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Rwanda deportations: what is the European Court of Human Rights, and why did it stop the UK flight from taking off?
A flight chartered to send asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda as part of a new government policy was grounded following an intervention by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The plan to deport asylum seekers for processing in Rwanda is intended, the government says, to deter peopleContinue Reading
Ex-Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa lined up for Athletic Bilbao job after talks
EX-LEEDS manager Marcelo Bielsa is reportedly being lined up by Athletic Bilbao as their potential new manager. Bielsa, 66, was sacked as Leeds boss despite being a popular figure at the club back in February as the team were dragged into a relegation battle. 1 Marcelo Bielsa could make aContinue Reading
The inside story of Recovery: how the world’s largest COVID-19 trial transformed treatment – and what it could do for other diseases
Recovery team members Mark Campbell, Guilherme Pessoa-Amorim and Leon Peto photographed at the Big Data Institute in Oxford Photograph: Adam Gasson/UKRI, CC BY-SA Guilherme – June 16, 2020. Evening TV news shows across the world were suddenly opening with the result of our research, and rightly so. Dexamethasone was theContinue Reading
The Best Marvel Movies, Ranked From Worst to Best
Is Iron Man 3 better than Iron Man 2? Here’s our definitive ranking of all 28 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe—and where to stream them.Continue Reading
EU taking legal action against UK over Northern Ireland protocol: how did we get here?
The EU is taking legal action against the UK in response to the government’s plan to revise the Northern Ireland protocol. The UK government released a bill proposing to unilaterally amend the legal mechanism that ensures smooth trade of goods between Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Europe. The EU saidContinue Reading
Smoking age: here’s what effect raising it to 21 could have in England
Raising the smoking age is just one of 15 proposals to help England become smoke-free by 2030. Krakenimages.com/ Shutterstock Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death in the UK – accounting for nearly 100,000 deaths each year. In England alone, smoking caused nearly 75,000 deaths in 2020.Continue Reading
Five of the world’s tiniest robots
The RoboFly University of Washington Allow me to take you on a trip down my memory lane. As a young lad, a film I saw captured my imagination: Fantastic Voyage, a 1966 release about people shrunk to microscopic size and sent into the body of an injured scientist to repairContinue Reading
Dylan Moran at the Eventim Apollo: a bit meandering, but when he’s good, he’s very very good
Review at a glance T here is no comedian quite like Dylan Moran. In both a good way and a bad way. His latest show finds the unique Irishman shuttling between brilliantly witty and aimless meandering. Steer clear if you crave a production line punchline-packing jokesmith. We Got This findsContinue Reading
Northern Ireland protocol explainer: why the UK government’s plan to change it violates international law
The UK government has unveiled a plan to do away with key aspects of the Northern Ireland protocol. This is the legal instrument that governs trade in goods in relation to Northern Ireland post-Brexit. The Northern Ireland protocol bill proposes setting up a “dual regulatory system” that lets businesses chooseContinue Reading
Grenfell Tower anniversary: how a quilt in the making is a symbol of the community’s love and quest for justice
Quilts are a repository of memory, personal and collective. The Conversation Tuesday Greenidge is a multimedia artist based in North Kensington, London. When Grenfell tower caught alight on the night of June 14, 2017, her daughter was in the lift. She managed to escape. She came to her mother’s homeContinue Reading