2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
Oil price slump will wipe out North Sea tax revenues, says the Treasury watchdog By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:59 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 22:29 GMT, 11 March 2020 The slump in the oil price could almost wipe out tax revenues from the North Sea, according to the Treasury watchdog. … Read more
Researchers in Norway test how comfortable salmon in a commercial fish farm being monitored by underwater robots instead of human divers A team of scientists in Norway observed 188,000 salmon in a sea cage fish farm They sent a smaller and larger robot into the water to observe the salmon The fish appeared to be … Read more
Andrew Garfield cycles through the streets of New York as he films scenes for Tick, Tick… Boom By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: 22:15 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 22:24 GMT, 11 March 2020 His current project has seen him team up with director Lin-Manuel Miranda. And Andrew Garfield had yet another busy day … Read more
After finding a lump in her breast in January 2018, Alexandria Whitaker did what we’re all told to do: go to your doctor. But that simple step somehow became complicated. Then-24-year-old Alexandria, of Orlando, Florida, was brushed off. It can’t be anything sinister, her doctor said, because you’re 24. For that reason, the doctor explained, … Read more
When Rishi Sunak rose to his feet in the Commons yesterday to deliver his first Budget speech, Boris Johnson had every reason to feel nervous. Less than a month had passed since Sajid Javid quit as Chancellor in a spat with the Prime Minister over special advisers. Few voters had ever heard of Sunak when … Read more
The Duchess of Sussex held a behind-the-scenes meeting with Commonwealth scholars to hear about their commitment to tackling global challenges ahead of her final official public duty as a senior royal. Meghan Markle, 38, in her role as patron of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), chatted with the students at Buckingham Palace before the Commonwealth … Read more
Privatisation of RBS postponed for yet another year: Treasury still owns 62% of the banking giant By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 11 March 2020 The privatisation of Royal Bank of Scotland has been postponed for yet another year. The Treasury still owns 62 … Read more
Samsung has developed a 900wh solid state battery that provides electrical vehicles with a range of 500 miles on a single charge – and has a life cycle of over 1,000 charges. The South Korean firm noted that the technology is half the size of a conventional lithium-ion battery, which was achieved by reducing the … Read more
Dua Lipa sizzles in red leather culottes as she holds hands with beau Anwar Hadid while leaving her parents’ 25th wedding anniversary dinner By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 08:39 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 13:51 GMT, 11 March 2020 She’s been inseparable from the brother of Gigi and Bella Hadid ever since they … Read more