Virgin Atlantic has unveiled the cabin for its new Airbus A350-1000 aircraft – and it has been transformed throughout. The business class section, which Virgin Atlantic calls ‘Upper Class’, features brand new suites and a ‘social space’ called ‘The Loft’. The carrier operates bars on all its long-haul aircraft, but said that this is ‘the … Read more
Climate change concerns have resulted in more people paying attention to their own carbon footprint. While it’s the eco-warriors who grab the headlines and divide opinion, most see the benefits of taking steps to reduce their energy consumption. Not all of these benefits have to be virtuous – for one, it’s obviously cheaper to use less … Read more
The Kepler mission has spotted thousands of exoplanets since 2014, with 30 planets less than twice the size of Earth now known to orbit within the habitable zones of their stars. Launched from Cape Canaveral on March 7th 2009, the Kepler telescope has helped in the search for planets outside of the solar system. It … Read more
Scarlett Moffatt wraps up in shearling jacket as she poses with a dalmatian while launching the Crufts Dog Show By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 14:22 GMT, 3 March 2020 | Updated: 14:22 GMT, 3 March 2020 Scarlett Moffatt beamed with delight as she launched the forthcoming Crufts Dog Show at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre … Read more
Air pollution is reducing global life expectancy by three years, killing 8.8million people a year, a study shows. More people are dying early from breathing toxic air than some of the largest killers, including malaria, HIV, war and smoking. Scientists led by Germany fear the world is facing an air pollution ‘pandemic’ after analysing deaths … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today arrived in Dublin for the start of a three-day visit to Ireland – their first to the Emerald Isle. The couple flew to Dublin Airport on a commercial Aer Lingus flight with dozens of residents returning home, business travellers and tourists. In brilliant winter sunshine they walked down … Read more
CONTEMPORARY By Sara Lawrence for the Daily Mail Published: 22:08 GMT, 14 November 2019 | Updated: 22:46 GMT, 14 November 2019 THE GIFTED SCHOOL by Bruce Holsinger (Headline £18.99, 464 pp) THE GIFTED SCHOOL by Bruce Holsinger (Headline £18.99, 464 pp) This compelling page-turner features four families living in a wealthy, small town in Colorado, … Read more
From Deepa Anappara’s ‘delightfully observed debut’ to Miss Austen by Gill Hornby and Jeanine Cummins’ page-turner, this week’s best new fiction By Max Davidson and Hephzibah Anderson and Anthony Cummins Published: 22:02 GMT, 18 January 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 18 January 2020 Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line Deepa Anappara … Read more
Warm spiced lentils with leeks and cavolo nero By Aaron Bertelsen Published: 00:02 GMT, 2 February 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 2 February 2020 SERVES 4 as a main or 6-8 as a side dish PREP TIME 10 minutes COOK TIME 40 minutes This dish really makes the most of the intense, slightly bitter flavour … Read more
Twelve more coronavirus cases were diagnosed in the UK today, just moments after Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled the Government’s ‘battle plan’ to tackle a major outbreak of the killer infection on British soil. Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the number of COVID-19 cases had jumped overnight to 51 in the House of Commons, warning … Read more