A guinea pig named Galaxionaut is aiming to follow Richard Branson and Jeff Bezo into space as part of a Congolese DIY rocket programme. Patrice Keka, 51, is an engineer, physicist and mathematician who is intending to send the intrepid rodent high above the earth’s atmosphere. Galaxionaut will be sent as a passenger and then … Read more
Arg’s appearance at the pool comes after he recently lost more than 2.5st from a £10,000 live-saving gastric sleeve surgery last month
Panorama report on the tactics used by BBC journalist Martin Bashir to secure his bombshell Princess Diana interview may never be shown, insiders fear BBC bosses are insisting the screening of programme has just been postponed It may never be shown due to BBC decision to go public this week with findings Report believed to … Read more
Panorama report on the tactics used by BBC journalist Martin Bashir to secure his bombshell Princess Diana interview may never be shown, insiders fear BBC bosses are insisting the screening of programme has just been postponed It may never be shown due to BBC decision to go public this week with findings Report believed to … Read more
The UN’s family planning programme says it faces ‘devastating’ cuts in the amount of money it receives from the UK after the government reduced it’s aid budget. The Government aims to cut about 85 per cent in aid to a United Nations family planning programme in the world’s poorest nations, the UN has said. An … Read more
Children have been ‘left behind’ in the Covid-19 vaccination programme, a member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has said today. Professor Adam Finn, from the University of Bristol, said the focus for trials has remained on adults due to children not being seriously affected by the virus. But he said he wants … Read more
As lockdown continues to ease, our days spent indoors in front of a laptop wearing oversized hoodies and comfortable tracksuit bottoms are coming to an end and a return to the office looms – and with it is the realisation for many that our work clothes no longer fit. It’s little wonder the pandemic has … Read more
England’s Covid testing blitz began today, with everyone in the country now able to get swabbed twice a week in the aim of getting life back to normal. Boots and local pharmacies are now offering tests that adults can go in and pick up for free, even if they don’t have any symptoms of the … Read more
Sitting on my terrace in Tangier with a breakfast croissant while being watched by some pert little sparrows, thoughts turn to the opening of the world’s borders. Right now, with no ferries and no planes, Tangier is eerily quiet for a usually bustling port town. I have been locked down in Morocco for more than … Read more
Things are going swimmingly for the handsome couple having a few drinks in a cosy restaurant. They barely know each other but this first ‘date’ is changing that. They are discussing music, TV shows, holidays taken, who will stay at home with the baby and who will go back to work. This all sounds a … Read more