Demand for Covid tests is up to four times the system’s capacity, Baroness Harding admitted today. The Tory peer revealed the staggering mismatch between the number of people wanting tests and the ability to carry them out as she claimed 27 per cent have no symptoms. Extraordinarily. she said no-one had ‘expected’ the ‘sizeable’ increase … Read more
Australian astronomers say they’ve found no technological signs of alien life in a study of more than 10 million star systems. Perth-based researchers used the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope in the Western Australian outback, in a project dubbed ‘looking for ET’. The MWA searches for powerful radio emissions at low frequencies, similar to FM … Read more
Drivers could be allowed to legally take their hands off the wheel on motorways early next year and a semi-autonomous system take over in the next phase of allowing self-driving cars onto Britain’s roads, the Department for Transport revealed earlier in the week. Ministers are examining whether new models fitted with an Automated Lane Keeping System … Read more
Motorists could soon be able to legally drive ‘hands free’ for the first time ever in the UK, under government plans. Fully autonomous cars are a step closer to reality after the Government announced today that it will investigate the use of Automated Lane Keep Systems (ALKS) in vehicles that could be on the road … Read more
Fully autonomous cars are taking a step closer to reality after the Government announced today that it will investigate the use of Automated Lane Keep Systems (ALKS) in vehicles that could be on the road as early as next year. The Department for Transport has launched a call for evidence to determine if ALKS should … Read more
Britons who fail to answer calls from the NHS Test and Trace service may now face a knock on the door after staff only reached half of at-risk people on the phone. In a dramatic bid to improve the beleaguered scheme, the Government’s army of call centre contract tracers will be slashed by a third … Read more
BAE Systems poised to rescue suppliers and other aerospace companies that are struggling because of the crisis in aviation industry The collapse in air travel has hammered many of the UK’s aerospace groups BAE said acquisitions were not the only option, and it was considering other ways to support suppliers By Francesca Washtell For The … Read more
MARKET REPORT: BAE Systems shares soar as aerospace and defence juggernaut promises investors double dividend windfall By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:27 BST, 30 July 2020 | Updated: 22:27 BST, 30 July 2020 BAE Systems shares soared as the aerospace and defence juggernaut promised investors a double dividend windfall. The FTSE100 group … Read more
Could future pandemics originate in SPACE? Human immune systems may struggle to fight off ‘alien’ bacteria and viruses from other planets, study warns By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 12:28 BST, 23 July 2020 | Updated: 12:28 BST, 23 July 2020 Our immune systems — along with those of other mammals — could struggle to … Read more
When it comes to weather, there’s only one thing we all like more than talking about it – and that’s looking at it. Especially when things get dramatic. And so it’s little wonder that storm-chasing photographer Adam Kyle Jackson, from Texas, has garnered almost 60,000 followers on Instagram – because he posts absolutely jaw-dropping pictures … Read more