as the novel construction technique is already producing large buildings. It has been a month since we shared a Tesla Gigafactory Berlin construction update, and a lot of progress has been made in the last month. Tesla’s factory under construction is subject to
A oil tanker goods train passes towards Nizamuddin Railway Station near Ashram in New Delhi on July 30, 2020. Mayank Makhija | NurPhoto via Getty Images LONDON — OPEC has cut its forecast for oil demand growth this year, citing a weaker-than-expected recovery in India and other Asian countries, and warned risks remain “elevated and skewed to
As the smoke lifts, the full destruction of the wildfires in Oregon is beginning to reveal itself. A chain of small mountain communities, dotted along Highway-22, east of the state capital Salem, has been left as nothing more than ashes by the Beachie Creek fire. Image: Wetter and cooler than California, Oregon is not supposed
September 14th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan I’m changing the format for these weekly updates on the most popular CleanTechnica stories of the past week. From now on, I will highlight exclusive and highly original stories before listing the top 20 stories from the past week. I hope you enjoy the new format! ⚡️ Our most
At the White House today, Donald Trump is trying to get as close as he can to emulating a moment that happened 27 years this week. On 13 September 1993 President Bill Clinton brought together two foes. On the White House lawn, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian
Donald Trump had a simple message for emergency officials in California: “It’ll start getting cooler.” The US president, who in the past has blamed the widespread blazes on poor forest management, visited the state on Monday. Wade Crowfoot, California Secretary for National Resources, told Mr Trump: “We had temperatures explode this summer. You may have
A builder lured his wife’s lover to a remote farm before murdering him and disposing of his body, a court has heard. Andrew Jones, 53, discovered his wife Rhianon, 51, was having an affair with 55-year-old Michael O’Leary, and killed him after “carefully planning” the murder, Swansea Crown Court was told. Prosecutors said that Jones
Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman, far right, addresses the team at an all-hands meeting. Courtesy of Snowflake Data storage software company Snowflake has raised its estimated IPO price by around 30% since last week, according to an updated S-1 filing Monday. Snowflake’s IPO is on track to be one of the most popular debuts in a flurry of
The Cyrusher Everest XF900, which was just launched today, claims to be a motorcycle-inspired e-bike that combines the best of both worlds. It offers high-speed riding, full suspension, hydraulic disc brakes, and other premium features, not to mention a price set conspicuously below its competitors. Cyrusher Everest XF900 e-bike launched Shenzhen-based Cyrusher isn’t new to
ÖBB | Max Wegscheider Rail passengers in Austria are set to take part in a trial of a hydrogen fuel cell train, as the rollout of technology that could change the way public transport systems operate continues at a steady pace. In a statement at the end of last week, ÖBB, the Austrian Federal Railways,
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