The government is to extend the ban on commercial evictions introduced during the pandemic until 2022, Sky News understands. On Wednesday, ministers are expected to announce that the moratorium for business tenants will not expire at the end of this month as planned and will instead continue for at least the rest of the year,
Harvey Weinstein can be extradited to California from New York to face additional rape and sexual assault charges, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Nearly a year after Los Angeles prosecutors asked that the former movie producer be moved, a judge has dismissed Weinstein’s attempts to remain in New York state. The former Hollywood mogul is
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that care in the UK is “not properly funded, lacks transparency and urgently needs reform”, according to a government select committee. The public accounts committee, which encourages transparency and accountability within government, is calling for an end to rhetoric and the implementation of long talked about reforms. One of its
Technicians make repairs to bitcoin mining machines at a mining facility operated by Bitmain in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images China has long been home to more than half the world’s bitcoin miners, but now, Beijing wants them out ASAP. In May, the government
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) joined universities and wind energy experts from across the country on Friday to announce the winners of the Collegiate Wind Competition. Over the course of the academic year, thirteen undergraduate teams designed, built, and tested model wind turbines, developed project plans, collaborated with industry experts, and engaged with their
New York is returning to “life as we know it” after at least 70% of adults in the state have received at least one COVID jab, its governor has said. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday he is lifting virtually all remaining COVID-19 restrictions for businesses and social settings. It comes on the day the US,
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The UK is even less prepared to deal with climate change already hitting the country than it was five years ago, thanks to a “failing” government response, its own independent advisers have warned. In a damning report published today, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) said government action to improve the nation’s resilience was failing to
7:51 AM ET Multiple title fights. Famous names in exhibitions. A bunch of younger fighters in bouts that could push their careers forward. Saturday, for a moment, might feel like boxing used to before the pandemic. There were times in the last year and a half where there were surely questions about when a day
Alibaba founder Jack Ma is still lying low, focusing his efforts on hobbies and philanthropy, according to a company executive. “He’s lying low right now, I talk to him every day,” Joe Tsai, Alibaba’s executive vice chairman said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “He’s actually doing very, very well. He’s taken up painting
More than 30 million people in the UK are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the government. A total of 30,204,738 people have had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine (57.3% of the adult population). And 41,830,546 people across the UK have had a first dose (79.4%). The government met its target of offering
Like so many musicians Jack Savoretti is finding it tough not being able to promote his new record on the road like he usually would. His seventh studio album, Europiana, is out later this month, and while traditionally a release is followed by a string of live dates, the singer is not due to tour
China has warned Britain, the United States and the rest of the NATO alliance that it will not “sit by and do nothing” if challenges approach. A senior diplomat also accused the 30 allies of slander after they agreed for the first time that Beijing posed “systemic challenges” to international rules and values. At a
A new study shows that making music and singing together can improve bonds and lower stress. This is something that many of us would have intuitively assumed, as music is a near universal source of relaxation, comfort, and connection, whether you’re humming while running an errand, or songs are blasting on speakers in the gym
A new paper titled, ‘Cetacean Translation Initiative: a roadmap to deciphering the communication of sperm whales’, explains how the scientists are going to try to decode whale vocalisations. The researchers are using machine learning techniques to try and translate the clicking and other noises made by sperm whales, to see if we can understand what the
Former BBC director-general Lord Tony Hall has told MPs that he “trusted” Martin Bashir and “gave him a second chance” – but that trust was “abused and misplaced”. Lord Tony Hall is giving evidence to the DCMS (digital, culture, media and sport committee) about events leading up to Bashir‘s now infamous Panorama interview with Diana,