Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding has revealed she has advanced-stage breast cancer. Posting on Twitter, she wrote: “There’s no easy way to say this and actually it doesn’t even feel real writing this, but here goes. “Earlier this year I was diagnosed with breast cancer and a couple of weeks ago I received the devastating
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Two patients in Europe have reportedly been confirmed as having been reinfected with the coronavirus, with scientists admitting it is “not good news”. A patient in the Netherlands said to have caught the virus for a second time is an older person with a weakened immune system, according to Dutch national broadcaster NOS. The other
Three people have been shot – one fatally – as gunfire broke out during protests over the police shooting of a black man in Wisconsin, according to US media reports. It comes on the third straight day of unrest, The New York Times reported, citing officials, after Jacob Blake was shot eight times in Kenosha
Pension scams have cost savers more than £30m since 2017 according to a campaign by regulators targeting middle-aged football fans who are among the typical victims. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and The Pensions Regulator (TPR) said losses range from under £1,000 to as much as £500,000. They said a total of just under £30.9m
CEO of Palantir Alex Karp speaks to the press as he leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 23, 2018, after the “Tech for Good” summit. Ludovic Marin | AFP | Getty Images Data analytics company Palantir Technologies has released its prospectus to debut on public markets. The company aims to trade on the
Boeing said on Tuesday it aims to redo its unmanned Starliner crew capsule flight test to the International Space Station (ISS) in December or January, depending on when it completes software and test hardware production development. If the test mission is successful, Boeing and NASA will fly Starliner’s first crewed mission in summer 2021, with
August 25th, 2020 by Guest Contributor Article from the US Department of Energy (DOE). The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 13 projects through a Battery Manufacturing Lab Call with combined funding of almost $15 million over three years. The call sought proposals from the National Laboratories to establish public-private partnerships that
August 25th, 2020 by Guest Contributor Originally posted on EV Annex.by Charles Morris If you have ambitions of working for Tesla, now would be a good time to apply. The company is on a hiring spree that could boost the number of its employees to about 65,000 by the end of this year, which would represent a
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A sign is seen at the entrance of the ExxonMobil Port Allen Lubricants Plant in Port Allen, Louisiana, November 6, 2015. Lee Celano | Reuters Exxon Mobil’s been in the Dow in some form since 1928, but its tenure as the longest-serving component is coming to an end. On Monday S&P Dow Jones Indices announced
Official advice on what hand sanitiser to use against coronavirus was watered down by the government 10 days before lockdown and no longer matches World Health Organisation (WHO) standards. WHO says hand sanitiser should contain at least 60% alcohol to be effective against COVID-19 and has published tests showing it takes 20 to 30 seconds
As schools reopen and government advice changes, what exactly are the rules on face coverings in the UK’s schools? What is the situation in Scotland? Face coverings should be worn by staff and pupils when moving around secondary schools from 31 August. Scotland’s education secretary John Swinney said the rule will apply on school transport
At a time when some tech companies are bowing to employee pressure to pull back from work with the government, Palantir CEO Alex Karp is loudly defending his posture. Palantir, a Silicon Valley software and servicies company founded in 2003 with the explicit purpose of helping the intelligence community with counterterrorism investigations, filed its paperwork
The mother of a US black man left paralysed after being shot multiple times by police has called for “healing”, pleading with authorities to “examine your hearts”. Jacob Blake, 29, was shot in the back by police in Wisconsin on Sunday while trying to break up a fight between two women. The shooting by at
August 25th, 2020 by Kyle Field Generac introduced the first version of its home energy storage solution at Solar Power International in Salt Lake City last year and is already back with a slew of improvements. The improvements bring meaningful new functionality to the system for homeowners including: A new Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) to
Boris Johnson has abandoned advice that pupils should not wear face masks in English secondary schools. The prime minister performed his latest U-turn in the face of growing pressure from headteachers, teaching unions and medical experts. Face coverings will be mandatory for children in all schools that lie in areas subject to stricter coronavirus restrictions.