A part-time primary school teacher and entrepreneur from Essex has shared how the spirit of her local community and getting on Instagram helped get her business back on track. Heather Syrett, 28 and from Leigh-on-Sea, runs Leigh Calligraphy which specialises in calligraphy design and workshops. Her passion for the craft started in 2017, when she wanted … Read more
YouTube has been criticized by members of the deaf community for deactivating a feature that allowed channels to crowdsource captions and subtitles. The ‘Community Contributions’ feature was deactivated September 28, one day after the end of International Week of the Deaf. The Google-owned platform said it was pulling the plug because the feature is ‘rarely … Read more
Scientists are cooking up a madcap scheme to eradicate hurricanes using underwater bubbles. The plan involves creating a ‘bubble net’ from a pipeline of compressed air strung between two ships or buoys and submerged 300 feet below the ocean surface. In theory, the bubbles would take cold water up to the surface, replacing the warm … Read more
Scientists are cooking up a madcap scheme to eradicate hurricanes using underwater bubbles. The plan involves creating a ‘bubble net’ from a pipeline of compressed air strung between two ships or buoys and submerged 300 feet below the ocean surface. In theory, the bubbles would take cold water up to the surface, replacing the warm … Read more
Elon Musk’s net worth passes $100 billion as Tesla stock soars 400% this year – but he’s still only worth half of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s net worth surpassed $100 billion on Tuesday Company’s stock has risen more than 400% so far in 2020 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos remains the world’s … Read more
Like a black cloud on the horizon, the prospect of mass unemployment is looming large. The impact of coronavirus on Britain’s businesses can already be seen with large-scale redundancy plans by the likes of Marks & Spencer, easyJet, Boots and British Airways. The ending of the furlough scheme in October is only likely to fuel … Read more
Sperm Whales belong to the suborder of toothed whales and dolphins, known as odontocetes, and is one of the easiest whales to identify at sea. The creatures gained their name during the days of commercial whaling. Whalers thought that their large square heads were huge reservoirs for sperm, because when the head was cut open it … Read more
‘Enough is enough’: Heartbreaking images reveal a a young seal fighting for its life after getting tangled in a discarded fishing net Galactica is a juvenile seal who was spotted in distress on a Norfolk beach She had got tangled in a fishing net which had ripped into her fleshy neck Vets cut away the … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more