Emma Raducanu has made history by becoming the youngest British tennis player to reach the US Open final in the Open era. The 18-year-old from Bromley beat Maria Sakkari of Greece in straight sets in New York in the semi final. Raducanu is ranked 150th in the world – her opponent was 12th – and
Last year, a large group of scientists had gathered for a two-day conference to discuss whether biotechnology could make people younger. The conference was organised at a mansion owned by Russian-Israeli billionaire Yuri Milner in Los Altos Hills, California, US. Experts took to the stage to explain and discuss radical attempts at “rejuvenating” animals. Eventually,
Suspects have started arriving in a courtroom ahead of their trial over the 2015 Paris attacks. Twenty men are accused of being involved in the atrocities, with a heavy security presence in place outside. Police secured the area near the Paris courthouse on the Ile de la Cite during the arrival of a convoy believed
Sajid Javid has said he is “confident” that a booster programme for coronavirus jabs can begin this month. The health secretary told Kay Burley that he is awaiting advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) which should come “certainly in the next few days” and he believes the process can begin in
Halfords has become the latest big name company to report a hit to sales from supply chain disruption, warning its struggles may take time to overcome. The bikes-to-car parts and servicing retailer said like-for-like cycling sales were down by almost 23% in the 20 weeks to 20 August compared to the same period last year.
A plan to hike National Insurance contributions will raise “enough money” to pay for reforms to the care sector in England and is “a very Conservative thing to do”, Sajid Javid has said. The health secretary told Kay Burley that while “I don’t like raising taxes”, without these changes, NHS waiting lists would have reached
A huge fire has killed at least 41 inmates at an overcrowded prison near Indonesia’s capital Jakarta. Televised footage showed firefighters battling to extinguish orange flames while black smoke billowed from the Tangerang prison after the fire broke out at around 1am. It also showed dozens of bodies in orange bags laid in a room
President Joe Biden says climate change has reached “code red” and is now “everybody’s crisis”. Mr Biden spoke as he toured New York neighbourhoods severely impacted by flooding when Ida brought record amounts of rain to the northeastern states, killing at least 64 people. He met people whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged in
It will be for Judge Brenda Penny alone to decide if Britney Spears’ conservatorship does finally come to an end. But the application filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court by the singer’s father Jamie seems to signal that the controversial arrangement is now on its last legs. Jamie Spears has always been seen as
Jamie Spears has filed a legal petition to end a controversial conservatorship which has controlled the affairs of his daughter for the last 13 years. Legal documents submitted to Los Angeles Superior Court by Spears on Tuesday state that his daughter Britney “is entitled” to have a judge “seriously consider” whether the arrangement is required.
Everybody is talking about a new EU clean power project that pairs floating solar with offshore wind turbines, but they’re missing half the story. Wave energy is also part of the project. The wave part is not getting much attention, probably because wave-to-electricity conversion has fallen behind wind and solar in the renewable energy race.
Boris Johnson will be confident of victory in a snap Commons vote on his NHS bailout and social care shake-up, which MPs are claiming is the biggest political gamble of his premiership. Defying potential Tory rebels, the prime minister has raised taxes to their highest level since the Second World War and broken Conservative manifesto
In this article DIS Hulu Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Hulu confirmed Tuesday it’s raising prices for its on-demand plans, following $1 price hikes by its sister services Disney+ and ESPN+. Hulu’s most-popular plan, the ad-supported option, will cost $6.99 per month, up a dollar. Its ad-free version will cost
In this article F AAPL Ford Motor Co. displays a new 2021 Ford F-150 pickup truck at the Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan, September 17, 2020. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT – Ford Motor has hired former Tesla and Apple executive Doug Field as its chief advanced technology and embedded systems officer, the company announced
I recently wrote an article about the threat to rooftop solar net metering — and thus rooftop solar power growth — in California. Then, a few days later, one of our editors found and published “347 Organizations Sign Letter to Protect Rooftop Solar Power in California.” In response to the article, an organization called “Solar
People in the north of England were more likely to die from COVID-19, spent longer in lockdown, and were made poorer than the rest of the country, a new report states. The Northern Health Science Alliance – which includes universities and NHS Trusts – commissioned the study to establish the impact of the pandemic on
“A routine emergency. Nothing to get too excited about.” That was how Chief Joseph Pfeifer’s day started on 11 September, 2001, in New York, as he dealt with reports of a smell of gas. The senior firefighter was in downtown Manhattan when the world changed at 8.46am. Speaking to Kay Burley ahead of the 20th
8:09 AM ET ATLANTA — One golf tournament should not make a player’s bid for a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Then again, with the flexibility of having six at-large picks, shouldn’t U.S. captain Steve Stricker be looking at more subtle reasons for putting together the last pieces of his team? And more
A bus has been hijacked and set on fire in the Shankill area of Belfast. The events come after nights of violence in loyalist communities who feel disenfranchised following the recent Brexit deal and alleged lockdown breaches by Sinn Fein at an IRA funeral. Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/bus-set-on-fire-and-photographer-attacked-in-disorder-in-belfast-ahead-of-emergency-meeting-12268767 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more
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