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The UK’s attempt to break the world land speed record could be canned due to a lack of funding. The ‘Bloodhound car’, which has been built to reach speeds of 800mph, has been built to break the current record of 763mph set in the 1990s. The Gloucestershire-based developers claim the Bloodhound car could reach 1,000mph … Read more
The Trump administration estimates that by the end of the week health officials will be able to perform one million coronavirus tests, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Steven Hahn said on Monday. It comes as the US went from reporting its first coronavirus death to six confirmed in Washington in a 48-hour period, as cases … Read more
Apple agrees to pay up to $500 million in lawsuit that claims it intentionally slowed down customers’ iPhones in a bid to get them to buy new ones The settlement will pay out up to $500 million to affected customers News comes three years after Apple admitted to slowing some phones Claimants said the slow-down … Read more
People suffering debilitating chronic back and leg pain are finding relief at last – thanks to an implant that delivers mild electrical pulses to the spine. These signals help block pain messages being transmitted along the nerves to the brain, so relieving symptoms. A form of the treatment, known as spinal-cord stimulation, has been carried … Read more
Hong Kong will give £1,000 to every adult resident – around seven million people – to boost its economy Financial secretary Paul Chan announced the plan in the government’s budget The economy has suffered amid pro-democracy protests and coronavirus fears Chan announced the budget as democracy campaigners protested outside By James Mills for MailOnline … Read more
Chandler Riggs joins Allison Miller, Betsy Brandt and David Giuntoli at A Million Little Things screening By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 07:19 GMT, 26 February 2020 | Updated: 07:19 GMT, 26 February 2020 Chandler Riggs hit the red carpet with his co-stars from ABC’s A Million Little Things in tow on Tuesday night. The … Read more
By gum! British PhD student discovers first example of fossilised plant gum dating back 110 million years in Brazil The gum was found in fossilised leaves of the welwitschiophyllum plant Plants gums are involved in food storage and structural support University of Portsmouth student found it in the Crato formation in Brazil Scientists may have … Read more
WINNERS: Paige Turley, 22, and Finley Tapp, 20 RUNNERS UP: Siânnise Fudge, 25, and Luke Trotman, 22 THIRD PLACE: Luke Mabbott, 24, and Demi Jones, 21 FOURTH PLACE: Jess Gale, 20, and Ched Uzor, 23 WINNERS: Paige Turley, 22, and Finley Tapp, 20 Paige’s start on the show was far from smooth as she was left … Read more
Former French PM and his British wife go on trial accused of ‘paying her a million euros of public cash to do almost no work as his personal assistant’ in fake jobs row that wrecked his bid to become President Franois Fillon, 65, and Welsh wife Penelope, 64, are accused of embezzlement Fillon allegedly paid … Read more
A national obesity crisis could see another two million people become diabetic in the next five years. The number of people with ‘pre-diabetes’ – those on the brink of type 2 diabetes and who must take urgent action – has leapt from an average of 1.3million to almost two million in only a year. Already … Read more