The asteroid that crashed into Earth 66 million years ago and wiped out the dinosaurs was not alone, scientists have astonishingly claimed. According to a team at Heriot-Watt University, there was a second, smaller asteroid, known as the Nadir asteroid, which crashed into the sea off the coast of West Africa creating a large crater during…
BBC Boxes made from onion skins are among the products being developed by HUID A start-up business in Oban is developing eco-friendly packaging made from onion skins in a bid to cut waste and reduce emissions. Renuka Ramanujam, CEO of HUID (the Dutch word for skin) is a former textiles student who first used onion…
Caerphilly Council Christina Harrhy has been a chief executive of Caerphilly council since 2020 A cash-strapped council has agreed a £209,000 settlement to pay off its chief executive who has been absent for nearly a year. Sources have told BBC Wales that members of Caerphilly council met in secret on Monday evening to agree a…
Palmer is the first Chelsea player to receive the recognition since Ashley Cole in 2010. Frank Lampard also won the award while at the Blues. Arsenal’s Saka was named men’s player of the year in the past two seasons, while Harry Kane, Wayne Rooney and David Beckham are also past winners. Past winners: 2023-24 –…
The US Supreme Court signalled its willingness to uphold a major gun control policy implemented by the Biden administration that regulates so-called “ghost guns” in the same way as other firearms. The rule being challenged requires that ghost guns – largely untraceable firearms that can be assembled at home using kits – are subject to…
Hezbollah’s acting leader has issued a chilling threat to Israel in his latest television statement, as conflict between the IDF and the terror group gets more and more bitter. Acting leader Sheikh Naim Kassem, assigned to the post following the IDF’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on September 27, said in a defiant…
Reuters Smoke rose over Beirut’s southern suburbs after they were targeted by new Israeli air strikes on Tuesday Israel is expanding its ground invasion of Lebanon against Hezbollah, sending thousands of additional troops into a new zone in the south-west of the country. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a fourth division had joined the…
PA Russia’s intelligence agency has been on a mission to generate “sustained mayhem on British and European streets”, the head of MI5 has said. Giving his annual update on security threats faced by the UK, Ken McCallum said GRU agents had carried out “arson, sabotage and more dangerous actions conducted with increasing recklessness” in Britain…
Kenyan MPs are due to vote on whether to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a political row that has gripped the nation following his recent fallout with President William Ruto. The lawmakers accuse Gachagua of corruption, practising ethnically divisive politics and undermining the government, among a host of other charges. The 59-year-old politician, popularly…
Getty Images A minister in the government of Argentina’s Buenos Aires province, the country’s largest, has sparked controversy by suggesting that it could seek to become independent. Jorge D’Onofrio, who is transport minister in the province’s left-wing Peronist administration, said in a radio interview that if it were a nation in its own right, it…
