SYLVIA HUI | Magee Courier-Simpson County News

Home

Virgin Atlantic Cosmic Girl, a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft carrying a rocket, is parked at Spaceport Cornwall, at Cornwall Airport in Newquay, England, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Engineers are making final preparations for the first satellite launch from the U.K. later Monday, when a repurposed passenger plane is expected to release a Virgin Orbit rocket carrying several small satellites into space. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

AP
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Virgin Orbit reports 'anomaly' in satellite launch from UK
By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press
Mon,01/09/23-6:13AM , 99 Reads
LONDON (AP) — A mission to launch the first satellites into orbit from Western Europe suffered an “anomaly” Tuesday, Virgin Orbit said.
Click Here to Read More

A general view of pupils during lunch hour at Hillstone Primary School, in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. For some children in low-income areas in England, a school lunch may be the only nutritious hot meal they get in a day. School lunches are given for free to all younger children in England and to some of the poorest families. But the Food Foundation charity estimates that there are 800,000 children in England living in poverty who are not eligible for the free meals. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

AP
registered content - login required to view
Click to register / login

UK cost-of-living woes stir push for more free school meals
By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press
Fri,12/09/22-1:12AM , 466 Reads
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — As the school bell rings, dozens of children begin filing into the canteen at Hillstone Primary School. The day's offering, a roast dinner, is a popular one, and many are eager to tuck into their plates of turkey slices, roasted potatoes, broccoli and gravy.
Click Here to Read More

A young girl runs towards the fence carrying a message in a bottle inside the Manston immigration short-term holding facility located at the former Defence Fire Training and Development Centre in Thanet, England, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Details about overcrowding and inhumane conditions at a migrant processing center in southeast England have shocked Britain and reignited a heated debate about how the Conservative government is handling a sharp increase in the number of asylum-seekers arriving on U.K. shores. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

AP
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Prison-like center puts focus on UK's response to migrants
By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press
Sat,11/05/22-2:51AM , 136 Reads
LONDON (AP) — Behind wire fences in southeast England, children wave their arms and chant “freedom” to grab the attention of people on the other side. A young girl throws a bottle with a message inside. “We need your help. Please help us,” the note reads.
Click Here to Read More

A bookmaker takes bets for the next British Prime Minister after Liz Truss resigned in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Truss resigned Thursday, bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous, short-lived term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party that obliterated her authority.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

AP
registered content - login required to view
Click to register / login

Sunak, Mordaunt, Johnson? Contenders who could replace Truss
By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press
Thu,10/20/22-12:43PM , 120 Reads
LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss' resignation as British Prime Minister on Thursday triggered another leadership race — the second in just four months — for the U.K.'s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party.
Click Here to Read More

Subscribe to SYLVIA HUI