Elon Musk’s SpaceX gets green light from the FCC for orbital launch of Starship early next year
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Elon Musk’s SpaceX a license on Thursday to conduct an experimental orbital demonstration and recovery test of its Starship rocket in Q1 2022. The…
JASON GROVES: Commons tearooms are abuzz with the question of Boris Johnson’s future
Melanie had had enough. After watching Boris Johnson try to explain that there had not been a lockdown-busting party in No 10 – and even if there had, no rules…
Queen set for festive gathering at Sandringham… and may even appear in public
Queen invites her family to Christmas celebration: Sandringham will host Queen for the festive event… she may even make an appearance in public in a few weeks The Queen will…
Covid booster shots could reduce a fully vaccinated person’s risk of death 90%, study finds
A new study has shown that COVID-19 booster vaccines significantly reduce the risk of death for fully vaccinated individuals. Clalit Health Services of Tel Aviv (Israel) conducted research that found…
SARAH VINE: Boy and girl is a perfect pair, but now Boris and Carrie will find 1+1 adds up to 20!
Political life can be hard on families. This was underlined when, in the midst of all the hysteria surrounding party-gate, the Prime Minister’s wife Carrie Johnson quietly – and rather…
It’s time to punish Britain’s five million vaccine refuseniks, says ANDREW NEIL
ANDREW NEIL: Time to punish Britain’s vaccine-refusing five million. Yesterday night, I went out with a friend to eat at a restaurant near my South French home. We were asked…
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: It’s my party and I’ll lie if I want to
Were we able to confirm that Carrie Antoinette had a baby? Is it Boris’s deceptionary tactic? Who would not want the Prime Minister, after all, to run into Hamleys and…
BBC paid £52,000 to two gangsters who went on to torture drug dealer to death
The BBC executive behind Fleabag and Killing Eve paid tens of thousands of pounds to two underworld figures who went on to torture a drug dealer to death in front…
No10’s most-senior spin doctor ‘gave out awards at controversial Christmas party’
Downing Street’s most-senior spin doctor ‘gave out awards and thanked staff at controversial No10 Christmas party’ – then helped brief journalists that nothing untoward took place Jack Doyle is alleged…
Our critic selects her picks of this year’s best art books
DIVINE LOVE: THE NATURE OF THE NATION by Sarah Drummond (Unicorn £25, 132 pp) DIVINE LOVE: THE ART OF THE NATIVITY by Sarah Drummond (Unicorn £25, 132 pp) This attractive…