‘We get our money’s worth with package holidays’
Kate Rawson Colin and Kate Rawson on their recent honeymoon Ryanair’s chief executive Michael O’Leary recently declared package holidays “over” after the collapse of Thomas Cook. But travel experts say they are growing in popularity, particularly among younger travellers. Kate and Colin Rawson, aged 30 and 40 respectively, recently opted for an all-inclusive cruise around […]
Norwich and Cambridge hospitals get new radiotherapy equipment
BBC The new technology reduced treatment time and increased accuracy and patient comfort Cancer patients at two NHS hospitals are being offered a new type of radiotherapy treatment described as “a complete game changer”. Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT) uses light beams and advanced cameras to create a unique 3D outline of a patient’s body to […]
AI ethics backed by Pope and tech giants in new plan
Stefano Dal Pozzolo Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, Microsoft’s Brad Smith, and IBM’s John Kelly III The Roman Catholic Church has joined up with IBM and Microsoft to work on the ethics of artificial intelligence. Leaders from the two tech giants met senior church officials in Rome, and agreed to collaborate on “human-centred” ways of designing AI. […]
Primark’s first UK store was run on a ‘shoestring’
Primark Primark opened its first UK store in Derby in 1974, and has since opened a further 184 shops A man who came to England from Ireland to help manage Primark’s first UK store has returned to the business as it celebrated its 50th anniversary. Ben Mansfield came from Dublin to Derby as a 20-year-old […]
PM and Carrie Symonds’ first public engagement
@10DowningStreet Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds are all smiles as they are pictured together inside Number 10 on the front of the Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail. A Downing Street reception for hospice staff was the couple’s first official engagement since Mr Johnson became prime minister last month. However, it’s […]
The largest black holes in the Universe
Nasa Goddard Astronomers are spotting a new class of giant black holes that dwarf even the supermassive ones found at the centre of galaxies. Could there be some even more monstrous lurking out there in the darkness of space? At the centre of our galaxy lives a gargantuan black hole. It is as wide as […]
Leeds charity needs 50,000 books for deprived readers
The Children’s Book Project The Children’s Book Project is run entirely by volunteers A charity is hoping to gift 50,000 books to school children who live in deprived areas with the hope they will “fall in love” with reading. The Children’s Book Project is urging people to donate second hand and pre-loved books to its […]
Warning for shoppers in Wales
Getty Images Toilet roll was stockpiled before the first lockdown in March – and shoppers are being warned not to do the same again Shoppers are being told there is no reason to panic buy amid tighter coronavirus restrictions in Wales. Pontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones tweeted to say she had heard reports of panic buying […]
Microplastics are ‘littering’ riverbeds
Watch: A look under the microscope to discover the hidden microplastics lurking in our waters Microscopic plastic beads, fragments and fibres are littering riverbeds across the UK – from rural streams to urban waterways. This is according to a study that analysed sediments from rivers in north-west England. Scientists from the University of Manchester tested […]
Joseph Nicholls sentenced for encouraging camera vandalism
PA Media The judge said Nicholls had contributed to a movement that led to 174 cameras being vandalised A man who shared a message on Facebook encouraging people to damage Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) cameras has been sentenced. Joseph Nicholls, 43, from Sidcup, south-east London, shared a post in a closed anti-Ulez Facebook group […]