The country’s first so-called battery “gigafactory” has moved a step closer after a site in South Wales was identified as the preferred location. Britishvolt said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Welsh government to develop its plans for the “green” factory, which would mainly produce electric car batteries under its own solar
An urgent review has been ordered into how the daily coronavirus death figures are calculated after it was claimed the current method does not take into account the fact that some people may have recovered from COVID-19 and died of a different cause. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has asked for the examination of Public Health
Jim Carrey has revealed what went through his mind when he thought he had only 10 minutes to live after a missile alert was mistakenly broadcast in Hawaii. The actor said he spent what he believed were his last moments staring into the Pacific Ocean when the warning of an imminent ballistic missile was broadcast
Spacewalking astronauts completed their part of a three-year power upgrade to the International Space Station on Thursday, replacing six more outdated batteries with powerful new ones. It was the third spacewalk in as many weeks involving battery work by NASA’s Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy. Running more than an hour ahead of schedule, they managed
A solar probe built by the European Space Agency and NASA has delivered the closest photos ever taken of the Sun’s surface, revealing a landscape rife with thousands of tiny solar flares that scientists dubbed “campfires” and offering clues about the extreme heat of the outermost part of its atmosphere. “When the first images came
British Airways’ iconic 747 jumbo jet will no longer be operated by the airline after it decided to retire its entire fleet with immediate effect. BA has used the famous Boeing plane since 1989 and is currently the world’s biggest operator of the 747-400 model. Image: The Boeing plane is one of the air industry’s
The owner of two hospitals in Bangladesh that issued thousands of fake coronavirus test results has been arrested as he attempted to flee the country, officials have said. Mohammed Shahed, a member of the country’s governing party who regularly appeared on TV talk shows, was wearing a burka when he was arrested on Wednesday by
Dr Anthony Fauci is the talk of the town in Washington DC – there’s almost a folk-like nostalgia that surrounds him. I was in the park the other day when a couple introduced their dog to me and my son. “What’s his name?” I asked. Image: Dr Fauci says tension with the president is stressful
6:29 PM ET Real Madrid celebrate their La Liga title on Thursday. GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said his side’s La Liga title win on Thursday tastes sweeter than any of the three Champions League crowns he has led them to. Real clinched their 34th league title with a 2-1 victory
There are two hacking operations associated with Russian intelligence. They go by a variety of names but let’s go with the terminology the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is using. APT28 – where APT stands for Advanced Persistent Threat – is believed to be the hacking arm of the GRU or Russian military
The government has told care homes and the public to immediately stop using coronavirus testing kits produced by a healthcare firm after safety problems were discovered. The government said all labs must pause the use of COVID-19 test kits produced by Randox laboratories “with immediate effect until further notice”. It said the tests, which were
Netflix has warned that its lockdown-driven surge in subscribers is starting to peter out – even as it reported another quarter of bumper growth. The streaming service added 10.1 million customers in the second quarter – beating expectations and meaning it has added 26 million so far this year, compared with 28 million for the
The White House press secretary has revived Donald Trump’s calls for schools to reopen, saying “the science should not stand in the way of this”. Echoing the president’s push for pupils to return to classrooms, Kayleigh McEnany said “we don’t think children should be locked up at home, with devastating consequences”. “You know, the president
Boris Johnson will pledge another £3bn for the NHS as he lays out the next stage of the coronavirus recovery roadmap, amid reports he wants staff to return to work. The prime minister will make the funding pledge to prepare the health service for a second wave of COVID-19 infections as the country heads towards
More than 4,000 people were discharged from hospital into care homes without being tested for COVID-19 around the peak of the pandemic, figures obtained by Sky News reveal. The data from NHS Trusts shows two thirds of elderly patients discharged hadn’t had a coronavirus test. A total of 6,435 elderly patients were discharged between 19
Scientists planning to build one of the world’s largest telescopes on a Hawaii mountain said Wednesday construction won’t begin until at least next year. TMT International Observatory Vice President Gordon Squires told Hawaii News Now that the coronavirus pandemic presents a complicated and unsafe situation for moving ahead. “With the pandemic and other factors that