Author: James Martin
The UK’s National Health Service has announced that it will test delivering vital chemotherapy drugs via drone to the Isle of Wight. The body has partnered with Apian, a drone technology startup founded by former NHS doctors and former Google employees. Test flights are due to begin shortly, and it’s hoped that the system will reduce journey times for the drugs, cut costs and enable cancer patients to receive treatment far more locally. The Isle of Wight is an island two miles off the south coast of England with a population just under 150,000. Due to the short shelf-life of…
As the world’s current front runner in the Crypto Currency market, Bitcoin have been making some serious headlines, and some serious fluctuations in the last 6 months. Almost everyone has heard of them, and almost everyone has an opinion. Some can’t fathom the idea that a currency with any value can be created from nothing, whilst some love the idea that something without Government control can be traded as a valuable entity in its own right. Where you sit on the “Should I Buy Bitcoin?” fence probably ultimately boils down to one question: Can I Make Money from Bitcoin? Can…
Police charge six over British Grand Prix track invasion where Just Stop Oil eco protesters sat on Formula 1 circuitThe activists have all been charged with conspiracy to cause public nuisanceThey are all due to appear at Northampton Magistrates’ Court this morningSunday’s race at Silverstone was halted following driver Zhou Guanyu’s crashBy Tom Pyman For Mailonline Published: 06:06 EDT, 5 July 2022 | Updated: 07:13 EDT, 5 July 2022 Six people have been charged over a Formula 1 track invasion, where eco protesters sat on the circuit at Silverstone at the beginning of the British Grand Prix at the weekend.Five…
Editor’s Note — Sign up to CNN Travel’s Unlocking Italy newsletter for insider intel on Italy’s best loved destinations and lesser-known regions to plan your ultimate trip. Plus, we’ll get you in the mood before you go with movie suggestions, reading lists and recipes from Stanley Tucci.(CNN) — The countdown has begun. From January 16, 2023, visitors to Venice — that jewel in Italy’s tourism crown — will have to pay for the privilege. It’s set to become the first city in the world to require an entrance fee. The launch date was announced by Venice’s councilor for tourism, Simone…
Placeholder while article actions loadTo say that the first half of the year was painful for investors would be a big understatement. They suffered large losses on their holdings of stocks, corporate bonds, emerging markets, crypto and other assets; and, for most of the last six months, they received no protection from government bonds whose traditional risk mitigation attributes gave way to big losses, too.Indeed, other than oil and some other commodities, it was a dismal picture all around in public markets. It is only a matter of time until valuations in private equity follow suit. This is an environment in…
Key events:Show key events onlyA lucky dip in my inbox brings an email from author Kamila Shamsie, award- winning author of Home Fire amongst others. “This may be a good moment to suggest that anyone who hasn’t yet read Jonny Bairstow’s memoir ‘A Clear Blue Sky’ (co-written with Duncan Hamilton) might want to amend that. It was Wisden’s Book of the Year in 2018, chosen by…er…me.”I’m so sorry not to have got back on the many emails and tweets sitting in my inbox. A lot of them can be summed up like this:Instead of worrying, I find myself wondering whether…
There are a lot of people who have an interest in becoming a game designer but are unsure whether or not to make it a career. The main purpose of this article is to provide information which will help you make this choice. Many different variables should be taken into account and below is a list with some of the pros and cons of being a game designer. Pros Designing games is fun. Creating them as a whole is very enjoyable as is working on all the different game mechanics and coming up with new and interesting concepts. Many times…
Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios is accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend – with police laying charges on the eve of his Wimbledon quarter-final matchBy Ben Talintyre For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:57 EDT, 5 July 2022 | Updated: 07:12 EDT, 5 July 2022 Nick Kyrgios has been charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend in a domestic violence incident which allegedly occurred late last year. The Australian tennis star, 27, who currently preparing for a quarterfinal clash at Wimbledon, is accused of attacking model Chiara Passari and will face court next month.’ACT Policing can confirm a 27-year-old Watson man is scheduled to face the…
Chinese car giant Geely has purchased a majority stake in the now-small smartphone maker Meizu. Bloomberg reports that Meizu will be run as an independent company under Xingli Technology, another tech brand under Geely’s umbrella. That said, the pair are expected to work together on new products, and Xingli has already expressed plans to make a big splash in the AR/VR space. If you’ve been reading Engadget for long enough, you’ll have likely seen Meizu’s early rise at the dawn of the smartphone boom. Unfortunately, it found its lunch being eaten by other Chinese upstarts, including Xiaomi, and wound up…
More than 50 scientists have warned MEPs that a high-level move to water down EU legislation on deforestation could undermine Europe’s net zero emissions plans.European environment ministers rewrote a draft regulation last week to define “forest degradation” as the replacement of primary forest by plantations or other wooded land. In the EU, which has about 3.1m hectares of primary forest amid 159m hectares of overall forest, it would limit the law’s reach to only 2% of the total area.While the proposal would also apply internationally, this could “hinder the legislation from tackling forest loss on EU soil and create a…