UK housing market ‘on the boil’ as prices rise
"Our research suggests that while the stamp duty holiday is impacting the timing of housing transactions, for most people it...
Month: April 2021
These people aren’t real but could help tackle bias in tech
Facial recognition software can be used to unlock phones, check passports and catch criminals. But it doesn’t work equally well...
Barclays boss predicts biggest economic boom since 1948
It is probably wrong to talk in terms of an economic boom after we have seen the biggest economic downturn...
Rockets’ Porter Jr., 20, 4th youngest to score 50
11:02 PM ETESPN News Services HOUSTON -- Kevin Porter Jr. scored a career-high 50 points to go along with 11...
Jags take ex-Clemson stars Lawrence, Etienne
8:26 PM ETThe wait is over. Trevor Lawrence is finally the Jacksonville Jaguars' quarterback, as the club selected him with...
Pats get Bama’s Jones; Belichick: ‘Cam’s our QB’
10:22 PM ETThe New England Patriots selected quarterback Mac Jones with the 15th pick in the NFL draft on Thursday...
Bears ‘execute’ plan, draft QB Fields after trade
9:52 PM ETCHICAGO -- Four years after trading up for Mitchell Trubisky, an experiment that eventually fizzled out, the Chicago...
GM: Pack ‘committed’ to Rodgers, not trading him
2:03 AM ETGREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers still believe Aaron Rodgers will play for them in 2021,...
The Papers: ‘Strictly want Carrie’ and Clarke denies claims
There are only 757 symptomatic cases a day according to the ZOE app study, the paper says, and the chance...
Covid: Brazil passes 400,000 deaths amid slow vaccination
The outbreak has been fuelled by more transmissible variants of the virus and a lack of co-ordinated national measures. The...
One in seven shops lie empty after lockdown
The areas with the highest vacancy rates were the North East (19.3%), Wales (19.2%), and North West (17.7%). Greater London...
‘Heartbreaking’ return to St Vincent’s volcano-hit ‘red zone’
It is three weeks since La Soufriere volcano erupted on the Caribbean island of St Vincent.Around 15 per cent of...
Amazon hopes pandemic habits stick after profits triple
"This could be a golden age for the group. With high streets shut, Amazon is a natural home for consumers'...
World’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge to open in Portugal
Nestling among the rocky mountains of Portugal's Arouca Geopark, a new bridge has become the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge.It's...
The semiconductor shortage isn’t going to end soon, says Forrester research director
Surging demand, international tensions and the complicated process of building new chip factories are some of the reasons tech buyers...
The bus helping increase Covid vaccine uptake
Residents in the borough of Brent in London are being offered an alternative to visiting a vaccine centre - a...
Gene therapy: ‘Now I can see my own face again’
In 2019 the NHS agreed to fund the treatment, Luxturna, the first in a new generation of gene therapies for...
US economy accelerates as recovery continues
"We're still probably a couple of years away from pre-pandemic employment levels, but based on the powerful economic momentum built...
