SpaceX celebrated a milestone that brings the firm’s Starship rocket one-step closer to Mars. CEO Elon Musk shared on Twitter that the Raptor engine did not explode after reaching a new high combustion chamber pressure during a controlled burn test. The engine, a crucial piece of the Starship rocket, hit a record breaker of 330 … Read more
Is it the end of the savings account? Interest rates hit record lows of 0.01% as recession starts to bite Savers have amassed around £45billion in popular easy access savings accounts The average easy access rate is now just 0.22 per cent, down from 0.56 per cent Savers who remained loyal to high street banks … Read more
Experts said Britain’s borrowing habits ‘will have changed permanently’ as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, after forecasts estimated credit card and loan borrowing would fall by record levels this year. Demand for consumer credit would fall 15.9 per cent and Britain’s unsecured debt pile would not recover to 2019 levels until 2022, according to … Read more
Nightmare on the beaches for Tui: Travel giant battles for survival as pandemic triggers a record loss of £1.3bn in just three months By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 13 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 August 2020 TUI is battling for survival after the cancellation of summer holidays triggered … Read more
REVEALED: The last decade was the HOTTEST on record with greenhouse gasses reaching ultimate highs in 2019 and sea levels now 3.4 inches above what they were in the 1990s The 2010s were the hottest decade since record-keeping began 150 years ago Last year was the second hottest ever, with the most ‘extreme warm days’ … Read more
REVEALED: The last decade was the HOTTEST on record with greenhouse gasses reaching ultimate highs in 2019 and sea levels now 3.4 inches above what they were in the 1990s The 2010s were the hottest decade since record-keeping began 150 years ago Last year was the second hottest ever, with the most ‘extreme warm days’ … Read more
Activists in Belarus have recorded the ‘screams of torture victims’ coming from inside a Minsk prison on the 4th day of anti-regime protests since a rigged election on Sunday. Protesters have been fighting running battles with police, using stones and fireworks, and being hit with rubber bullets and tear gas on the streets of Minsk. … Read more
Lewis Hamilton insists he would give up equalling Michael Schumacher’s record of seven titles in exchange for improving diversity in F1 – and he says he is ‘seeing people change already’ and ‘an awakening’ amid his strong fight against racism Lewis Hamilton has leding the fight against racial discrimination in Formula One The world champion … Read more
Victoria has suffered its deadliest day in the coronavirus pandemic with 19 deaths and 322 new cases. The figure takes the state’s death toll to 229 and the national total to 314. But experts are hopeful that Melbourne’s stage four lockdown is bringing the outbreak under control as daily case numbers stabilise. On Sunday Australia’s Deputy … Read more
Racing towards the future! Solar powered car attempts to break world record by driving 550 miles in 12 hours The Nuna Phoenix set off from a test track in the Netherlands this morning It must complete 294 laps and one metre to break current record of the Nuna8S Every two years the Vattenfall Solar Team … Read more