SpaceX’s next Starship test flight aims to achieve a major milestone by deploying 20 upgraded Starlink satellites, marking the first Starlink Version 3s to deploy in space.. Liftoff for the spacecraft’s upcoming 13th test flight is scheduled for Wednesday, July 16, at 6:45 p.m. EDT (2245 GMT) from the company’s…
Husband who raped and murdered wife before trying to make it look like suicide jailed for 33 years
A former amateur boxer who raped and murdered his estranged wife then staged a ‘suicide scene’ to trick police into thinking she had taken her own life was today jailed for a minimum of 33 years. ‘Coercive and controlling’ Michael Thompson, 56, suffocated his ex, Kimberley Thompson, 43, a civil…
Railway museum axes its free family birds of prey display after vegan activists and animal right groups complained eagles and owls would be ‘forced to perform unnatural behaviour’
By ROBERT FOLKER, NEWS REPORTER Published: 11:44 BST, 14 July 2026 | Updated: 12:42 BST, 14 July 2026 A free birds of prey display at a railway museum has been cancelled following pressure from vegan and animal right groups. Hopetown Darlington had planned for a display from the Walworth Birds…
Ann Widdecombe backed Nigel Farage in pre-recorded interview just 20 minutes before she died
Ann Widdecombe supported Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in a pre-recorded interview just 20 minutes before her death, it emerged today. Miss Widdecombe, 78, was found dead at her home on Thursday morning by a gardener, prompting a major murder investigation and manhunt. A 28-year-old man from Rotherham has been…
You can help scientists study walruses » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: People across the world are signing up to be online walrus detectives. They’re scanning hundreds of thousands of satellite images of the Arctic to find and count the blubbery, tusked animals. Rod Downie is with the nonprofit WWF, which partnered with the British Antarctic Survey to launch the Walrus…
Lib Dems urge Burnham to block a Right-wing Government by bringing in PR voting system NOW – before it’s ‘too late’
By JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 11:41 BST, 14 July 2026 | Updated: 11:41 BST, 14 July 2026 The Lib Dems are urging Andy Burnham to keep the Left in power by introducing a PR voting system immediately. The party’s leader Ed Davey is using a speech to warn…
Moon landings could destroy evidence of life’s origins
Landing spacecraft on the moon could contaminate ancient clues about how life may have originated on Earth, a new study finds. As NASA continues on with its plan of sending astronauts back to the moon with the Artemis program, researchers are exploring what possible unintended consequences may arise from humans…
The Enchanted Mead Of Suttung: Odin’s Elixir For Gods, Valkyries And Men
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Odin is a god of war, death, poetry, and wisdom in Norse mythology. He often spoke in beautiful poems. But before he became the god of poetry, he had to steal and consume the Mead of Poetry, also known as ‘Mead of Inspiration’, ‘Kvasir’s Blood’,…
Beachgoer who pushed woman in her 60s off bike and 6ft over sea wall because he ‘thought it would be funny’ is spared jail
By NOOR QURASHI, NEWS REPORTER Published: 11:02 BST, 14 July 2026 | Updated: 11:08 BST, 14 July 2026 A beachgoer who caused ‘psychological harm’ to a woman in her 60s after pushing her 6ft over a sea wall because he ‘thought it would be funny’ has been spared jail. Daniel…
Meghan is confirmed as a guest judge on MasterChef Australia – asking contestants to ‘create a dish fit for a Duchess’
Meghan Markle’s judging spot on MasterChef Australia will be broadcast later this month, with chefs challenged to create a dish fit for a Duchess. The former actress filmed the slot when she visited Australia with husband Prince Harry during their pseudo-royal tour three months ago. She has said her love of…