Northern Ireland is tightening its coronavirus lockdown restrictions by reducing the number of people allowed to meet, as it fights a rise in COVID-19 cases. In a news conference at Stormont, health minister Robin Swann said groups who meet outdoors would now be limited to 15 – down from 30. Groups meeting indoors will be
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The Crown’s highly anticipated fourth series has its first trailer – giving fans a first look at Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher and Princess Diana in her wedding dress. The new clip shows Emma Corrin as Diana as she is due to marry Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor), with a teaser shot taken of the character
8:38 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Stacey Allaster sat in her official seat as the chief executive of the United States Tennis Association at Arthur Ashe Stadium last September during the women’s final of the US Open and felt as if her own career was playing out in front of her. The match featured Serena Williams,
The recently announced space sector reforms are not aimed at privatisation of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), its Chairman and Secretary in the Department of Space, K Sivan asserted on Thursday. The space agency also stated that the draft on the proposed space activity bill is almost final and it will soon be placed before
Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist of President Donald Trump, has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The US Department of Justice said the charge relates to We Build The Wall, a fundraising campaign to support the building of a border wall between the US and Mexico. Federal prosecutors alleged that
7:06 AM ET “Elimination Wednesday” in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs was 75% as devastating as promised. Three teams (the Arizona Coyotes, Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets) are leaving the bubble. One (the Montreal Canadiens) gets to live another day. It was a wild day of hockey; five games brought 35 combined goals. With
Just one in six workers have gone back to work in cities this summer after companies and staff ignored government pleas to return, leaving economic activity deeply depressed and placing thousands of small businesses at risk of collapse. Figures compiled for Sky News reveal that worker footfall in Britain’s cities was just 17% of pre-lockdown
The cap on university places to study medicine has been temporarily lifted as A-level students scramble to get onto courses because of the algorithm fiasco. All those who may have missed out on their first choice of further study will be entitled to go there either this coming academic year or next. The government made
Alexei Navalny is Vladimir Putin’s most prominent opponent and as such, no stranger to threats against his life. In 2017 Navalny was attacked by a pro-Kremlin supporter who threw a chemical substance in his eye, leaving him partially-blind, and last year he was rushed to hospital from his prison cell, again for suspected poisoning. Doctors
Zero could have a couple interesting new electric motorcycles in the works, based on a pair of recent trademark filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Zero files two new e-motorcycle trademarks Zero Motorcycles, the largest electric motorcycle company in the United States, recently filed for two new trademarks: “Zero DSR/X” and “Zero
Oil pipeline and refinery. Michael Krakowiak | Getty Images Oil prices fell on Thursday as major producers warned of a risk to the recovery in demand if the coronavirus crisis is prolonged, while U.S. crude inventories dropped less than expected. Brent crude was down 28 cents, or 0.6%, at $45.09 by 0049 GMT after slipping
Mike Ashley’s retail empire, which includes House of Fraser, has warned of further store closures after profits slumped by a fifth. The Frasers Group, which also owns Sports Direct and Evans Cycles, said it had been “the most challenging year in the history of the company”, although it said there was now “a semblance of
One of Russia’s leading opposition politicians is in hospital with suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said. Alexei Navalny, 44, a long-time critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is in intensive care in a hospital in the city of Omsk, according to Kira Yarmysh. The pro-democracy campaigner is unconscious and was placed on a ventilator, Ms
Barack Obama will accuse his successor of using the presidency to help no one “but himself and his friends” when he addresses the Democratic Convention later. The third day of the conference will also see Kamala Harris officially endorsed as the vice-presidential candidate. But it is the strength of the attack by former president Obama
Nearly three-quarters of coronavirus patients admitted to hospital suffer ongoing symptoms three months later, new research suggests. A total of 81 patients out of 110 discharged from Southmead Hospital in Bristol were still experiencing symptoms from the virus, including breathlessness, excessive fatigue and muscle aches, after 12 weeks. Many were struggling to carry out daily
August 19th, 2020 by Guest Contributor SunSpec Alliance (SunSpec) has joined as a member of Energy Web. Today the two organizations also jointly announced a strategic partnership to co-develop digital standards, protocols, solutions, and certifications that support ‘plug & play’ system interoperability for solar PV and battery energy storage technologies. Together they’ll enlist energy market participants such