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A part-time primary school teacher and entrepreneur from Essex has shared how the spirit of her local community and getting on Instagram helped get her business back on track. Heather Syrett, 28 and from Leigh-on-Sea, runs Leigh Calligraphy which specialises in calligraphy design and workshops. Her passion for the craft started in 2017, when she wanted … Read more
YouTube has been criticized by members of the deaf community for deactivating a feature that allowed channels to crowdsource captions and subtitles. The ‘Community Contributions’ feature was deactivated September 28, one day after the end of International Week of the Deaf. The Google-owned platform said it was pulling the plug because the feature is ‘rarely … Read more
President Donald Trump’s net worth is down $600 million from last September and he’s fallen 64 spots lower on the Forbes 400, the magazine reported Tuesday. The president is now worth $2.5 billion and is No. 339 on the list. Trump’s sector, commercial real estate and hotels, has been aversely impacted by the coronavirus crisis, with … Read more
Scientists are cooking up a madcap scheme to eradicate hurricanes using underwater bubbles. The plan involves creating a ‘bubble net’ from a pipeline of compressed air strung between two ships or buoys and submerged 300 feet below the ocean surface. In theory, the bubbles would take cold water up to the surface, replacing the warm … Read more
Elon Musk’s net worth passes $100 billion as Tesla stock soars 400% this year – but he’s still only worth half of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s net worth surpassed $100 billion on Tuesday Company’s stock has risen more than 400% so far in 2020 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos remains the world’s … Read more
Foreign students drove net migration to the UK to 313,000 – its highest level since the 2016 Brexit referendum – before the coronavirus pandemic struck Britain 331,000 more people entered the UK than left in the year to March, the ONS said This 92,000 above figure in March 2019 and the highest level since March … Read more
Lockdown was good for someone! Nintendo reports bumper $1 BILLION net profit in first quarter after people trapped at home by coronavirus turned to gaming The Japan-based company raked in 106.5 billion yen for the three months to June It was a six-fold increase from the same period last year, it was announced today Gaming sector … Read more
Like a black cloud on the horizon, the prospect of mass unemployment is looming large. The impact of coronavirus on Britain’s businesses can already be seen with large-scale redundancy plans by the likes of Marks & Spencer, easyJet, Boots and British Airways. The ending of the furlough scheme in October is only likely to fuel … Read more
Sperm Whales belong to the suborder of toothed whales and dolphins, known as odontocetes, and is one of the easiest whales to identify at sea. The creatures gained their name during the days of commercial whaling. Whalers thought that their large square heads were huge reservoirs for sperm, because when the head was cut open it … Read more
Elon Musk is now the world’s fifth richest man after his net worth hit $74 billion Monday afternoon thanks to Tesla’s ongoing stock rally. Shares in the company, founded by Musk, 49, hit $1,643.00 – a 300 per cent increase since January 2020 and up 60 per cent since the end of June. Tesla is now worth … Read more