Two Covid tests a week could win people a 'freedom pass'

The scheme would allow people to lead as normal a life as possible while the Government's vaccine programme gets started | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

The electric car hype machine: Why investors are more skeptical than ever

A rush of interest in Tesla has led to a wave of other electric car companies seeking to cash in on the hype in the sector | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

British companies will be forced to reveal the sources of their raw materials

The Environment Bill will force businesses to comply with local deforestation rules | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Scientists develop a potential antibiotic from Komodo dragon blood

As the 'looming crisis' of antibiotic resistance grows, experts say Komodo dragon's blood could provide some solutions | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Hydrogen-powered planes will be commercially viable by the 2030s, says Airbus

Zero-emission technology for the aircraft is already here on a small scale | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

James Randi, Illusionist – Obituary

He performed Houdini's perilous escape acts and worked with scientists in investigating phenomena of apparently paranormal nature | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Not enough room on aircraft, so Australian commando killed Afghan prisoner

The marine claims the prisoners were hogtied at the time | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

David Starkey investigated by police for interview 'stirring up racial hatred'

Dr Starkey said that the investigation is “neither proportionate nor in the best interests of preserving proper freedom of expression" | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

No link between schools and coronavirus infection rates, global analysis suggest

But 711 million children globally remain out of school, the majority in lower-and middle-income countries | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Third of daily Covid-19 tests missing from tracing app due to flaw

Those who tested positive for the virus in NHS hospital labs were unable to share their result using the official contact-tracing app | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

UK to 'reset' sat nav plans after scrapping work on £5bn Galileo rival

Some officials are believed to have pushed for the Government to examine a return to the European Galileo project | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Once-in-a-lifetime floods wreak havoc across Africa

The water level in the Nile is so high that it is threatening Sudan's ancient pyramids  | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

TikTok and WeChat to be banned in US app stores from Sunday

TikTok is hoping that a deal with Oracle will see the ban on the app lifted before it's brought into place | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Face masks could be giving people Covid-19 immunity, researchers suggest

Mask wearing might also be reducing the severity of the virus and ensuring that a greater proportion of new infections are asymptomatic | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Lungs damaged by Coronavirus can repair themselves in three months

First study of its kind has found that nearly half of hospital patients showed no damage at 12 weeks | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Donald Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

The US president was previously nominated for the prize in 2018 following his Singapore summit with Kim Jong Un | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Britain's first robot ship prepares to set sail

Autonomous vessels may offer solution to pandemic struggles | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

The rarest great ape on earth and their only forest is rapidly disappearing

There are only 800 Tapanuli orangutans left - it is the rarest great ape on earth - and their only forest is rapidly disappearing | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Natural History Museum to review potentially 'offensive' Darwin collection

An internal review in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests has led to an audit into some rooms and items | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Tech firms given a year's notice to protect children online – or face fines

The Information Commissioner has put tech firms on notice that they need to clean up their act to protect children from online harms | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Farewell to the Boeing 747 – How the first jumbo jet revolutionised air travel

History’s most famous aircraft is disappearing from the skies. The Boeing 747 not only democratised air travel but romanticised it, too. It introduced the joy of flight to thousands who could not previously afford it and became the pin-up of the Jet Age. Now, considered too bul … | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Airships could provide the future of green transport

The UK is a leader in the airship revival, going head to head with France in an escalating global race | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Mystery of Pakistan's falling Covid-19 death rates

A young population, robust immune systems and “smart” lockdowns may explain the fall but health officials remain cautious and uncertain | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Rolls-Royce eyes 'hypersonic' flight as it partners with Reaction Engines

Tie-up between famed engineer and British technology company paves the way for 2,500mph aircraft and hybrid-electric jets | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Why, in 2015, is ripping CDs still illegal in the UK?

The UK government has dropped attempts to change UK-specific law that makes ripping CDs illegal | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Gmail goes down: Google services crash for users worldwide

Some users were unable to log into their Google accounts, while others claimed new emails weren't showing up in their inbox | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Female-led countries had half as many Covid deaths as those with male leaders

Researchers found that women leaders acted "more quickly and decisively" to save lives, leading to "significantly better" outcomes | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

US tech giant closes in on £30bn deal to buy Arm amid fears over Cambridge HQ

SoftBank is in talks to sell the chip designer to Nvidia for $40bn | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Apple lets China's WeChat bypass its rules, former app review chief claims

'Apple gives a special exception to WeChat that they grant nobody else in the world' | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Mykonos rejects fresh lockdown as Greece sees cases rise

The popular Greek island of Mykonos is pushing back against new lockdown restrictions that see bars and restaurants forced to close at midnight. | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Monique Hanotte: The teenage Belgian spy who walked 140 airmen to freedom

'It was our instinct to help,' says the women who risked her own life to save Allied soldiers as part of the Comet Line resistance | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Losses at Revolut more than triple to £106m

The start-up says that customers made more cryptocurrency transfers during the coronavirus pandemic | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

The extraordinary life of Pablo Escobar’s son

His mother was killed in a shoot-out, he was adopted by an MI6 agent, survived kidnap attempts... Meet Pablo's secret son Roberto Escobar | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Mark Hix: I've lost my restaurant empire.So I’m starting again with a food truck

Chef Mark Hix had fame, critical acclaim and five restaurants. Then Covid-19 hit, leaving his business in tatters. So now he's starting over | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Lockdown 'killed two people for every three who died of coronavirus'

Estimates show 16,000 people died through missed medical care by May 1, while virus killed 25,000 in same period | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

UK Councils can demolish contaminated buildings under powers to stop coronavirus

Care homes, factories, offices and even private homes could be bulldozed as last resort if virus starts to run out of control | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Gandhi to become first non-white person on British currency

Rishi Sunak has written to the Royal Mint, urging them to put BAME people on our coins | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

The future of skyscrapers: a mile high, slimmer than ever and made from wood

With offices in decline and large-scale construction environmentally damaging are we approaching an end to the era of very tall buildings? | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

People over 6 feet tall have double the risk of coronavirus, study suggests

Findings indicate Covid-19 transmitting through air, as height would not make a difference if it were carried only through droplets | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Wealthy men twice as likely to have high blood pressure than men on low incomes

In women there was no significant link between income and blood pressure | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

SoftBank options on Arm throw Cambridge firm's future into doubt

The Japanese firm is exploring the potential to relist or sell the British chip designer | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Pandemic prompts surge in child marriage and violence towards girls in Asia

A disturbing study warns that millions of young girls will miss out on schooling to become brides | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Ransom paid to hackers who stole data from at least six UK universities

The ransomware attack took place in May, but institutions were only informed earlier this month | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and the Birth of the Blues Brothers

What started as a joke between friends fast became a serious musical obsession. But did the Blues Brothers get too big for their own good? | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Stock-trading app Robinhood scraps UK launch

The millennial investor favourite was due to launch in Britain earlier in the year | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

The Clbuttic Mistake: When obscenity filters go wrong (2008)

President Abraham Lincoln was buttbuttinated by an armed buttailant after a life devoted to the reform of the US consbreastution. | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Bill Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell and the inside story of their trip to Britain

The Throne Room picture of Maxwell and Spacey is a breach of protocol that few will want to excuse | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago

Huawei faces 5G ban in Britain within months

Boris Johnson expected to order about-turn with GCHQ set to raise new security fears over Chinese technology | Continue reading


@telegraph.co.uk | 3 years ago