Champions League: Wembley will host 2023 final
Wembley will host the 2023 Champions League final. European football’s governing body Uefa also announced St Petersburg in Russia and Munich in Germany as venues for the finals in 2021 and 2022 respectively. The 2023 final will take place during Wembley’s centenary year, with the original Empire Stadium having opened in April 1923. It was […]
Greta Thunberg seeks Africa climate change action
AFP The activists in Africa joined the event by video link Teen activist Greta Thunberg has hosted a press conference to stress the importance of how climate change is affecting people in Africa. She was angered after she was cropped out of a photograph taken with her white peers, including Ms Thunberg. She said activists […]
Macron names centrist Bayrou as French PM in bid to end political instability
Getty Images François Bayrou has long been a centrist ally of President Macron President Emmanuel Macron has named centrist leader François Bayrou as France’s next prime minister, in a bid to end months of political turmoil. A Macron ally, Bayrou is a mayor from the southwest and leads the MoDem party. Ahead of the announcement, […]
Massive queues as McDonald’s reopens Scottish drive-thru restaurants
Police directed long queues of cars at McDonald’s drive-throughs The re-opening of some Scottish McDonald’s drive-thru restaurants has seen long queues of cars being directed by police. The fast-food giant closed all of its outlets more than 10 weeks ago as lockdown restrictions came into force. The company said it was now aiming to reopen […]
‘Give a personalised-saving coin to every child’
Future – Hi-Tech coins Each week a global thinker from the worlds of philosophy, science, psychology or the arts is given a minute to put forward a radical, inspiring or controversial idea – no matter how improbable – that they believe would change the world. This week Oxford University anthropologist Catherine Dolan proposes a hi-tech […]
Frozen eggs ‘are fastest fertility trend’
Behind the scenes at a fertility clinic More women in the UK are choosing to freeze their eggs than ever before, with treatment rates rising by 11% from 2016 to 2017, a report suggests. The fertility regulator’s figures show there were 1,463 egg freezing cycles in 2017 compared with 1,321 in 2016. But it cautions […]
Aberystwyth Uni scientists create elephant grass house
Aberystwyth University The Centre for Alternative Technology looks at green and sustainable ways to build A straw-like crop could significantly reduce the construction industry’s impact on the environment, Aberystwyth University scientists believe. They are helping to build a house using miscanthus – or elephant grass bales – near Machynlleth, Powys. In a typical house, 50 […]
Ministers accused of fishing compensation U-turn
EPA The government has been accused of making a “U-turn” on a pledge by the PM to compensate fishing businesses hit by post-Brexit export problems. On Wednesday Boris Johnson said he understood the “temporary frustration” of the fishing industry and promised to provide compensation. Environment Secretary George Eustice told the Commons on Thursday that he […]
Does the Netflix reboot live up to the hype?
Netflix Sabrina Spellman is played by Kiernan Shipka As a teenager, I would sit on the sofa watching Sabrina the Teenage Witch and dream of having her powers. Well, mostly one power, the ability to change my hair, make-up and outfit in a matter of seconds (how easy would that have made getting ready for […]
Probe provides rapid lung investigation
Scientists have developed a lung probe that finds infections Scientists have developed a probe that for the first time goes inside the lung to find bacterial infections. Currently, this is done by sending samples to a laboratory and waiting several days for the results. The new approach was inspired by the 1960s film Fantastic Voyage, […]