Treasury says it has 'no plans' to lower VAT on energy bills
Boris Johnson and Michael Gove pledged to scrap the duty during the EU referendum campaign. They said the Government was barred from lowering the tax because of EU rules. Read more...
David Barclay, Reclusive British Business Mogul, Dies at 86
With his twin brother, Frederick, he built a media and business empire that included the Ritz Hotel in London and The Daily Telegraph. Read more...
'It's not the jump that hurts,' Eddie Van Halen told me, 'it's the landing'
I was very sad to hear that Eddie Van Halen, the world's greatest rock guitarist, has died aged 65 after a lengthy battle with various cancers. Read more...
Aviation Hybrid-electric plane could reduce NOx emissions by 95 per cent, MIT engineers claim
Inspired by the emissions scrubbers used in diesel trucks, the aircraft concept from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could cut premature deaths from NOx pollution by 92 per cent. Read more...
Somerset's Quantock Hills and Exmoor Follow in the footsteps of Coleridge and Wordsworth
The Daily Mail's Ed Cumming embarked on a 51-mile trek starting in Nether Stowey and winding west before turning north and along the shore, finishing at Lynmouth in Devon. Read more...
Coinbase apologises for letting down users over frozen funds
In a blog post published on Friday Casper Sorensen, the vice president for customer experience at the cryptocurrency exchange, said the company was 'doing everything in our power to turn the page.' Read more...
A Slice of What Education Looks Like in Pandemic America
The Times assigned reporters to observe seven public school districts and the different ways theyre reaching students. Read more...
Will this new 5 mask kill the Covid virus?
Normal breathing alone can produce thousands of virus-laden aerosols - the volumes are even larger if you shout, cough or sneeze. Read more...
Genes that increase risk of BEDWETTING identified by scientists
In the study, researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark set out to understand why some people are more likely to wet the bed than others. Read more...
At the Governors Ball, Winners and Even a Happy Also-Ran
Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Patricia Arquette, Felicity Jones and Michael Keaton all mingled at the Academy's official post-Oscars party. Read more...
Guardians of the Galaxy's Pom Klementieff visits a facialist in Sydney
Pom, 34, is in Sydney to film the upcoming Marvel movie Thor Love and Thunder, which began production at Fox Studios earlier this week Read more...
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico Collapses
Astronomers and residents of Puerto Rico mourned as an eye on the cosmos shuttered unexpectedly on Tuesday morning. Read more...
How Joe Biden39;s Oval Office decor is different from Donald Trump39;s
The 46th president is paying homage to historic figures like Franklin D. Roosevelt, Csar Chvez and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with his decor choices. Read more...
Covid-19 has reduced life expectancy in the US and UK by more than a YEAR
The US has seen a decrease in life expectancy of 1.13 years, on average, whereas in the UK the decrease in 0.9 years for women and 1.2 years for men. Read more...
Scott Morrison and Steve Smith tweet criticised after PMs comments on Cricket and Australia Day
A resurfaced Scott Morrison tweet has come back to haunt him after he told Cricket Australia to stay out of politics and 'focus on cricket'. Cricket Australia is calling Australia Day January 26 Read more...