Getty Images The meteorite was 40-60km in diameter and left a crater 500km across A huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, scientists have discovered. The space rock, which was 200 times the size of the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, […]
BBC Doreen Adams said she was grateful to have been able to receive the new surgery Pioneering surgery to remove large brain tumours through the eyebrows of patients has been successfully carried out in Scotland. In what has been described as a “world first”, NHS Grampian said tumours the size of large apples have been […]
Oct 24, 2024, 11:22 AM ET Borussia Dortmund’s capitulation at the hands of Real Madrid in the Spanish capital on Tuesday somehow seems in keeping with the wildly out-of-balance nature of the Schwarzgelben in their current guise. It was a reunion on multiple levels: a meeting with the team that defeated them in the UEFA […]
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock The government plans to introduce legislation to ban the sale of disposable vapes from 1 June 2025 The sale of disposable vapes will be banned in England from June next year, the government has confirmed. Ministers say the move is intended to prevent environmental damage and protect children’s health. Similar bans are expected to […]
Rachel Reeves will announce at the International Monetary Fund a plan to change Britain’s debt rules that will open the door for the government to spend up to £50bn extra on infrastructure projects. After weeks of speculation, the chancellor will confirm at the fund’s annual meetings in Washington on Thursday that next week’s budget will […]
US vice president says the comments, which Trump denies saying, are a ‘window’ into who Republican candidate really is. Washington, DC – As the election in the United States enters its final stretch, the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris is amplifying scathing comments by a former top White House official, who served under Donald […]
BBC There is nothing in life that is free of risk. That includes vaccines. But the evidence is compelling that the benefits of getting immunised with those vaccines recommended in the UK far outweigh the possibility of serious side effects. The level of benefit from Covid vaccines is well documented. And the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is […]
Deirdre Shakespeare Harry, 13, is autistic and non-verbal but can walk unaided The mother of a young boy “restrained unnecessarily” in a chair in school has said she feels vindicated by a watchdog’s report into the case. Deirdre Shakespeare’s son Harry, who is autistic and non-verbal, was restrained in a chair at his special school […]
HSBC’s new boss has announced a major overhaul of the bank’s structure, splitting geographically into eastern and western markets amid increasing geopolitical tensions and a need to cut costs. The bank said that it was simplifying operations by splitting into four key units, which will see its commercial and institutional banking divisions merged. The changes […]
Vice President Harris speaks during a moderated conversation with former Rep. Liz Cheney in Brookfield, Wisc., on Monday. They spoke in front of a banner reading “Country Over Party.” Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images GREENVILLE, N.C. — With just over two weeks to go until voting […]