Under Lucky Stars petitions against SpaceX’s plans to send Starlink satellites into orbit

Elon Musk is set launch at least 12,000 Starlink satellites into low-orbit to blanket the world with high speed internet, but the plan is causing quite the stir among astronomers and stargazers – the devices are blocking their views of the night sky. Now, a group of designers have taken matters into their own hands … Read more

More than 235,000 sign petition calling for Boris Johnson to send pupils home over coronavirus

#closetheschools! More than 235,000 sign petition calling for Boris Johnson to send pupils home over coronavirus – as Twitter jokes and frets amid panic More than 235,000 people are today calling on the government to close schools  Petition urges Boris Johnson to shut down schools and colleges across the UK Comes as Durham University has … Read more

Coronavirus fears send shoppers scrambling to prepare ‘pandemic pantries’

Concerned shoppers hit by worries over the growing scale of the coronavirus in the United States are stocking up their ‘pandemic pantries’ to prepare for the possibility of the virus spiraling into a worldwide pandemic. Oatmilk, fruit snacks, pretzels and cat food have seen massive spikes in sales in the past week as those diagnosed … Read more

ITV and BBC abandon plans to send broadcasting teams to Italy vs England in Six Nations

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

What is it about kids and ghosts? Anna Moore hears the tales that will send shivers down your spine

Has your toddler ever pointed to the empty space next to you and told you that someone is there? Anna Moore hears the tales that really will send shivers down your spine Children, it’s popularly believed, can lead us to this other realm because they still have a foot in both our world and the spirit … Read more

How my daring Dad duped the Nazis: Jews were send to Auschwitz but Hans Neumann moved to Berlin

BOOK OF THE WEEK WHEN TIME STOPPED: A MEMOIR OF MY FATHER’S WAR  by Ariana Neumann (Scribner £16.99, 368pp) In the opening pages of this beautifully written, heart-wrenching memoir of love and family and war is a detailed family tree of the author’s Czech heritage. It seems dauntingly complex as family trees often do, littered … Read more

US government is developing a nuclear rocket to send satellites between Earth and the Moon

The US government is developing a nuclear rocket to send satellites into the vast space between the Earth and the Moon, in a renewed space race with China.  The rocket will have a nuclear thermal propulsion engine and is being developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the government. The engine uses a … Read more

Coronavirus chaos see seven UK schools shut and 18 send pupils and staff home

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,700 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more

Hazmat-clad coronavirus medics perform hilarious Swan Lake routine to send off six patients

Hazmat-clad coronavirus medics perform hilarious Swan Lake routine to send off six patients as they leave hospital following a full recovery Six patients were discharged last Friday from a hospital in Anhui Province, China Two medical workers danced outside the hospital building to express their joy   State media reported a total of 24,734 recovered coronavirus … Read more