A new forecast is predicting the coronavirus death toll in the United States will almost double by the end of the year but 70,000 lives could be saved if everyone wears a mask – as grim new figures reveal one person has died every 80 seconds in the last week. The University of Washington’s Institute … Read more
Experts predict Ofgem will drop the price cap limit by £85 when it reveals the new level tomorrow. Currently, the price cap limit is £1,127 for those on standard variable tariffs and £1,164 for customers with prepayment meters. The new cost for both meters will be revealed tomorrow with expectations it will reduce to around … Read more
Coastal flooding globally is set to rise by around 50 per cent due to climate change in the next 80 years, a new study predicts. UK and Australian researchers conducted climate change scenarios where carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere continue to rise rapidly. They found the associated flooding, due to the melting of polar ice, … Read more
GCSE and A-Level results will be decided by statistical modelling – NOT teacher’s predicted grades – in major government U-turn on exams Exam regulator Ofqual said statistical modelling will be used to calculate grades Model will factor previous grades of pupils and former students at same school Ofqual said teachers’ predicted grades submitted in March … Read more
The burgers were sizzling, and drinks and conversation flowing freely, at Ross and Mo Cassidy’s summer barbecue in the garden of their redbrick semi in Salisbury. Then, in a baritone Russian accent, their next-door neighbour made a pronouncement that sliced through the frivolity like a Cossack sabre. ‘You know, one day Putin is going to … Read more
Bank holiday barbecues and beach trips will remain forbidden despite glorious weather and temperatures of almost 80F forecast for tomorrow, Downing Street insisted today. Parts of the country are forecast to be hotter than some of the Europe’s top tourist destinations including Monaco and Corfu on Friday. Britons are set to bask in scorching 79F … Read more
Students who disagree with their predicted A-Level and GCSE grades may not be able to sit exams in the autumn to try and amend them, it has been reported. Due to the coronavirus lockdown, exams regulator Ofqual has instructed teachers to provide grades for students which reflect the results they would have been most likely … Read more
Prostate cancer death rates are predicted to fall this year by 9.5% on the 2015 figure because of better diagnosis and treatment, research shows Scientists predict prostate cancer deaths to be 9.5 per cent lower than in 2015 Researchers say improved diagnosis and interventions are behind the shift Around one in eight men in the UK … Read more
In the early days of Britain’s coronavirus outbreak, leading scientists predicted the crisis would take a sombrero-hat shape on graphs. But leading experts say it is unlikely the UK will have a symmetrical curve, instead it could look more like steps as it starts to shoot downwards. None of the UK’s European neighbours have seen … Read more
A star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy does so in a way that proves physicist Albert Einstein right – again. The star, called S2, orbits Sagittarius A* in a rosette shape, blipping out from the elliptical orbit at random points – an idea predicted by Einstein over … Read more