OCTOBER 08: Political consultant Roger Stone speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival 2016 – ‘President Trump: Life As We May Know It,’ featuring Max Boot, Amy Davidson, Roger Stone, and Sean Wilentz in conversation with Evan Osnos at MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre on October 8, 2016 in New York City.
Category: England, United Kingdom
The Concorde is dead. Long live the Concorde
The Concorde jet dazzled when it began hurling passengers from Washington to London at twice the speed of sound in 1976. The most fortunate air travelers – be they wealthy or upgraded from first class – could depart the nation’s capital around lunch and touch down in time for a late dinner.
‘My only hope’: MS sufferer has one week to raise thousands for vital treatment
ONE faces a race against time against the aggressive effects of her multiple sclerosis, with her ‘only hope’ to find enough money for an experimental treatment in Mexico. Nina Cosgrove, 38, was diagnosed with progressive MS on Valentine’s Day 2015 and has seen her freedom of movement deteriorate quickly.
‘My only hope’: MS sufferer has one week to raise thousands for vital treatment
ONE faces a race against time against the aggressive effects of her multiple sclerosis, with her ‘only hope’ to find enough money for an experimental treatment in Mexico. Nina Cosgrove, 38, was diagnosed with progressive MS on Valentine’s Day 2015 and has seen her freedom of movement deteriorate quickly.
7-year-old girl asks Google for a job, gets response from CEO
A 7-year-old girl has already made it onto Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s radar by mailing a handwritten “job application” to the executive a few years early. Chloe Bridgewater from Hereford, England, was talking with her dad about his job one day after school when he mentioned the internet giant.
Material could revolutionize the way we live
The photos above may look like pages out of Vogue or Elle, but they are part of a scientific experiment. And the dress’ designers, along with the scientists behind the technology sewn in, say it could revolutionize every aspect of human life, reports CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti.
U.K. to Get First LNG From Peru While Still Waiting for U.S.
Almost a year after the first liquefied natural gas cargo left the Gulf of Mexico, the U.K. is still waiting to claim a slice of American supply. By the end of the month it will, but it won’t be made in the U.S. Peru LNG loaded a vessel on Monday destined for England, according to Lima-based Perupetro SA’s website.
Innocent mother Jayne Pearce kills herself
Judge slams Facebook as a ‘tool for evil’ after an innocent mother killed herself after being falsely accused of killing a baby on social media A judge has slammed Facebook as a ‘tool for evil’ after an innocent mother killed herself after being falsely accused of killing a baby on social media. Jayne Pearce, 23, suffered ‘vitriol’ at the hands of an online ‘pitchfork mob’ after two mothers hacked into her Facebook page and falsely alleged she had tried to smother one of their children.
Inspired by The Jump? Catch Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards in St Albans
Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards brings his new tour to The Alban Arena in St Albans in May [Picture: Konrad Bartelski] Inspired by the daring winter sport exploits of the celebrities on the new series of Channel 4 TV show The Jump? In Try Hard, Eddie talks through his incredible life journey; from self-learning ski-jumping and being shunned by the sporting establishment, to the extensive surgery to rebuild his face and body following years of spectacular crashes on the snow. Then there’s his attempts to break world records in stunt jumping and speed-skiing .
Inspired by The Jump? Catch Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards in St Albans
Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards brings his new tour to The Alban Arena in St Albans in May [Picture: Konrad Bartelski] Inspired by the daring winter sport exploits of the celebrities on the new series of Channel 4 TV show The Jump? In Try Hard, Eddie talks through his incredible life journey; from self-learning ski-jumping and being shunned by the sporting establishment, to the extensive surgery to rebuild his face and body following years of spectacular crashes on the snow. Then there’s his attempts to break world records in stunt jumping and speed-skiing .
‘It opened my eyes to going to university’ – Melbourn Village…
Ahead of selecting their GCSE subjects, Year 9 Melbourn Village College students have attended an Eyes on the Prize Day at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. Arthur Gomm commented: “It made you much more aware of the apprenticeships around and I’d like to get one in construction or plumbing.
‘It opened my eyes to going to university’ – Melbourn Village…
Ahead of selecting their GCSE subjects, Year 9 Melbourn Village College students have attended an Eyes on the Prize Day at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. Arthur Gomm commented: “It made you much more aware of the apprenticeships around and I’d like to get one in construction or plumbing.
Subway shutdown is chance to try new transportation strategies
New York has always been congested, but lately, worsening transit delays and gridlock on streets have left New Yorkers fed up. Transportation has gotten so unreliable that when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently installed Wi-Fi in subway stations, instead of being excited, riders took the opportunity to complain about the trains.
Hemel DJ’s viral video viewed by millions
A Hemel Hempstead DJ has seen his career receive an unexpected boost after a video of him performing with a music kit he built was viewed more than 25 million times. AFISHAL, who has lived in Hemel for the last three years, was sunning himself on honeymoon in Thailand, unaware a video of him using a bespoke DJ drum kit he had created was going viral online.
Wharfedale Pro loudly announces the CPD4800
HUNTINGDON, England – Jan. 19, 2017 – PRLog — Power, reliability, power and more power. The CPD series of power amplifiers has become a trusted tool for many gigging musicians, tours and installations since its introduction in 2014.
Faking History To Make The Black Kids Feel Good
A known quantity in the faking department is Rev. Al Sharpton. In a video that gets considerable play on TV, Sharpton informs a rapt audience that “white folks” were cave dwellers when blacks were building empires and pyramids; teaching philosophy, astrology and mathematics.
Father jailed for trying to scare jury with Halloween masks
A father has been jailed for three years after he tried to scare a jury on his son’s drugs trial. William Liversage secretly recorded jurors in and out of the court room before trying to use a werewolf mask to frighten them into finding son Liam not guilty.
No more dropped calls: NYC subway to get cell service, WiFi
People peek out the train doors at the 86th Street station as one of the first trains pauses at the platform on the newly opened Second Ave. Subway line in New York on New Year’s Day. Almost all stations are now equipped with WiFi and cellular service.
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Launches Science-as-a-Service and…
This has enabled the Institute to offer and more effectively manage scientific computing at scale, or “Science-as-a-Service,” to their own researchers and to biosciences start-ups co-located at a newly-opened research facility on the Wellcome Genome Campus. Based in Cambridge, England, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is a global center of excellence for genomic discovery, and collaborates with start-ups, pharmaceutical enterprises, governments and other research centers.
Smart Fitness Apps Will Transform How You Work Out in 2017
We’ve been going to gyms for a very long time to get fit, slim, and trim. But in the short time that smartphones have been around, people have started embracing fitness apps to take their well-being into their own hands.
George Lucas Inspecting the Death Star and 12 More Rare Behind-the-Scenes Images of Famous Movies
Although details, such as the superlaser’s location, shifted between different concept models during production of Star Wars, the notion of the Death Star being a large, spherical space station over 100 kilometers in diameter was consistent in all of them. The Death Star model was created by John Stears.
Redditch MP Karen Lumley’s letter from Westminster
LAST Friday I was interviewed by a journalist from BBC Hereford and Worcester, writes Redditch MP Karen Lumley in her diary from Westminster. They are running a campaign to get official national recognition for the work done by Britain’s munitions workers during WW1 and WW2.
Redditch MP Karen Lumley’s letter from Westminster
LAST Friday I was interviewed by a journalist from BBC Hereford and Worcester, writes Redditch MP Karen Lumley in her diary from Westminster. They are running a campaign to get official national recognition for the work done by Britain’s munitions workers during WW1 and WW2.