Pioneering electric supercar maker Rimac to open UK R&D centre

A pioneering electric car firm that is developing a 258mph battery-powered supercar is setting up a UK research and development base right next door to Jaguar Land Rover. The firm, Rimac, is also linked to Porsche amid speculation that the pair will soon take control of luxury hypercar firm Bugatti and turn it into an … Read more

Line Of Duty’s pioneering breakout star Tommy Jessop

Line Of Duty returned on Sunday night and marked the return of supporting character Terry Boyle, a man with Down’s syndrome who is ruthlessly exploited by an organised crime group.  Now at the centre of a high-profile murder investigation, Boyle was arrested and brought in for questioning by DCI Joanne Davidson and her team.   But … Read more

Mother-of-three cleared of cancer after having pioneering treatment

A mother who prepared her children for ‘mummy’s last Christmas‘ just one year ago, has been cleared of cancer after having pioneering treatment. Helen Wynne Hughes, 32, who lives in Ruthin, Denbighshire, was given a devastating terminal diagnosis and told to prepare her children ‘for the worst’. She made memory boxes for children Aled, four, … Read more

Toddler who had pioneering surgery in the womb defies odds to walk – and even splashes in puddles 

A mother is beaming as her daughter masters the art of walking despite being told by doctors that she’d be paralysed. Bethan Simpson, 27, from Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, says she could have fallen over with shock when she saw that her daughter, Elouise, now one, taking her first steps. After Eloise was diagnosed with spina bifida, … Read more

Pioneering Justice Ginsburg makes history again with…

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of gender equality, made history again on Friday as the first woman and the first Jewish person to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris joined officials, lawmakers and the justice’s grieving family including her daughter … Read more

Facebook’s Reality Labs share pioneering AR audio technology work

Facebook has been going all in on augmented reality but the company isn’t just focused on what we see.  In a post, the social media firm peeled back the curtain on Facebook Reality Labs’ pioneering work developing audio-enhancing technology. Their goal is to perfect ‘audio presence,’ where sounds from speakers, headphones or other devices are … Read more

Pioneering treatment for dementia could be available in the UK in two years

For millions living with dementia – and for their loved ones – the future may appear bleak. Thanks to medical breakthroughs, more people than ever are surviving our other biggest killers – heart disease, strokes and cancer. But research into dementia drugs have led to dead ends, and time and again, hopes have been dashed. … Read more

Pioneering black actor Earl Cameron who appeared in Doctor Who and Thunderball dies aged 102 

Pioneering black British actor Earl Cameron who appeared in Doctor Who and Thunderball dies aged 102 Cameron was among the first black actors to forge a successful acting career in Britain The actor’s first major role came in 1951 in the film Pool of London He also starred in the James Bond film Thunderball as … Read more

Pioneering gene therapy could repair deadly heart attack damage

A ‘Holy Grail’ heart failure cure could be on the horizon after scientists worked out how to regenerate specialised cells in the muscle. Injecting the gene which drives cell growth in people’s infancy could restore tissue which is damaged during a heart attack, a study on pigs has found. Currently, people who have heart attacks … Read more

Pig hearts could be adapted for human use ‘within three years’, according to pioneering surgeon

Pig hearts may be adapted for human use within three years in a breakthrough move that could clear the UK donor list, a leading surgeon has said. Sir Terence English, who performed Britain’s first ever successful heart transplant, said his mentee from the 1979 operation will try to replace a human kidney with a pigs … Read more