This new pasta delivery service might help you live to 100 May 26, 2021 “Blue Zones” are those parts of the world where the people have unusually long life expectancy. There’s the Greek island of Ikaria, which has the lowest middle age mortality in the world; Japan’s Okinawa tropical island, which boasts the world’s longest lived women; California’s Loma Linda, where Seventh Day Adventists rely on a biblical diet [...]
Nissan ‘in talks’ to build Sunderland battery gigafactory May 26, 2021 Nissan is reportedly in talks with UK ministers over plans to build a new battery gigafactory at its existing site in Sunderland. The new facility, the FT reported, would be run by the Japanese car giant’s subsidiary Envision AESC, and would produce enough batteries for 200,000 electric cars each year. Nissan said it had “no [...]
Dutch court rules that Shell must increase emissions reductions by 2030 May 26, 2021 A Dutch court has today ruled that oil giant Shell must reduce emissions by more than it had planned by 2030, in what could be a landmark ruling for the industry. Judges at a lower court in the Hague said that the Anglo-Dutch firm was legally obliged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per [...]
Belarus president claims journalist pulled from plane was plotting a ‘bloody rebellion’ May 26, 2021 The president of Belarus has said that the journalist pulled off a plane that was grounded in Minsk had been plotting a “bloody rebellion”. Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko went on to accuse the West of starting a “hybrid war” against him, in his first public comments since the incident on Sunday. The Ryanair plane, which [...]
Tesco is trying to give quick delivery apps a run for their money May 26, 2021 Tesco is set to launch a new rapid delivery service which will allow the supermarket giant to shuttle orders to customers doorsteps in less than an hour. The supermarket chain will first trial the Whoosh delivery service at its Wolverhampton Willenhall Express store – assessing its potential for a wider rollout. It said that the [...]
EU set to open antitrust probe into Facebook’s classified ads business May 26, 2021 The EU is said to be on the brink of opening a formal antitrust investigation into Facebook following complaints from rivals about the platform’s classified ads business. Regulators have already sent questions to Facebook and its competitors asking whether the social media site distorted the classified ads market by promoting its Marketplace services for free [...]
City Corporation extends support for Square Mile SMEs May 26, 2021 The City of London Corporation has today (26 May) announced it is extending the deadline for submissions to its Covid Business Recovery Fund to 30 June 2021. Eligibility has also been expanded to businesses with a trading premise, or a signed lease for a premise, in the City of London on or before 5 November [...]
Indecisive Boris Johnson a ‘shopping trolley smashing between aisles’, says Cummings May 26, 2021 Dominic Cummings has hit out at Boris Johnson’s indecisiveness and described him as “a shopping trolley smashing from one side of the aisle to the other” as a part of a blistering attack on his apparent inability to lead the country as Prime Minister. Cummings said that it was “crackers” Johnson was in office and that [...]
AstraZeneca boss: Digital innovation vital to equipping health systems for next pandemic May 26, 2021 AstraZeneca boss Pascal Soriot has said healthcare systems need greater flexibility and digital innovation to enable remote treatment if they are to better deal with future pandemics. Soriot’s firm has been at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19, producing a cheap, easily-shipped vaccine against the novel coronavirus. But Soriot said one of the most [...]
Crowd pleasers: England cricket test match and Royal Ascot picked for next fan pilot May 26, 2021 Thousands of fans will be able to attend an England cricket test match and Royal Ascot this summer as part of the next stage of the government’s pilot programme for major events. The second test of the men’s series against New Zealand, beginning on 10 June at Edgbaston, will be allowed to welcome more than [...]
