image copyrightGetty Images The French cabinet has approved a bill aimed at tackling radical Islam after a recent series of attacks by extremists. The draft law, part of a long-term drive by President Emmanuel Macron to uphold secular values, tightens rules on home-schooling and hate speech. Some critics, both in […]
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US entrepreneur Elon Musk has launched the latest prototype of his Starship vehicle from Texas. Codenamed SN8, the uncrewed rocket lifted away from the Boca Chica R&D facility on what had been billed as a brief flight to 12.5km (41,000ft). The 50m-tall vehicle crashed on touchdown but Mr Musk was […]
Xia Qiyun gave haircuts to over 2,000 medical and frontline workers as a volunteer during the lockdown – even though he didn’t have his wife’s support and had to temporarily move out of their home. For him, and for many other ordinary people in Wuhan, life has changed forever since […]
Bradley Walsh, who is gearing up for the Doctor Who special, spoke candidly about the impact of lockdown on his home life. The Chase host revealed that he often struggles to be indoors. The 60-year-old, who is married to his wife Donna Derby, detailed the issues he struggled with as […]
It has been a year when Hollie Doyle seized every opportunity to come her way and she did so again at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Wednesday, becoming the first female rider to win a race in the track’s annual International Jockeys’ Championship competition on the way to a […]
BBC Radio 4 Today tweeted, “We’ve been hearing from artists and writers about moments in their lives that brought comfort, while the world is a bit bleak.” “For Grief Awareness Week, we heard from actor, comedian and writer @robdelaney about how his perspective on hope changed, after losing his son […]
Despite being a lifelong Labour supporter, Bailey admitted it was “very depressing” to see divisions form within the party. He expressed concern over promises from different leaders about their hopes “to unify” Labour ranks and the nation. Bailey described the party as “a shambles” and felt that not even comedy […]
Buildings and roads make up the majority of human-made mass Scientists say the weight of human-made objects will likely exceed that of living things by the end of the year. In other words, the combined weight of all the plastic, bricks, concrete and other things we’ve made in the world […]