December 2019

SpaceX delivers ‘mighty mice,’ worms, robot to space station

SpaceX has made an early holiday delivery to the International Space Station By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer December 8, 2019, 1:56 PM 2 min read SpaceX made an early holiday delivery to the International Space Station on Sunday, dropping off super muscular “mighty mice,” pest-killing worms and a smart, empathetic robot. The station commander,

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Election blind dates: Ken Clarke and Alastair Campbell

What happens when two people from across the political divide are brought together for dinner? To find out, the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme has organised a series of ‘election blind dates’ for the general election campaign. Ken Clarke was a Tory MP until he was thrown out in September for rebelling against Boris Johnson’s government.

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Long waits ‘leave mental health patients in limbo’

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhile waiting for therapy, Paul tried to take his own life Patients with mental health problems are being left in limbo on “hidden” waiting lists by England’s NHS talking therapy service, the BBC can reveal. The service – called Improving Access to Psychological Therapies – provides therapy,

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General Election 2019: Johnson insists no NI-GB goods checks post-Brexit

Image copyright Getty Images Boris Johnson has insisted there will not be any checks for goods travelling between Northern Ireland and Great Britain under his Brexit deal. He told Sky News that a leaked Treasury analysis document Labour revealed on Friday was “wrong” to suggest this would be the case. The PM said the report

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