Interactive map shows where next coronavirus hotspots are likeliest to flare up in next three weeks

A new interactive map shows where the next coronavirus hotspots are likeliest to flare up in the next three weeks. The Imperial College London document highlights areas across England and Wales where infections are increasing. Breckland, a local authority in Norfolk, looks likely to be a high-risk area in just a fortnight, the data suggests. … Read more

TOWIE’s James ‘Arg’ Argent ‘WON’T appear on the show’s 10 year reunion’

TOWIE’s James ‘Arg’ Argent ‘WON’T appear on the show’s 10 year reunion after getting stuck in Spain following the air bridge collapse’ By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 23:45 BST, 3 September 2020 | Updated: 23:45 BST, 3 September 2020 James ‘Arg’ Argent will reportedly miss out on the Only Way Is Essex 10 year … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Dragon School drops name of Gunga Din boarding house

He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature and wrote If, which remains among the nation’s favourite poems.  But Rudyard Kipling’s accomplishments appear to count for little in 21st-century Britain.  Less than a month after I disclosed that the BBC had expunged another of his most celebrated poems, Mandalay, from its commemoration of the 75th … Read more

Facebook will pay users to deactivate accounts weeks ahead of the US presidential election

Facebook will pay users to deactivate accounts weeks ahead of the US presidential election in a bid to understand how social media impacts democracy Facebook is working with researchers  to study its impact on elections The firm is set to conduct surveys and tests with its members The recent study asks users to deactivate accounts … Read more

Student tricks AI grading system into giving a perfect score by adding ‘word salad’ to answers

As students across the US return to school, many are adapting to virtual learning amid the ongoing pandemic. But critics claim Edgenuity, an online learning program adopted by tens of thousands of schools, is flawed.  Edgenuity grades assignments and quizzes using artificial intelligence and one middle-schooler was able to outsmart the system. By adding a jumble … Read more

Amanda Holden ‘is promoted to head judge on BGT to fill in for Simon Cowell’

Amanda Holden has been promoted to head judge for the Britain’s Got Talent semi-finals to fill in for an injured Simon Cowell.  The presenter, 49, will take the prominent position on the judging panel for the semi-finals beginning this weekend, and joked she’d back ‘musical theatre all the way,’ if she had to make a … Read more

Karen Matthews’ best friend says anonymity order for Shannon ‘will help her’

Karen Matthews’ best friend has said the lifelong anonymity order for the kidnapper’s daughter Shannon ‘will help her step out of her mother’s shadow’. Julie Bushby, whose evidence helped convict Karen, said ‘those kids need to try and have a normal life’, 12 years after the staged disappearance. Shannon was the victim in the faked … Read more

Elizabeth Olsen masks up to grocery shop.. after deactivating Instagram over Chadwick Boseman trolls

Elizabeth Olsen masks up to grocery shop… after deactivating Instagram over Chadwick Boseman trolls By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 23:07 BST, 3 September 2020 | Updated: 23:07 BST, 3 September 2020 Independent Spirit Award nominee Elizabeth Olsen went grocery shopping at Whole Foods in her native Sherman Oaks on Thursday alongside her fiancé, Milo … Read more

Pfizer expects results from its coronavirus vaccine trials by October, CEO confirms 

Pfizer Inc says it could have results from its late-stage coronavirus vaccine trial available as early as October.  On Thursday, CEO Albert Bourla said during a call sponsored by drug industry group International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations that  23,000 volunteers have been enrolled in the phase III trial, which began in July.  The … Read more