David Attenborough warns of ‘crippling problems’ caused by climate change in his role at this year’s Cop26 summit Sir David Attenborough, 95, has been named the People’s Advocate of this year’s Cop26 summit In a video message, Attenborough said the coronavirus pandemic had shown how important collaboration between nations was to solving global problems The UN’s … Read more
Sir David Attenborough turns 95: Boris Johnson sends birthday wishes as he thanks great naturalist for inspiring millions Broadcaster and natural historian Sir David Attenborough has turned 95 today The Prime Minister joined thousands of people wishing him a happy birthday Sir David and the PM worked together on the UN Climate Change Conference By … Read more
Anti-vaccine party wearing yellow stars and armbands ‘made beeline’ for Scotland’s Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf at Glasgow election count ‘because of his skin colour’ Scotland’s Justice Secretary was accosted by Derek Jackson’s supporters The group wore yellow stars and armbands as they questioned Humza Yousaf Mr Yousaf said they asked questions about Pakistan because of … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon has branded the former deputy leader of Britain First a ‘racist and fascist’ after an extraordinary confrontation outside a polling station on election day. Jayda Fransen, who is standing as an independent in Glasgow Southside, the same constituency contested by Ms Sturgeon, confronted the SNP leader on Thursday. Ms Fransen, who is from … Read more
Seven-week-old baby ‘murdered by his father’ had injuries similar to a car crash victim with a broken skull and bleed on the brain, court hears Brian Penn, 30, is accused of killing his son at a house in Ayr, South Ayrshire Baby Kaleb was found to have skull fracture, bleed to the brain and a … Read more
‘They are absolutely delighted’: Kevin Bridges and his wife Kerry are expecting their first child together By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 11:46 BST, 2 May 2021 | Updated: 11:46 BST, 2 May 2021 Kevin Bridges is ‘absolutely delighted’ to become a father as his wife Kerry is pregnant with their first child. The comedian, … Read more
The future of CCTV? Smartphones equipped with ‘bat-sense’ technology could soon generate images from SOUND alone Researchers were inspired by echolocation used by bats to hunt and navigate They sent blips of sound from a speaker to bounce around an indoor space A machine learning algorithm times how long the signal takes to come back … Read more
It’s Tinderella! New dating app called Thursday only works on one day of the week to encourage singletons to meet up in person before their matches vanish at midnight – and 110,000 have already signed up Dating app Thursday is launching across London and New York on May 6 App is only available to users … Read more
Boris Johnson threw himself wholeheartedly behind Joe Biden today as the US president tore up the Trump administration’s antipathy towards tackling climate change. Mr Biden used a climate conference attended by 40 world leaders including Vladimir Putin to pledge to cut US greenhouse gas emissions in half compared to 2015 output within the next decade, … Read more
Countries must ‘get serious’ about climate change this year, Boris Johnson will tell virtual summit called by US President Joe Biden Virtual talks have been called by President Joe Biden to happen this week PM yesterday announced a ‘world-leading’ target for UK to cut emissions by 78% Comes ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference … Read more