Paw sleeper! Moment two excitable cats run across their napping owner’s FACE as they chase around her apartment at night Jennifer Bates, 30, was settling down to sleep in her Castlewood, Virginia home But her bedtime is rudely interrupted by her cats jumping and running over her  Bar manager Jennifer recorded her cat’s midnight ‘zoomies’ showing them chasing each other around her […]

* 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics goes to three scientists * Their work improved understanding of changing climate * World Meteorological Organization hails decision (Adds reactions, details on breakthroughs) By Niklas Pollard, Ludwig Burger and Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Japanese-born American Syukuro Manabe, German Klaus Hasselmann and Italian Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics […]

Leading geophysicist had prestigious lecture at MIT canceled after outraging ‘totalitarian’ Twitter mob by arguing that academic evaluations should be based on merit not ‘equity’ Professor Dorian Abbot is a geophysicist at the University of Chicago  He was set to deliver Carlson Lecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Over weekend, he was informed that the October 21 lecture was canceled  […]

When 20-year-old Cameroonian chanteuse Libianca auditioned for The Voice Monday, it seemed a given that she’d end up on Team Ariana. She infused her cover of SZA’s “Good Days” with Afrobeat inflections, and while the result was very vibey, the challenging song was already unfamiliar to coaches Kelly Clarkson and John Legend, so they didn’t turn around for her. Surprisingly, […]

When 20-year-old Cameroonian chanteuse Libianca auditioned for The Voice Monday, it seemed a given that she’d end up on Team Ariana. She infused her cover of SZA’s “Good Days” with Afrobeat inflections, and while the result was very vibey, the challenging song was already unfamiliar to coaches Kelly Clarkson and John Legend, so they didn’t turn around for her. Surprisingly, […]

Pervert taxi driver, 63, faces jail for sex attacks on two ‘very drunk’ teenage boys who he pounced on in the back of his cab John Simpson, 63, was found guilty of sexually assaulting two teens in his taxi Both victims told the court they were forced to fight the taxi driver off them Simpson was also found guilty of […]

Middle-class drug users will be named and shamed, vows Priti Patel in plan to drug-test every arrested person under crackdown on recreational use to cut violent crime The Home Secretary said she was going to expose middle-class drug users She claimed they thought it acceptable children were involved in county lines Ms Patel also seemed to suggest she would introduce […]

For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. Like tens of thousands of year 12 students, Joseph Folwell returned to school on Tuesday for a test and plenty of elbow bumps. Joseph said he had done so much remote learning, he’d almost forgotten what it was like to be at school. “Seeing my best friends today was the best […]

Six in 10 patients with ‘red flag’ cancer symptoms are NOT being referred by their GP quickly enough as virtual appointments persist over Covid fears, study finds Only 40% of patients with cancer symptoms were referred to specialist in 2015  Some 4% of those not referred were diagnosed with cancer within the next year Researchers says findings raise questions about GP’s’ […]

TORY minister Jacob Rees-Mogg was chased down the street and called "scum" by shameless protesters in Manchester today. The Commons leader was hounded and booed outside the Conservative Party conference by an anti-Brexit rabble. He briefly stopped to try and reason with the crowd, who were brandishing EU and Irish flags, before police stepped in. Mr Rees-Mogg, in his trademark […]