Elon Musk’s aerospace firm SpaceX has been awarded a $178 million (£129 million) contract for NASA’s first mission to Europa, Jupiter’s fourth largest moon. SpaceX will provide ‘launch services’ for the Europa Clipper mission, which is due to blast off in October 2024 to study Europa through a series of fly-bys, NASA said. The spacecraft will … Read more
Ex-Walmart employee with Down syndrome is awarded $125MILLION in discrimination lawsuit after she was fired for missing work because her schedule was changed despite her needing to stick to strict routine Marlo Spaeth, a longtime Wisconsin Walmart employee with Down syndrome, was fired in 2015 after the store changed her schedule As part of her … Read more
Lady Gaga was bestowed West Hollywood’s key to the city on Sunday to mark her hit 2011 single and album Born This Way’s 10th anniversary. The pop star, 35, was awarded the accolade by West Hollywood Mayor Lindsey P. Horvath for the cultural impact of her music and she declared that May 23 to be Born This Way … Read more
IT boss, 48, is awarded more than £500,000 in damages after banging his head on a doorframe at work which left him with a ‘traumatic brain injury’ and made redundant from £50,000-a-year job and forced to become a gardener Stephen Long, from Norwich, hit his head on a doorframe in Chester in 2015 He claimed … Read more
‘Femme fatal’ town clerk who was sacked amid ‘moral disapproval’ of her relationship with councillor as his wife died from Alzheimer’s is awarded more than £55,000 in damages Jane Woodward dismissed from her post at Barnard Castle Town Council in 2019 A tribunal has ruled in favour of Ms Woodward and awarded her £55,063 Ms … Read more
‘Femme fatal’ town clerk who was sacked amid ‘moral disapproval’ of her relationship with councillor as his wife died from Alzheimer’s is awarded more than £55,000 in damages Jane Woodward dismissed from her post at Barnard Castle Town Council in 2019 A tribunal has ruled in favour of Ms Woodward and awarded her £55,063 Ms … Read more
Embassy clerk, 65, who was told she was ‘no longer required’ at work after returning from a two-week holiday to find a ‘young lady’ at her desk is awarded £109,000 Janice Dinsdale, now 72, was told she was ‘no longer required’ in job as a clerk Ms Dinsale was working at High Commission of India … Read more
Embassy clerk, 65, who was told she was ‘no longer required’ at work after returning from a two-week holiday to find a ‘young lady’ at her desk is awarded £109,000 Janice Dinsdale, now 72, was told she was ‘no longer required’ in job as a clerk Ms Dinsale was working at High Commission of India … Read more
A 15-year-old child genius has become the youngest person ever to be awarded a fellowship by the Royal Society of the Arts. Monty Lord, from Preston, Lancashire, has now had his name etched alongside others including Charles Dickens, Stephen Hawking and David Attenborough. The child genius has broken numerous world records and gave an official presentation … Read more
England footballer Marcus Rashford and climate activist Greta Thunberg have been awarded gold Blue Peter badges for having ‘accomplished great things, inspired a nation, saved a life or shown bravery and courage’. Rashford and Thunberg join a small list of people who have been presented with the coveted badge, including the Queen, Sir David Attenborough, … Read more