Butterflies and moths, snails and slugs and all other bugs also had their own categories with everything from a tug of war between two ants, a mirrored snailand a swallowtail butterfly winning top prize. Over 5,000 images were submitted from around the globe, competing for a total prize pool of £23,000. The judging panel contained … Read more
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is receiving vile abuse from social media trolls after she showed support for a Conservative friend. The 23-year-old political activist from Pakistan shared a post asking friends to vote for Kia Williams as president of Oxford University Conservative Association. But online trolls attacked Ms Yousafzai as a ‘disingenuous careerist’ … Read more
A Stanford University professor raced to his sleeping colleague’s home at 2am and woke him up to let him know they had just won the Nobel Peace Prize in economics. Paul R. Milgrom, 72, and Robert B. Wilson, 83, were awarded the prestigious prize on Monday as the winners were announced in Stockholm by Goran Hansson, … Read more
It seems that Jon Courtenay’s Britain’s Got Talent win has come at the perfect time for him – as he admits to struggling financially during 2020. The comedy singer, 47, won the show’s whopping £250,000 prize fund on Saturday after beating off the nine other acts in the live final. Prior to the COVID-19, he was … Read more
A group of Nigerian girls living in Ireland have won an international tech competition with an app that helps people with dementia. Three teens took first place in Technovation Girls, a contest challenging young women and families to use technology to address real-world problems. Their app, Memory Haven, was on one of 16 finalists at the … Read more
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the UN World Food Programme for ‘its efforts to combat global hunger’ The UN’s World Food Programme has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Judges said the prize was to recognise its efforts in tackling global hunger Award is a snub to WHO, also a UN body, amid … Read more
The Duke of Cambridge, 38, unveiled his team of high-profile environmental activists, who will decide the winners of his prestigious Earthshot Prize including singer Shakira and actor Cate Blanchett.
Prince William said his father Charles was ‘ahead of his time’ as he launched the most prestigious global environment prize in history. This new global prize for the environment will incentivise change and help to repair our planet over the next ten years – a critical decade for the Earth. The launch comes after two years of … Read more
Prince William has launched the most prestigious global environment prize in history, as the five challenges at the heart of The Earthshot Prize are unveiled. This new global prize for the environment will incentivise change and help to repair our planet over the next ten years – a critical decade for the Earth. The launch … Read more
So many of his speeches are worthy, innocuous and a teeny bit predictable. They have to be. But today it is different. For a brief moment Prince William steps out of his royal role and abandons the instinctive caution that usually colours his pronouncements, to show that his passion for preserving the planet is matched by … Read more