Police are searching a Gloucester cafe in connection with the disappearance of a teenage girl suspected to have been murdered by serial killer Fred West. Mary Bastholm vanished in 1968 aged just 15 and her body has never been found. West, who died in prison in 1995 aged 53, was previously suspected over her disappearance.
Month: May 2021
A team of researchers at Canada’s McGill University has succeeded in developing a new method to create brain implants that are as soft as the brain tissue itself. The researchers used silicon and sugar to create delicate silicone implants, the softest brain implant to the day, as thin as sewing thread (nearly 0.2 mm). Its
Soho House Group, the global network of private members’ clubs, is to change its name and offer its shares to tens of thousands of customers as part of a plan to give it a flying start to life as a publicly listed company. Sky News has learnt that Soho House is to rename its parent
The government has promised to tackle obesity and improve mental health support, but there is no sign of long-promised legislation to reform adult social care. Boris Johnson has set out his legislative agenda for the new parliamentary session in the Queen’s Speech. Follow live updates from the Queen’s Speech Proposals on social care will be
In this article SHLX RDSA-GB A cyclist passes oil silos at the Royal Dutch Shell Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Peter Boer | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The month of May promises to be a ground-breaking one for Big Oil. Oil and gas majors on both sides of
At least 11 people including students have been killed and several injured in a shooting at a school in southwest Russia, according to reports. The RIA news agency said an explosion was heard at the school in the city of Kazan and a gunman has been detained by police. Interfax news agency cited a source
The US space probe OSIRIS-REx on Monday left the orbit of the asteroid Bennu, from which it collected dust samples last year, to begin its long journey back to Earth. The probe still has a vast distance to cover before it lands in the Utah desert on September 24, 2023. OSIRIS-REx is “now moving away
The government has set out its legislative agenda for the new parliamentary session in the Queen’s Speech today. Its usual pomp and ceremony was scaled back drastically due to the COVID-19 restrictions that remain in place. It is also the Queen‘s first major public ceremonial duty since the death of her husband, the Duke of
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US regulators have approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12. US President Joe Biden said the authorisation is “a promising development in our fight against the virus”. “If you are a parent who wants to protect your child, or a teenager who is interested in getting vaccinated, today’s decision
Jeff Lawson, CEO, Twilio Scott Mlyn | CNBC The rotation out of tech stocks continues to hammer cloud companies the hardest, as investors sell out of last year’s best performers. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading just below a record, an index of cloud-computing companies slid to its lowest level in six months.
New laws to fulfil Boris Johnson’s promise of helping to give people the skills they need throughout their lives will form a central part of the government’s legislative agenda for the next year. The prime minister has promised to put “rocket fuel” into his “levelling up” agenda with the introduction of new laws – to
Cars and trucks are directed into the right lane by two trucks with light-up arrows on interstate 78 with a “Work Zone” sign in the foreground. During a press conference held by PennDOT next to Interstate 78 in Greenwich township Tuesday morning April 27, 2021 where they highlighted the need for safety around work zones
Lex Greensill, the billionaire founder of the now bankrupt finance firm Greensill Capital, is to be questioned by MPs later in relation to the ongoing Westminster lobbying scandal. The treasury select committee is conducting an inquiry into the links between Mr Greensill, the government, and David Cameron – who was employed by Greensill Capital as
Originally published on ILSR.org Can a utility company be carbon neutral by 2050 if it builds a gas plant now? Maybe if it shuts off the gas plant well before its 40 years of useful life are complete, leaving electric customers to pay off millions in debt. For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host
US network NBC will not air the Golden Globes in 2022, following criticism over a lack of diversity in the group that organises the awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which oversees the TV and film prizes, has faced a Hollywood backlash after it emerged in February that none of its members are black.
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