First orbital spaceflight from UK soil is a step closer after spaceport gets planning approval

The first orbital space flight from UK soil is a step closer after the first spaceport – Space Hub Sutherland – was given planning approval by the Highland Council.    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) plans to build the £17.9 million satellite launch site on peatland on the Moine Peninsula near Tongue in the Scottish Highlands.  … Read more

Brody Jenner has introduced Briana Jungwirth to estranged wife Kaitlynn Carter ‘for her approval’

Brody Jenner has introduced his new girlfriend Briana Jungwirth to his estranged wife Kaitlynn Carter after a month of dating – and the pair have hit it off. The reality star, 36, is said to have taken Briana, 28 – the mother of One Direction heartthrob Louis Tomlinson’s son Freddie, four – for a meal … Read more

Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine has an ’80 to 90% chance’ of FDA approval, the biotech’s CEO claims

Biotech firm Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine has an ’80 to 90% chance’ of FDA approval, claims CEO as they head into the first large US human trial of 30,000 people in July Stephen Bancel, the CEO of Moderna Therapeutics, believes the company’s coronavirus vaccine has an 80% to 90% chance of being approved by the FDA … Read more

Boris Johnson’s government has the worst approval rating in the WORLD for handling of coronavirus

Boris Johnson’s government has the worst approval rating in the WORLD for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic – below even Donald Trump despite the US having the highest death toll Britons rate PM even lower than Americans rate Donald Trump, YouGov found  That is despite the US death toll dwarfing even the UK’s at … Read more

Abortions by post got rushed approval for lockdown, but now troubling stories are emerging

The package landed on Courtney Barnes’s mat on May 1. Inside, were two packets of pills, a strip of the painkiller codeine, a pregnancy test and an instruction leaflet — the basic kit for a so-called ‘DIY’ abortion. Under emergency legislation quietly passed in March in response to the pandemic, women are no longer required … Read more

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson’s approval rating plummets nine points

Boris Johnson’s approval rating plummets nine points over bungled first week of easing out of lockdown Opinium poll showed 39 per cent of people backed Government’s response That number is down nine points on the 48 per cent recorded a week ago Means disapproval is now higher than approval for first time during outbreak Poll … Read more

FDA gives emergency approval to Roche’s coronavirus antibody blood test

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued emergency use approval to Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG for an antibody test to help determine if people have ever been infected with the coronavirus. Roche, which also makes molecular tests to identify active COVID-19 infections, said its antibody test has a specificity rate of 99.8 … Read more

Trump brags about ratings for his coronavirus briefings and claims 96% approval from GOP

Donald Trump boasted again Tuesday that his coronavirus briefings get ‘Bachelor finale’ ratings then claimed he ‘didn’t care’ during a series of angry tweets about the media.  ‘I’ve had great ‘ratings’ my whole life, there’s nothing unusual about that for me,’ Trump touted in a tweet Tuesday morning. ‘The White House News Conference ratings are … Read more