Prince Harry donates £1.1m from memoir proceeds to his own charity August 20, 2021 The Duke of Sussex has donated £1.1m from the proceeds of his upcoming memoirs to the charity he co-founded. The royal family is braced for the publication of Harry’s memoirs next year which he has written “not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become”. Harry set up Sentebale, in [...]
Dentist wins £15,000 damages in libel after wild accusations surfaced online August 20, 2021 A retired dentist and his partner have won a website libel fight after becoming involved in a dispute over land in a Cumbrian village. Dr Richard Wozniak and Bridget Kelly, who had retired to Cumbria and bought a house in Rosgill six years ago, sued villager Chloe Randall. Ms Randall had fought the libel claim, [...]
Space race between US, China and Japan to bring Mars soil to Earth intensifies August 20, 2021 Space agency scientists in Japan said today they plan to bring soil samples back from the Mars region ahead of the United States and China, which started Mars missions last year, in hopes of finding clues to the planet’s origin and traces of possible life. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or Jaxa, plans to launch [...]
Former Royal Marine turned charity director trapped in Afghanistan August 20, 2021 Paul Farthing, known as “Pen”, has been battling to get all of his 25 staff from animal welfare charity Nowzad and their families out of Afghanistan as the Taliban complete their takeover. He is also faced with the prospect of having to put down all of the 140 dogs in his care, and potentially the [...]
Elon Musk says Tesla is developing humanoid robot that can ‘eliminate dangerous and boring tasks’ August 20, 2021 Elon Musk has said Tesla is aiming to launch the prototype of a humanoid robot called “Tesla Bot” next year. Musk added that the robot would “eliminate dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks.” Watch the full report.
Labour MP who beat Nick Clegg faces criminal charges over fraudulent invoices August 20, 2021 Jared O’Mara, a former Labour MP, is facing fraud charges in relation to an allegation he made fraudulent invoices to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority in 2019. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had authorised police to charge Jared O’Mara, who used to represent the constituency of Sheffield Hallam, with seven counts of fraud [...]
Investors in EU sustainable funds may end up with oil, mining or tobacco stocks August 20, 2021 If you want to invest in a fund branded as sustainable under new European Union rules, you’re spoilt for choice. But you may end up owning shares in oil companies, mining conglomerates or tobacco firms. Watch the full report.
Commuting again after pandemic? Never again, say one in ten Londoners August 20, 2021 Many office workers in London are to set to embark on their return to the workplace after the summer. However, many commuters are not too keen to board a train or catch the tube again, mainly due to increased concern over infection control and social distancing on the daily commute. According to a survey conducted [...]
Watch: Elon Musk’s satellites beam internet into Chilean boy’s life August 20, 2021 A school in the small remote fishing hamlet of Sotomo, Chile, is the beneficiary of a pilot internet program run by Starlink, a division of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Watch the full report.
Residents of Sydney to remain in lockdown until at least late September August 20, 2021 The ongoing lockdown in Australia’s largest city has been extended until at least the end of September as tougher measures including a curfew and an outdoor mask mandate were imposed to slow the spread of Covid-19’s Delta variant. New South Wales state, which includes Sydney, reported 642 locally acquired infections in the latest 24-hour period [...]
