Bitcoin blow as HSBC vows to steer clear: Bank boss cites its volatility and lack of transparency By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 24 May 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 24 May 2021 Bitcoin was dealt a fresh blow after HSBC’s chief executive declared the bank would not touch it. Noel … Read more
Kick-Ass! Tiny donkey keeps 800kg Highland steer away from its food with a flurry of bucks Wallace, an 800kg Scottish Highland Steer was looking for some extra food The large cow tried to force its way onto the miniature donkey’s feeding trough Footage shows the donkey kicking out at Wallace and defending its food trough … Read more
When Boris Johnson dreamed as a boy of becoming ‘World King’, he must have thought that power would bring him pleasure. Now he knows that this is rarely so. His arrival in office was swiftly followed by a crisis that has offered nothing but hard choices, bad news and heavy responsibility. He is bowed down by … Read more
Idris Elba to steer children away from violent knife crime through boxing training camp in new TV show By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 00:43 BST, 26 August 2020 | Updated: 00:43 BST, 26 August 2020 Idris Elba is helping to fight knife crime in his latest project as he uses a boxing training camp … Read more
More than 50,000 jobs are at risk in the West End of London if there is not a drastic increase in shoppers and commuters, business leaders said yesterday. Weeks after its 1,200 shops were given the green light to reopen, the number of people heading to the West End remained down by close to two … Read more
Arizona made the cowboy famous. The term had been rousting around the Wild West since 1870-ish, mostly synonymous with the more pejorative ‘rustler’ tag. But a decade or so later the Copper State took accidental ownership of brand cowboy when it became the hideout of the notorious Cochise County Cowboys. A loose association of hoodlums, … Read more
MIT researchers create new self-driving system that can steer in low visibility settings, including fog and snow Researchers from MIT are testing a new self-driving car system for bad weather Instead of lidar and cameras, it uses a sensor system that reads the ground directly below and around the car instead of in front of … Read more
Once the bad boy of English cricket, England cricket hero Ben Stokes was today recognised for a thrilling World Cup victory as he collected an OBE at Buckingham Palace. Stokes was given the award for his services to cricket in the New Year Honours list after last summer’s triumph. The cricketer, who career was once … Read more