Middle classes face £21bn social care betrayal: Patients’ contributions towards their own old-age care could double in 20 years unless Boris Johnson fulfils his promise to reform the system, report warns Middle classes will have to double their contribution to old-age care in 20 years A quarter of over-65s had an unmet care need as … Read more
Middle classes face £21bn social care betrayal: Patients’ contributions towards their own old-age care could double in 20 years unless Boris Johnson fulfils his promise to reform the system, report warns Middle classes will have to double their contribution to old-age care in 20 years A quarter of over-65s had an unmet care need as … Read more
On the pleasant promenade of Hythe, Kent, two young male migrants on bicycles weave their way through family groups, dog walkers, pensioner couples and mothers with prams, all trying to stay two metres apart from each other. The men are from a migrant camp, Napier Barracks, on a hillside not far from the town’s seafront. … Read more
Priti Patel today unveiled a major overhaul of the UK’s asylum system as she said illegal migrants ‘should and could’ make claims in the European countries they pass through on their way to Britain. The Home Secretary warned the current asylum system is ‘collapsing’ because of the strain placed on it by people smugglers and … Read more
Prince William does not believe he is ‘trapped’ inside the system of the British monarchy and Prince Harry’s suggestions that he is are ‘way off the mark’, a source close to the royal family has claimed. Instead, the Duke of Cambridge, who is second in line to the throne behind his father, has ‘accepted’ his … Read more
The first woman and next man to launch to the moon are one step closer to walking on the lunar surface following a successful test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). The $18.6 billion ‘megarocket’ completed a full eight-minute hot fire test of its massive engines Thursday, which is the final step needed to move … Read more
NASA is set to ignite the engines of its $18.6 billion Space Launch System rocket later today in an eight minute test designed to confirm it is ready for launch. This would be the second hot fire test of the massive engines, and the final fire test before the second stage is moved to the launchpad … Read more
Oldest meteorite ever found: 4.6 BILLION-year-old space rock discovered in the Sahara could shed light on the early solar system Experts analyzed a meteorite discovered last year in the Sahara desert The rock weighs 70 pounds and is tan in color with green spots throughout It consists mostly of volcanic rock, but also silicon dioxide that … Read more
Oldest meteorite ever found: 4.6 BILLION-year-old space rock discovered in the Sahara could shed light on the early solar system Experts analyzed a meteorite discovered last year in the Sahara desert The rock weighs 70 pounds and is tan in color with green spots throughout It consists mostly of volcanic rock, but also silicon dioxide that … Read more
Test and Trace boss Dido Harding, Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock today defended the Government’s ‘essential’ contact-tracing system after a damning report claimed it had ‘no measurable effect’ on the Covid crisis. The trio joined Transport Secretary Grant Shapps in justifying the £22billion Test and Trace programme. The comments came after the Commons Public Accounts Committee said … Read more