Rocks – a film about women, directed, written and produced by women – has taken top prize at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs). The movie, which handpicked its cast of unknown female leads from secondary schools around London, was the big winner on the night, claiming five awards. Named best British independent film, it
Month: February 2021
Sadiq Khan has received his first dose of a coronavirus vaccine and urged members of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities to follow suit, declaring: “I wouldn’t be taking the jab if I didn’t think it was safe.” The London mayor received a COVID-19 jab on Friday morning at a vaccine centre located inside
It’s been a big start to the year for US-based electric bicycle companies seeking large investments. The latest eight-digit funding deal is heading SUPER73’s way and will help the company build upon the massive growth their moped-style e-bike sales saw in 2020. Orange County, California-based SUPER73 landed the $20-million investment from Volition Capital, a Boston-based
To realise his dream of satellite-powered Internet, tech billionaire Elon Musk needs to install antennas around the world. In northern France, a village hopes he’ll decide to keep those antennas far away. Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron, population 350, is none too thrilled to have been picked as a ground station for Musk’s Starlink project for broadband from space.
A person using the Uber app in London. Peter Summers | Getty Images LONDON — Uber’s troubles in the U.K. aren’t over, despite winning back its license to operate London. The ride-hailing firm is awaiting a major ruling from the country’s top court on whether its drivers should be classified as employees rather than independent
The government cannot guarantee that the current coronavirus lockdown in England will be the last, a minister has told Sky News. James Cleverly said it was impossible to give people “100% certainty” because “viruses don’t work like that”. Latest coronavirus updates from the UK and around the world Please use Chrome browser for a more
A fresh examination has revealed new details about the first black hole ever detected – which was spotted in 1964 and became the subject of a friendly wager between renowned scientists – including that it is bigger than previously known. Researchers said on Thursday that new observations of the Cygnus X-1 black hole, orbiting in
Public sector net borrowing was £8.8bn last month – the first January deficit since 2011. The figure was £18.4bn more than in January 2020 and was also the highest January borrowing amount since monthly records began in 1993. Public sector net debt has now risen by £316.4bn over the 10 months since the start of
For All Mankind season 2 — premiering February 19 on Apple TV+ worldwide — continues to explore the ripple effects of the Soviets putting a man (and a woman) on the Moon before the Americans. In some ways, it created a better, equitable world in the USA. Women enjoy a better position at NASA (in
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology lab ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely inside a vast crater, the first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Mission managers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Los Angeles
SINGAPORE — Commodity prices are going up but whether that continues for an extended period of time — known as a supercycle — depends on China, an economist said Thursday. The last supercycle happened in the mid-2000s before the global financial crisis and peaked in 2008 as China grew to become a commodity powerhouse. Prices
A huge rumble and a belch of steam and rocks erupts from the crater of the volcano that towers above us. It’s truly terrifying feeling such power, so near. I looked about me, wondering where I would I hide if the volcano’s eruptions suddenly intensified. And then I realised – and it’s obvious really –
At least 10,000 children in care were placed in potentially unsafe accommodation including caravans, tents and barges, a Sky News investigation has found. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that local councils used unregulated accommodation to house vulnerable children – even though these settings were not subject to inspection or regulation by Ofsted. Between January 2019 and December
Tesla has slipped in industry reliability rankings based on new owner surveys from Consumer Reports and J.D. Power. Over the years, Tesla has often been knocked for reliability in owner surveys. The automaker’s innovative nature often prioritized speed over quality and reliability. Last year, Tesla’s former VP of quality explained why it might not be
Courtesy of RMI.By Mark Dyson & Becky Xilu Li With extreme cold stretching across half the United States, the past week has seen unprecedented power outages in the central part of the country, and particularly in Texas. Millions of people remain without power as the state’s grid operator, ERCOT, struggles to meet historic demand for electricity
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