Cyclists are often fixated on their average speed, and many of us are guilty of going out of our way to keep it as high as possible, such as pausing a ride recording shortly before tackling a speed-sapping final hill. While average speed isn’t the be-all and end-all, there are a few reasons why you … Read more
Hunt attacks Labor and says he is disproving the ‘myths’ that the economy is worse under the Tories Sign up for our breaking news emails for free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox Sign up for our free breaking news emails Economists warn the Bank of England could delay a rate cut … Read more
Remark Microsoft’s Build 2024 conference kicks off in Seattle. As the company Copilot makes a flurry of AI announcements, one question seems pertinent: Is Build and Microsoft’s commitment to developers starting to wither? The event has not yet recovered to pre-pandemic levels of in-person attendance. About 4,000 people showed up in Seattle, though Microsoft would … Read more
Image caption, Wylfa’s previous power station stopped generating energy in 2015 Item information Author, Huh Thomas Role, BBC Wales business correspondent May 22, 2024 Updated 9 minutes ago Wylfa on Anglesey has been chosen as the preferred site for a large-scale nuclear power station, the UK government has said. International energy companies have started talks … Read more
A team led by glaciologists from UC Irvine used satellite radar data to reconstruct the impact of warm ocean water rising in a grounding zone extending several kilometers beneath the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. The research, the subject of an article published in PNAS, will help climate modelers derive more accurate projections of sea … Read more
MCDONALD fans have called for a “game changer” menu item to make the chop permanent. The home of the Big Mac is shaking up its menu next week with eight items being added to the offering. 1 McDonald’s is eliminating twelve menu items starting next weekCredit: Getty Fans can pick up a new burger, Skittles … Read more
With protesters gathering and media cameras carefully positioned in the corner, one of the most important people in the entire Post Office Horizon IT scandal will spend three full days asking questions. Wednesday is the moment that the victims of the sub-postmasters, and probably everyone involved in the injustice at the post office over the … Read more
Image © Adobe Stock The pound-to-euro exchange rate reached its highest level since March, at 1.1736, after UK inflation fell to an annual rate of 2.3% in April, a figure higher than the market and the Bank of England had expected (2.1%). The all-important and much-watched component of inflation in the services sector was noticeably … Read more
A mother jailed for shoplifting shampoo and cheese took her own life just days later after her cries for help were ignored by prison staff, an inquest has heard. Christine McDonald was locked up at HMP Styal in Cheshire on March 1, 2019. She was jailed for two offenses of shoplifting small valuable items such … Read more
Enlarge / Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on the eve of the crew’s first launch attempt earlier this month. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images The first crewed test flight of Boeing’s long-delayed Starliner spacecraft will not take off Saturday as planned, and could face a longer delay as engineers evaluate a persistent leak of helium … Read more