Since pop star Katy Perry returned to Earth earlier this week, the number of memes referencing her brief trip to space has skyrocketed. After weighing in with jokes of its own, American fast-food chain Wendy’s has clarified that its now-viral tweets weren’t meant to cause offense. Following criticism from followers, the company put out a...
This week saw more talks to agree a ceasefire in the Ukraine war, Hollywood star Mickey Rourke kicked out of Celebrity Big Brother, and scientists find new evidence of possible life on another planet. But how much attention did you pay to what else has been going on in the world over the past seven...
Singer Katy Perry kissed the ground after her Blue Origin space flight returned to land on Monday. Blue Origin’s founder, Jeff Bezos, opened the capsule door to welcome the all-female crew back to Earth. The first to leave the capsule was his fiancé Lauren Sánchez, who was also on board. Bezos greeted her with a...
Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science reporter Getty Images The singer will be aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket Pop star Katy Perry and five other women are set to blast into space aboard Jeff Bezos’ space tourism rocket. The singer will be joined by Bezos’s fiancée Lauren Sánchez and CBS presenter Gayle King. The...
After the government took control of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant over the weekend, many of Monday’s front pages consider what might happen next. “Blast chance saloon” is how the Metro describes the government’s “race against time” to obtain sufficient raw materials to keep the blast furnaces running, after ministers accused the plant’s owners of selling...
