Search for ships lost in WW2 Dunkirk rescue
Historic England Archive/PA News The tug ‘Foremost 22’ took part in the evacuation, helping tow the damaged HMS Sharpshooter from Dunkirk to Dover Researchers have launched a mission to find wrecks of ships lost during the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk during World War Two. More than 305 vessels were sunk during Operation Dynamo […]
SNP softens North Sea stance and ‘mobile gang huts’
The Daily Record leads with a warning from a ScotRail driver that rising youth violence will claim another life, following the death of a 14-year-old. Daniel Haig, 18, was jailed for life yesterday over the stabbing of Justin McLaughlin at a train station. The train driver told the paper that trains have become “mobile gang […]
Precise brain stimulation boosts memory
SPL Using electricity to precisely stimulate the brain can boost people’s working memory, a study suggests. The team at Boston University, in the US, gave people in their sixties and seventies the working memory of someone in their twenties. The effect lasted at least 50 minutes after the stimulation stopped. But larger studies are now […]
Farming pollution unacceptable, Natural Resources Wales says
IvanZivkovic/Getty Images Efforts to tackle agricultural pollution are not being prioritised by the Welsh Government, the chairwoman of Natural Resources Wales has said. Diana McCrea said there had been a “continuing, unacceptable number of slurry pollution incidents”. She made her comments in a detailed letter to Environment Secretary Lesley Griffiths, saying she was “increasingly concerned […]
Dame Elizabeth Taylor dies at the age of 79
Dame Elizabeth Taylor, one of the 20th Century’s biggest movie stars, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 79. The double Oscar-winning actress had a long history of ill health and was being treated for symptoms of congestive heart failure. Her four children were with her when she died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, […]
Google search chief hired by Apple after Siri set-backs
Getty Images John Giannandrea is Google’s former head of search and artificial intelligence Apple has hired Google’s former head of search and artificial intelligence to lead its machine learning and AI strategy. The appointment comes at the same time that the tech giant looks to develop its Siri digital assistant. He previously worked as Netscape’s […]
French appeal to EU over UK discharges of waste
Watch: Untreated sewage water released into the Sussex sea The UK is threatening health and marine life on the French coast by allowing raw sewage to be dumped in the Channel and North Sea, say three Euro MPs. Pollution warnings have been issued for almost 50 beaches in England and Wales, after heavy rain caused […]
May rules out post-Brexit EU immigration deal
Hello. Here’s your morning briefing: Getty Images May: No deal for EU immigrants after Brexit What will happen to EU citizens who arrive in the UK during the “transition period” after Brexit? Theresa May has indicated she will fight a proposal by the EU that they should retain residency rights, arguing there has to be […]
Key points on the Holyrood vote
Getty Images With all the results now in, the SNP have secured a fourth consecutive win in the Holyrood election, only narrowly missing out on an outright majority. Covid precautions meant the count was held over two days but now the shape of the new parliament is clear, here are the headlines: The SNP is […]
EU approves Pfizer-BioNTech jab for 12-15 year olds
Reuters The Pfizer vaccine is already approved in the EU for those aged 16 and older The EU’s medicines agency (EMA) has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for 12-15 year olds – the first jab allowed for this age group in the bloc. Individual member states must now decide if they will offer the jab to […]