Gwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer How the researchers hope to create human DNA Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first. The research has been taboo until now because of concerns it could lead to designer babies or...
A project to build the UK’s largest road tunnel has been granted £590m by the government. Constructing the Lower Thames Crossing, linking Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent, will cost an estimated £10bn. Plans for the 14.5-mile (23km) route were approved in March after a 16-year process that has already cost £1.2bn. Chancellor Rachel...
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service Plymouth City Council Councillor Mark Lowry said the project was moving “at pace” The first phase of a £30m regeneration project in Plymouth will open next month. Plans to redevelop Armada Way sparked controversy in March 2023 when the then Conservative-run council ordered more than 100 trees to be...
Michael Race, Simon Jack & Alice Cunningham BBC Business & BBC Suffolk BBC The prime minister has said he is “not writing a blank cheque” to pay for a new UK nuclear power plant, after the government announced it would commit £14.2bn to the project. Sir Keir Starmer told the BBC the development of Sizewell...
A project offering support for foster families has been described as being like an “extended family”. Foster for Plymouth, a service run by the city council, said its mockingbird programme provided families with peer support, social activities and respite care in the form of sleepovers. Foster parent and project leader Lydia Oliver said she had...
Let me tell you what. This has been so delicious. Sitting here watching all of rodential New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s Green grifting schemes flutter to earth in little flaming, fluttering, fragile wisps of so much worthless detritus like tiny pieces of canvas falling to earth after the Hindenburg went boom. His climate cult fantasies...
Michael Dempsey Technology Reporter Reaction Engines Reaction Engines hoped one day its tech would power a reusable space plane “It was going great until it fell apart.” Richard Varvill recalls the emotional shock that hits home when a high-tech venture goes off the rails. The former chief technology officer speaks ruefully about his long career...
Surfers have taken to the waves for a 12-hour event on a North Devon beach to raise money for a charity project. Surf therapy charity The Wave Project hosted its Inclusive Surfathon at Croyde beach on Friday to fundraise for its adaptive surfing programme, which provides opportunities for people with physical disabilities to try the...
The ruling in this case was unanimous but the conservatives and the liberals wrote separate decisions reaching the same conclusion. The conservative decision was written by Justice Kavanaugh and the liberal one by Justice Sotomayor. Justice Gorsuch recused himself from this one because Democrats and environmental groups had complained a billionaire ally of his, Philip...
Great New Progressive Project in San Fran: ‘Grading For Equity’ Read full article at source...
Jonathan Morris BBC News, South West BBC Work started on the project in 2022 The creation of a scenic wetland area for wildlife in a Plymouth park has been delayed after the city council axed the contractor. The project in Central Park aims to tackle problems of flooding at Barn Park, on the east of...
South West Water The project is due to start in October 2025 and is expected to take three years to complete Researchers have won an award to fund a major project that aims to help predict and manage algal blooms before they grow. The Prediction and Early Detection of Algal Blooms in Lakes and Reservoirs...
Project Esther isn’t just about Palestine. Crafted by the Heritage Foundation — the same far right organization behind Project 2025 — the playbook purports to provide a “national strategy to combat antisemitism.” First published and reported on last year, the document has seen new life in recent days following a New York Times investigation into...
I woke up to what seemed like a cryptic Xweet from Protect Our Coast NJ this morning. It was pretty hard to believe what I was reading was actually what the words were saying. …There was a shocking announcement last night that the federal government reversed course on the Empire Wind Project. We were as stunned...
Gov. Newsom of California is determined to see the high-speed rail system completed or at least started, but the bad news just keeps rolling in like a freight train (pun intended). Newsom is in the process of pushing for next fiscal year’s budget and as part of that process he has announced a plan to...