NASA Mars 2020 mission is DELAYED again due to a contamination issue found in ground equipment  

NASA Mars 2020 mission is DELAYED again due to a contamination issue found in ground equipment NASA was forced to delay its Mars 2020 mission due to a contamination issue The new date is July 22 at 9:35 ET and the rocket will leave  from Cape Canaveral This is the second time the launched was … Read more

Authors quit JK Rowling’s literary agency after accusing it of failing to issue statement

Four authors have resigned from JK Rowling’s literary agency after accusing it of failing to issue a public statement in support of transgender rights and equality. Fox Fisher, Drew Davies and Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir issued a joint statement to announce their resignation from The Blair Partnership.  A fourth author is also understood to have … Read more

Police issue CCTV photos of people they think were behind toppling of Edward Colston statue

Police have released images of 15 individuals they want to speak to in relation to the toppling of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol by Black Lives Matter protestors.  The statue commemorating the 17th century merchant was dramatically pulled from its plinth by protestors at 2.30pm on June 7 after being attacked and vandalised with … Read more

Police issue 12 new CCTV images of people they want to question after Black Lives Matter demos

Police have released a further 12 CCTV images of people they want to speak to in relation to violent clashes in London this month.  Violence broke out over recent weeks between Black Lives Matter protesters and people claiming to be protecting statues in the capital.  The latest pictures from the Metropolitan Police feature people who … Read more

Police issue CCTV images of another 13 people they want to question over violence and racial abuse

Police have released a further 13 CCTV images of people they want to speak to in relation to violent clashes in London this month.  Violence broke out over recent weeks between Black Lives Matter protestors and people claiming to be protecting statues in the capital.  The latest pictures from the Metropolitan Police feature people who … Read more

Police issue CCTV pictures of 35 people they want to question over violence at protests

Police have released images of 35 people they want to speak to in connection with violence at protests in London this month. Clashes have broken out in the capital in recent weeks, where there have been demonstrations in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and among people guarding statues in the city. The Metropolitan … Read more

CDC breaks silence to issue group safety guidelines but does not discourage crowds

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) punted on questions about increasing coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in reopened states, claiming worrisome rises could be due to ‘increased testing’ during a Friday press briefing.  CDC director Dr Robert Redfield and deputy director Dr Jay Butler addressed the press in the first telebriefing since the … Read more

Ant and Dec issue apology for ‘impersonating people of colour’ on Saturday Night Takeaway

Ant and Dec has issues an apology to their Twitter followers for ‘impersonating people of colour’ during ‘comedy’ sketches on Saturday Night Takeaway. They took to the micro-blogging site on Wednesday evening, posting: ‘During past episodes of Saturday Night Takeaway we impersonated people of colour during the undercover segment of the show. ‘We realise that this … Read more

Biden DENIES wanting to ‘defund the police’ as Trump tries it into election wedge issue

President Donald Trump vowed on Monday there will not be any defunding or dismantling of police as he met with law enforcement officials at the White House and tried to turn the protests that rose up in the wake of George Floyd’s death into an election year issue. His Democratic rival Joe Biden, meanwhile, traveled to … Read more

Police issue urgent appeal to find missing nine-year-old girl who vanished from her home today 

Police issue urgent appeal to find missing nine-year-old Isabelle who vanished from her home today  Isabelle was last seen in the Polegate area of Wealden District, East Sussex  Police raised concerns over the missing girl in a Twitter post this afternoon  They say that she was last seen just before midday and has bright orange … Read more