Remote locations, Sir David Attenborough-style wildlife encounters and helicopter rides. Welcome to the world of expedition cruising, where high-seas adventure is guaranteed. Here’s our pick of the best trips on the horizon that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Norway’s Hurtigruten has a 26-day itinerary sailing through the Northwest … Read more
Moon appears to DEFLATE as it disappears behind the horizon in incredible footage filmed by a cosmonaut on the International Space Station Cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov shared a video of the unusual Moon setting In the video the distorted Moon begins to change shape and looks to deflate Distortions are caused by light passing between space and … Read more
Hundreds of postmasters are finally cleared after they were falsely convicted of ‘fraud’ caused by computer glitches Victory as first six postmasters are cleared after IT glitch led to fraud convictions They had convictions quashed at London’s Southwark Crown Court on Friday Between 1999 and 2015, hundreds of innocent postmasters were prosecuted By Tom Witherow … Read more
Former President Barack Obama recalled some of his early interactions with now President Donald Trump, before Trump started floating the so-called ‘birther’ conspiracy theory about Obama in the run-up to the 2012 election. In his new book, ‘A Promised Land,’ Obama writes that during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon crisis, Trump called up White House adviser … Read more
Former President Barack Obama recalled some of his early interactions with now President Donald Trump, before Trump started floating the so-called ‘birther’ conspiracy theory about Obama in the run-up to the 2012 election. In his new book, ‘A Promised Land,’ Obama writes that during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon crisis, Trump called up White House adviser … Read more
The Mandalorian returned for its highly anticipated season two on October 30. And, while season three (which has already been written) hasn’t officially been given the greenlight by Disney+, production is reportedly around the corner, according to Deadline on Friday. It appears that the third installment of the hit Star Wars series is imminent, however, … Read more
Cell engineering company Horizon Discovery Group hit by lockdown decline in academic research work The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, but makes its products in Colorado CRISPR is a gene-editing technology that could potentially cure genetic defects Horizon’s earnings fell by over 40% in April compared to the same month in 2019 By Harry Wise … Read more
Around 14,000 jobs could be on the brink at struggling department store Debenhams. Plans to liquidate the business are being drawn up in case other options for saving the company – such as selling it – fall through. If the ailing department store chain collapses – and all 14,000 jobs are lost – it would be … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Banks have baulked at the idea of sharing branches, but now its time has come By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 18 July 2020 Slowly, life is returning to our high streets. It won’t be quite the same as it was … Read more
When the coronavirus became an issue early this year there was much loose talk about it being no more than a cold. But with deaths at more than 27,000 in the UK (including care homes), and worldwide infections at above 3m, this is a human tragedy beyond imagination. Similarly, it was easy to regard the … Read more