Around three-quarters of medics in urgent and acute care believe hospitals are not prepared to cope over the next six months, a survey has found. In addition, just under three-quarters (70%) believe they will not be able to provide the level of care they want over the same period. The findings come from a snapshot
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London Film Festival 2020 may have been robbed of the red-carpet glamour of previous years due to the coronavirus restrictions, but there was still much to enjoy from the slimmed-down programme. Here are some of the highlights that are worth checking out. Kajillionaire Image: Gina Rodriguez (left) and Evan Rachel Wood star in director Miranda
Boris Johnson has told MPs that “I rule out nothing” in the fight against coronavirus, but that he wants to “avoid the misery of another national lockdown”. The prime minister defended his three-tier system of local COVID-19 restrictions during a tempestuous PMQs clash with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Did you miss PMQs? This is
Elon Musk mentions a potential Tesla electric bus in a new tweet that he later deleted – sparking discussions about the possibility of a new Tesla vehicle. As we reported yesterday, The Boring Company applied for permits to start expanding its ‘Loop’ at the Las Vegas Convention Center to the rest of the city of
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump look on as Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Duluth International Airport in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S., September 30, 2020. Leah Millis | Reuters Twitter has suspended a group of fake accounts pretending to be owned by Black supporters of President Donald Trump and his re-election campaign. The micro-blogging
Elderly voters helped put Donald Trump in office. They could also boot him out. The polls tell a worrying story for the president. In national and key battleground states, the turnaround from four years ago among voters 65 and over is pretty stark. Mr Trump captured the senior vote by almost ten points, according to
Gal Gadot’s new film about ancient Egyptian ruler Cleopatra is already facing criticism before filming is even under way, with accusations of “whitewashing” the role. The Israeli actress will star in the biopic, which will see her reunited with her Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins. Gadot, who has been ranked as one of the world’s
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday and successfully reached orbit, live footage broadcast by Russia’s space agency Roscosmos showed. The crew members travelling to the International Space Station (ISS) are Kate Rubins, a NASA microbiologist who in 2016 became
The poultry tycoon who rescued Carluccio’s earlier this year is to swallow another of Britain’s leading restaurant chains by taking control of Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK). Sky News has learnt that Ranjit Boparan, who has built one of the country’s largest casual dining groups through a string of takeovers, is to buy GBK through a
A four-week “circuit breaker” lockdown will come into force in Northern Ireland on Friday in an attempt to stall the rise in coronavirus infections. First Minister Arlene Foster confirmed the move in a statement and said that the half-term holiday break for schools will be extended and now last two weeks, from 19 to 30
NASA announced on Tuesday that eight countries have signed an international agreement called the Artemis Accords that outlines the principles of future exploration of the Moon and beyond. The treaty paves the way for its founding members, Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, United Arab Emirates, Britain and the United States, to participate in NASA’s Artemis programme, which
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Monika Skolimowska | picture alliance | Getty Images As the world looks to move towards a low-carbon future, the potential of “green hydrogen” — which is produced using renewable energy — has garnered increasing interest from businesses, governments and investors alike. In the last few years, major firms including Repsol, Siemens Energy, Orsted and BP
October 13th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan It’s time for another biweekly top 20 here on CleanTechnica. The following are the 20 stories published on CleanTechnica in the past two weeks that got the most eyeballs. Before that list of top stories, however, let’s run through exclusive content we published in the past two weeks. We
England’s new three-tier system for localised coronavirus restrictions has come into force today – but the prime minister is already under growing pressure to take even further action. From midnight, the country was split into three COVID-19 alert levels – “medium”, “high” and “very high”. Liverpool City Region is in the top tier, with bars
This incredible image of a Siberian tiger, a species which has previously been “hunted to the verge of extinction”, has won the Wildlife Photographer Of The Year award for 2020. Selected from more than 49,000 entries from around the world, Sergey Gorshkov’s photograph was praised as a “scene like no other” by judges of the