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Astronomers have created the most sensitive radio image ever of an ancient star cluster. The image is of the second brightest globular cluster in the night sky – known as 47 Tucanae. A previously undiscovered radio signal from the centre of the cluster was also detected by the scientists. Astronomer Dr Arash Bahramian, from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Australia, said star clusters are an ancient relic […]

“Climate change” has been named as children’s word of the year by Oxford University Press (OUP). More than 3,000 children aged six to 14 were asked for their word of the year, and the most common responses or themes were “climate change”, “war” and “coronation”. A poll of 1,000 children was then done by market research agency Opinium and the term for ecological change and global warming was chosen by […]

The blockbuster picked up eight gongs Oppenheimer has topped the Critics Choice Awards taking home eight gongs. The Christopher Nolan epic scored the London-born filmmaker a win for best director, alongside best picture and supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr, while star Cillian Murphy was snubbed in the best actor category which went to The Holdovers star Paul Giamatti. The 29th ceremony also saw success for Greta Gerwig’s box office hit […]

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps will announce more details in a speech today Britain will send 20,000 service personnel to one of Nato’s largest military exercises since the Cold War, as the alliance practises repelling an invasion by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps will announce the deployment of Army, Navy and RAF members to the 31-nation drill across Europe during a speech in London on Monday. He will say […]

The Government is set to launch new measures to ensure satnavs are up to date and do not send drivers down closed roads. As part of its new Plan For Drivers, the measures will include making all Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) digital. TROs are short-term traffic measures, such as temporary speed limits or road closures. Until now, they were not automatically updated on digital systems, meaning they are sometimes missing […]

A record 420,000 patients had to wait more than 12 hours in A&E last year, analysis by the Liberal Democrats has shown. The latest NHS England figures revealed a 20% increase on 2022 in people facing lengthy delays after a decision to admit them to hospital from the emergency department. In 2023, 419,560 people – or one in 15 A&E patients – faced so-called “trolley waits” of 12 hours or […]

Citi has said it is planning to cut about 20,000 jobs over the next two to three years as the bank takes further drastic steps to overhaul the global business. Chief executive Jane Fraser said the company had a “very disappointing” fourth quarter after plunging to a net loss of 1.8 billion US dollars (£1.4 billion). It wants to reduce the size of its 239,000 global workforce as part of […]