Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic faces delays over ‘wear and tear’ issues on mothership

Unlike other commercial spaceflight companies, such as Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic initiates its flights without using a traditional rocket launch. Instead, the firm launches its passenger-laden SpaceShipTwo and other craft from a carrier plane, dubbed WhiteKnightTwo. WhiteKnightTwo is a custom-built, four-engine, dual-fuselage jet aircraft, designed to carry SpaceShipTwo up to an altitude of around 50,000 … Read more

NASA DELAYS return of SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts until Saturday due to bad weather in Florida

The International Space Station will be crowded a little longer after NASA and SpaceX announced a delayed return for the Crew-1 mission. Astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi were set undock from the orbiting laboratory April 28, but poor weather has pushed it to April 30. This means the Crew Dragon … Read more

NASA DELAYS the return of SpaceX’s Crew-1 astronauts until Saturday because of bad weather

The International Space Station will be crowded a little longer after NASA and SpaceX announced a delayed return for the Crew-1 mission. Astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi were set undock from the orbiting laboratory April 28, but poor weather has pushed it to April 30. This means the Crew Dragon … Read more

Huge delays on the M25 and A2

Huge delays on the M25 and A2 after crash leaves lorry teetering on the edge of 80ft flyover near Dartford  HGV collided with side of M25 at Junction 2, where motorway passes over A2  Pictures show part of the rear wheels of the lorry’s trailer sticking over 80ft drop Other images showed the bumper-to-bumper traffic … Read more

The Witcher wraps up filming season two… after months of delays due to COVID-19 pandemic

The hit Netflix series The Witcher has officially wrapped up physical production on the upcoming second season. The news was initially broken by team member Jacqueline Rathore, who made a post to her Instagram Story on Tuesday to let her followers know that shooting had finished for the upcoming episodes. Part of the text included … Read more

Traffic-calming measures trigger spike in fire service delays

Emergency service vehicles are being delayed hundreds of times every month because of Sadiq Khan‘s controversial low-traffic zones.  Newly-released data shows The London Fire Brigade was delayed to call outs more than 330 times a month between June and November 2020 – up 18 per cent from the previous year – due to new traffic … Read more

Chancellor Rishi Sunak delays decision on online sales tax

Chancellor Rishi Sunak delays decision on online sales tax until autumn amid hope of global tax reform By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 March 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delayed a decision on an online sales tax until the autumn amid hope of … Read more

NSW flooding and rainfall delays Covid-19 vaccine rollout in Sydney and rural Australia

Vaccine delivery to Sydney and much of regional NSW will be delayed as a result of severe flooding, the Department of Health has said. Most locations in the country will have received vaccines by the end of the weekend, except for parts of NSW affected by extreme weather. ‘Vaccine delivery is being affected in Sydney … Read more

Channel 10 ‘delays MasterChef Australia’s premiere’ until after Married At First Sight finale airs

Channel Ten ‘delays MasterChef Australia premiere’ until after Married At First Sight finale airs to avoid ratings clash By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 13:56 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 13:57 GMT, 19 March 2021 Married At First Sight is no doubt a ratings juggernaut for Channel Nine, consistently out-performing its competition … Read more

Ambulance delays are ‘forcing heart attack patients to wait up to three hours for treatment’

Ambulance delays are forcing heart attack patients to wait up to three hours for treatment, NHS watchdog says Long waits are risking the lives and recoveries of those suffering heart attacks  Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch found 1 in 10 patients waiting 3 hours Some patients are being sent paramedic cars in place of ambulance   By Kate … Read more