House › Science › UK returns its only pandas to China after failing to breed Image: Edinburgh Zoo/Instagram/Playback Pandas Yang Guan and Tian Tian are packed and ready to return to China. The pair was sent to Edinburgh Zoo in England in December 2011 as part of a 10-year contract with the China Wildlife Conservation Society. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the animals’ stay was extended. Now, the pair are due to leave British Zoo by the end of October 2023, although the details of the journey have yet to be finalized and released. Yang Guan and Tian…
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday his government was ready to provide whatever support was needed for residents of the Western Australian state, where unprecedented flooding has isolated remote communities. The crisis in the Kimberley – an area almost three times the size of England – was triggered this week by severe weather system Ellie, a tropical cyclone that brought heavy rain to the wider region. Among the worst affected areas was Fitzroy Crossing, a town of about 1,300 people, where goods were blown away by flooding, officials said, the worst on record in the state. Albanese said…
House › Science › UK returns its only pandas to China after failing to breed Image: Edinburgh Zoo/Instagram/Playback Pandas Yang Guan and Tian Tian are packed and ready to return to China. The pair was sent to Edinburgh Zoo in England in December 2011 as part of a 10-year contract with the China Wildlife Conservation Society. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the animals’ stay was extended. Now, the pair are due to leave British Zoo by the end of October 2023, although the details of the journey have yet to be finalized and released. Yang Guan and Tian…
The Iron MaidenOne of the greatest bands ever heavy metal In rock history, it was Honored by the UK Postal Service with a set of 12 stampsHere are photos of eight presentations Dave Murray, Adrian Smith And Janic KerzSinger Bruce DickinsonDrummer Nico McBrien and the bassist Steve Harris.Another four stamps honor the group’s famous logo EddieThe album cover featured him as a samurai warrior Senjutsu And stylized on the cover SoldierSince 1983. Photo: Disclosure / Music Journal “We were all very surprised when we first heard about the commemorative project – in a good way! – and equally speechless when…
After several delays, Virgin Orbit finally received a CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) license to launch space missions from British soil in December. Scheduled for next Monday, January 9, the mission, if successful, will make history as it will be the first time it has been launched from the United Kingdom..”Start Me Up” is named after the Rolling Stones’ famous song The mission will launch from the spacecraft Cornwall, scheduled for 22:15 (Lisbon time).. In the statement, Sir Richard Branson’s company says it will have other security dates between mid-January and the end of the month, unless the weather is favourable.Check…
Home > Science > A cancer vaccine is set to be tested in the UK in 2023 British Government declared This Friday (6), the United Kingdom’s Health Secretary Steve Barclay will seal a partnership with German pharmaceutical company BioNTech with the aim of developing a vaccine against cancer. The deal gives cancer patients in the UK early access to research trials mRNA vaccines. This is the same technology that the company is using with Pfizer to develop a vaccine against Covid-19. The function of mRNA vaccines is, in theory, very simple. What the compound does is give the…
UA manhunt has been launched after a man fled court during a trial in Liverpool, England. Nicholas Bunclerk was sentenced to 16 months in prison on Tuesday for the attack. The offense took place on November 19, 2021, at a pub in Southport, during an argument with another person. After hearing the sentence handed down by the judge, Bunclerk jumped out of the enclosed area of the courtroom and ran out. The 30-year-old was on the run on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Merseyside Police sharing a photograph of him in the hope it could help recapture him. The moment of…
Bus services in west and south London have been hit by strikes for a second day (Image: Pixabay/jplenio)Some major railway stations London Closed on Thursday, airports such as Gatwick were cut off from any rail services strikes A critical stage had been reached. Transport services to the British capital, operated by Thameslink, South and South East, have been completely disrupted. Drivers representing the Aslef union went on strike after a long-running dispute over pay. Britain has been plagued by walkouts for workers from train conductors to nurses to border control workers. inflammation. In retaliation, the Conservative government is drafting new…
Steve Harris shows off stamps commemorating Iron Maiden Instagram/@ironmaiden/Reproduction Royal Mail, the company responsible for the postal service in the United Kingdom, has released a tribute to the heavy metal band this Thursday, 5 Iron Maiden. The group will print a new series of stamps. In total, there will be twelve models, eight of which are images of members from around the world (including Rock in Rio) and four dedicated to the group’s iconic mascot, Eddie. “When we first heard about the memorial project we were all completely surprised – in a good way – and equally speechless when we…
Cotton buds, gauze and forceps are some of the medical tools forgotten 291 times by patients undergoing surgery in the UK in the last two years alone. The number provided by the news agency BP meanHighest recorded in last 20 years. The list of foreign objects also includes drills and scalpels, which can remain in the patient’s body for days, months, or years, until they are identified and undergo a new operation. At the turn of the millennium, in 2001/02, 156 of these episodes occurred, with the lowest number recorded in 2003/04 when 138 cases were reported. It is unclear…