Dropping the Leeds branch of HS2 has been seen as a betrayal of the north. Martin D Brown | Shutterstock In 2009, the company HS2 was set up to provide a new high-speed rail line in England. It was planned to be built in two stages. Phase one would goContinue Reading
WE don’t know much yet about Omicron – the new variant of the Covid virus. But we do know a lot about the vaccines that have been protecting us during the past year — and we have no reason to believe that those vaccines won’t work against this latest strainContinue Reading
Maxal Tamor/Shutterstock (with elements supplied by Nasa) According to media reports from Washington, the Biden administration wants to engage China in talks on arms control and non-proliferation. The US president, Joe Biden, and Chinese leader, Xi Jinping discussed the issue during their recent virtual summit. The issue has not previouslyContinue Reading
At age 11, children from poorly educated families are as interested in politics as children from well-educated ones. But by the time they turn 15, children with well-educated parents are 10% more interested in politics than those with poorly educated parents. The social gap in political engagement is one ofContinue Reading
W hen Charly Clive found out she had a brain tumour, she felt like the ground had crumbled beneath her, leaving a big hole. Describing it as a “shock”, she put on a brave face and, also, an inflatable sumo suit and bounced around the garden with her best friendContinue Reading
THE countdown to the Cheltenham Festival is on in earnest with just three meetings left at the track until the big one. And as the Festival draws nearer, so the ante post market really starts to take shape. 1 No one could catch Minella Indo in the Cheltenham Gold CupContinue Reading
Acoustic waves can detect all kinds of explosions and volcanic activity, but it’s hard to place sensors at sea—unless you’ve got a bird with a backpack.Continue Reading
Updated at 13:30 The State is studying more than 10 possible cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant after initial tests showed they had a trait distinguishing it from the dominant Delta variant, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said. Unlike Delta, which has dominated infections worldwide this year, OmicronContinue Reading
FRUSTRATED RON Cristiano Ronaldo stormed down the tunnel after Manchester United’s 1-1 draw at Chelsea. Ronaldo was named on United’s bench by caretaker boss Michael Carrick for the second time this season after October’s match with Everton, which also ended 1-1. Just like at Old Trafford last month, the five-time Ballon d’Or winnerContinue Reading
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the B.1.1.529 lineage of Sars-CoV-2, thought to have emerged in southern Africa, is to be designated as a variant of concern (VoC) named omicron. This decision has already precipitated a broad shift in priorities in pandemic management on a global scale. TheContinue Reading
