Elon Musk’s aerospace firm SpaceX has been awarded a $178 million (£129 million) contract for NASA’s first mission to Europa, Jupiter’s fourth largest moon. SpaceX will provide ‘launch services’ for the Europa Clipper mission, which is due to blast off in October 2024 to study Europa through a series of fly-bys, NASA said. The spacecraft will … Read more
The killer who slit the throat of seven-year-old Emily Jones in a broad daylight Mother’s Day attack was awarded nearly £70,000 in taxpayer-funded legal aid. Eltiona Skana, 31, was jailed for life with a minimum of eight years in December after pleading guilty to Emily’s manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Paranoid schizophrenic Skana grabbed the … Read more
A pair of British chemists have won a $1.2 million (£840,000) prize for developing new DNA sequencing technique. The Millennium Technology Prize has been awarded every two years since 2004 by the Technology Academy Finland (TAF) to highlight the extensive impact of science and innovation on the wellbeing of society. Cambridge University chemists Shankar Balasubramanian and … Read more
A nanny who was sacked after complaining her employer’s boyfriend had refused to quarantine following a trip to France has been awarded more than £38,000. Janine O’Harris, 47, told how banker Nicolas Granatino came home at lunchtime and dismissed her on the spot despite having worked for them for more than two years. She was awarded … Read more
A nanny who was sacked after complaining her employer’s partner refused to quarantine following a trip to France has been awarded more than £38,000. Janine O’Harris had concerns about Covid exposure because she suffers from asthma and her partner has diabetes, placing them both at higher risk from the virus. The nanny raised this with her employer … Read more
Royal Navy officer awarded MBE ‘assaulted his girlfriend’s ex partner and broke his foot in row over child maintenance’ Darren Wearing MBE allegedly shoved Mark Brocklesby before breaking his foot The Royal Navy officer denies causing GBH and claimed he acted in self defence Alleged fracas spilled into street during an argument about child maintenance … Read more
A radio presenter has been cleared of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy 40 years ago – when he was aged 20. Kevin Johns, 60, maintained his innocence and called the allegations ‘nonsense’ after he was accused of grooming the child in Swansea in the 1980s. He denied ‘selfishly and arrogantly’ grasping an opportunity for sexual … Read more
A radio presenter has been cleared of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy 40 years ago – when he was aged 20. Kevin Johns, 60, maintained his innocence and called the allegations ‘nonsense’ after he was accused of grooming the child in Swansea in the 1980s. He denied ‘selfishly and arrogantly’ grasping an opportunity for sexual … Read more
Eddie Lister, one of the Prime Minister’s most senior advisers, owns shares in a company that has won nearly £1 million in Government and NHS contracts, I can reveal. The Tory peer has more than £50,000 worth of shares in Johnson Controls, a US-based engineering firm whose UK branch has secured six public contracts since … Read more
More than 500 men and women from 37 countries have made the brave journey to space and new badge will honor and unite this group of spacefaring heroes. A Universal Astronaut Insignia is to be presented astronauts who have flown into space, regardless of nation, and includes passengers of space tourism. There are suborbital and … Read more