NASA is renaming its Washington DC headquarters in honor of the first black female engineer to work at the American space agency – the ‘Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building.’ Jackson, a mathematician and aerospace engineer, started her career in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of the agency’s Langley Research Center in Virginia. While … Read more
Official fuel economy figures quoted by car makers are still being exaggerated despite the introduction of a new official test in 2017 to provide more realistic miles per gallon (mpg) claims, new data shows. Analysis of real-world fuel efficiency measurements of a batch of the latest petrol, diesel and hybrid cars found that – on … Read more
Making a statement: The Veronicas cut casual figures as they catch a flight out of Brisbane… as Jess Origliasso wears an Aboriginal flag T-shirt By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:14 BST, 6 June 2020 | Updated: 08:29 BST, 6 June 2020 Jess and Lisa Origliasso cut casual figures on Saturday as they … Read more
The number of people catching the coronavirus each day in England remains a mystery as official estimates continue to reveal wildly varying statistics. A project run by Public Health England and the University of Cambridge today predicted that 16,700 new infections are cropping up each day. But the Office for National Statistics, which calculates a … Read more
Public health chiefs today warned easing lockdown before NHS Test and Trace is running at ‘full speed’ could result in the UK ‘hitting the brakes’ too late to stop a second wave of coronavirus. The Government’s test and trace system launched last week but it went live without the key NHSX contact tracing app while some … Read more
April was the deadliest month ON RECORD in England and Wales: Official figures show 88,000 people died amid the coronavirus pandemic – TWICE as many as last April By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 10:03 BST, 28 May 2020 | Updated: 10:10 BST, 28 May 2020 A total of 88,153 people died … Read more
‘If Matt Hancock’s on, our ratings shoot up!’ Pointless host Richard Osman claims more viewers tune in if unpopular an MP fronts the daily coronavirus briefing By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 08:16 BST, 26 May 2020 | Updated: 08:54 BST, 26 May 2020 It has won millions of fans and multiple syndications following its … Read more
British pubs pour away 70million pints of beer after being forced to shut down due to coronavirus British pubs closed on March 20 and will not reopen until July 4 at the earliest That time period will mean that much of the beer left in storage will be spoiled Trade body said it was heart-breaking … Read more
One million self-employed sign up to government furlough scheme in two days, Treasury figures show As many as 440,000 signed up on Wednesday and a further 500,000 today Takes total number of Britons on furlough schemes to 8.5million and rising Government launched self-employed scheme two weeks ahead of planned date By Luke Andrews For Mailonline … Read more
People living in the poorest parts of England and Wales are dying from coronavirus at more than double the rate of those in affluent areas, shocking figures show. An Office for National Statistics report found the most deprived regions suffered 55 deaths per 100,000 people, compared with 25 deaths in the wealthiest areas. London, the heart of Britain’s … Read more