The airship that could usher in a new age
LTA Research (Credit: LTA Research) Pathfinder 1, bankrolled by a Google billionaire, is an attempt to revive the airship. A century after terrifying disasters, is it a safe-enough bet? On 24 October 2024, a brief post was shared on the social media network LinkedIn. In it Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s airship company LTA Research finally […]
Apple iPhone XS unveiled alongside fall-detecting Watch
Leo Kelion Technology desk editor WATCH: Hands on with new iPhone XS and XS Max Apple has updated its iPhone X handset with three more powerful models, two of which are larger than before. The iPhone XS Max has a 6.5in (16.5cm) display. The iPhone XS has the same 5.8in-sized component as the original. The […]
Shroud of Turin replica goes on display in Grantham
Brother John Michael A replica of the Shroud of Turin is on display at St Wulfram’s in Grantham A replica of the Shroud of Turin is being shown in Lincolnshire. The 4.4m-long (14ft) replica, made using laser technology, is on display at St Wulfram’s in Grantham until 3 March. It is a replica of the […]
Children consuming online time ‘like junk food’
PA Parents must intervene to stop their children overusing social media and consuming time online “like junk food”, the children’s commissioner has said. She said parents should be proactive in stopping their children from bingeing on the internet in the summer holidays. Ms Longfield has launched a campaign to help parents with the issue. She […]
NI civil service cleaning staff face cuts, union warns
BBC Nipsa’s Ryan Wilson said less staff will be asked to do more Cleaning staff at civil service sites are facing reduced hours or redundancies under cost-saving proposals, a trade union has warned. Contractor Aramark has proposed cutting 1535 cleaning hours per week across 162 sites, according to Nipsa official Ryan Wilson. The firm said […]
Smoke alarms fail in a third of house fires
Getty Images Industry figures suggest that one in 10 households do not have a working smoke alarm, while 22% never test theirs Lifesaving battery-powered smoke alarms failed in more than a third of house fires in England last year, new analysis shows. Firefighters attended more than 7,500 fires in homes with battery-powered alarms in 2018, […]
Disallowing Sam Dalby goal ‘not within the rules’ – Dundee United’s Jim Goodwin
The United boss said he had met Collum on Thursday. “I am not going to go into too much detail with regards to the type of conversation we had and Willie’s views,” Goodwin said. “I just said to Willie that we all had a meeting at Hampden at the beginning of the season and the […]
National Grid promises to learn lessons from blackout
The National Grid’s operations director explains why nearly one million people lost power on Friday National Grid has said it will “learn the lessons” after nearly one million people across England and Wales lost power on Friday. But director of operations Duncan Burt told the BBC that its systems “worked well” after the “incredibly rare […]
Durham College electric battery centre to boost skills
BBC A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the facility’s opening A training centre aimed at bolstering the region’s electric vehicle battery industry has opened. The National Battery Training and Skills Academy will support hundreds of new recruits for a so-called gigafactory being built next to the Nissan plant on Wearside. It is hoped the Durham facility will […]
Eleven miners brought to surface alive
TV footage from China showed the first miner being brought to the surface after two weeks underground Rescuers in China have freed 11 gold miners who were trapped hundreds of metres underground for two weeks. TV footage showed the first miner, who was blindfolded to protect his eyes from the light, being lifted out as […]