Britain’s biggest building society Nationwide has spoken out on what it is doing to help flat owners in blocks with cladding-related fire safety defects, who are struggling to remortgage or move home. These leaseholders are required to have what is known as an EWS1 form to prove their building is free of fire risk cladding … Read more
By the end of World War I, the British had lost 745,000 men, 12 per cent of those who enlisted. Many of the dead could not be identified and so were buried in graves marked ‘A Soldier of the Great War’; many bodies were never found at all. Furthermore, many of those families who did … Read more
Britain’s Brexit negotiator last night declared the ‘outlines of a deal’ were visible even as it emerged the process could last into next month. Following the latest round of talks, David Frost said the two sides had held constructive discussions in a ‘good spirit’. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, also … Read more
A born and bred New Yorker has laid bare why the city will never recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, a dark week of looting in June and its ongoing struggle against escalating crime, homelessness and violence. James Altrucher, who co-owns a comedy club in the city and also describes himself as an angel investor and … Read more
A fleet of steam powered robots could one day be used to explore the moons of Jupiter and Saturn by ‘taking giant leaps across their frozen landscapes’. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory researchers are developing small football sized spherical robots equipped with steam powered thrusters for future exploration. If they ever move beyond the initial concept … Read more