Bitcoin price is up despite a cooling crypto market October 18, 2023 Bitcoin continues to gain ground and is trading for roughly $28.6k, up 1.9% over 24 hours and more than 5% over seven days. Ethereum (ETH) is down by 0.9% on the day but is clinging to its 1% gains over a seven-day period. The frantic trading activity in the Bitcoin market over the last few [...]
Macron and Jill Biden fist bump as their basketball teams compete at Tokyo Olympics July 26, 2021 U.S. first lady Jill Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron watched their nations’ respective teams compete on the 3×3 basketball court during the sport’s Olympic debut in Tokyo this weekend, with the Americans pulling out an upset victory. Watch the full report.
Global the big winner in new radio figures as Heart, Capital and LBC take top spot in London February 2, 2023 Global Media group have posted exceptional fourth-quarter results as record numbers of listeners tuned into their popular radio stations every week. The media and entertainment company amassed the highest-ever share of the radio market at 25.4 per cent, producing an unrivalled total of 258 million hours across all their platforms. An increase of listeners to [...]
Coinbase unveils social NFT marketplace April 21, 2022 Crypto exchange giant Coinbase has given users a first glimpse at its highly anticipated marketplace for non fungible tokens (NFTs).
BFI Flare Film Festival is here and it’s queer March 17, 2024 Get ready for the best LGBTQ films to hit London, as BFI Flare returns this week. We sat down with programmer Grace Barber-Plentie
Watch: Vietnam-like scenes at Kabul airport as Taliban takes control August 16, 2021 A large number of people were out on the streets of Kabul, walking towards the airport today, after the Taliban declared the war was over a day after seizing the capital. Watch the full report.
Nasa to test planet’s defences against asteroids with spacecraft collision November 23, 2021 Nasa is set to test the planet’s defences against near Earth objects (NEOs) by slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid – in a bid to knock it from its path. The mission, known as a double asteroid redirection test, will test defence technologies and strategies in preventing dangerous asteroids and meteors impacting Earth. If all [...]
Tennis’ Wimbledon outcasts are shining at the Australian Open January 25, 2023 Russian tennis star Andrey Rublev will be one step closer to a maiden Grand Slam should he overcome Australian Open favourite Novak Djokovic this morning Down Under. The player – currently banned from competing at Wimbledon because of his nationality – has been in fine form in Melbourne thus far. The 25-year-old Muscovite has beaten [...]
Exclusive: Saracens CEO says “financial model of rugby doesn’t work” September 22, 2022 As one Premiership rugby club teeters on the brink of going under and another considers administration, Saracens’ chief executive Lucy Wray has admitted that English rugby’s finances are broken. But Wray has faith in Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Football Union to make the changes needed to ensure no more clubs face the same threats [...]
Deltacron: New Covid variant in UK is merged coronavirus mutation of lethal Delta and contagious Omicron February 14, 2022 UK health officials confirmed this weekend that they are monitoring a new Covid strain which is a combination of Delta and Omicron, dubbed ‘Deltacron’ by various media. UK Covid scientists reportedly believe the new variant evolved in a Brit who caught both Omicron and Delta at the same time. While initially a combined mutation of [...]