Tens of thousands of nurses are going on strike today for their first mass walkout in a century across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The action, a bid to secure above-inflation pay rises, is going ahead after talks to avert it ended in a deadlock. Picket lines are being set up at dozens of hospitals
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Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lopez and Michelle Obama are among the famous faces remembering US dancer and DJ Stephen “tWitch” Boss, following his death at the age of 40. The news was confirmed by his wife, Allison Holker Boss, on Wednesday. Los Angeles County Coroner’s office said the entertainer had died in a hotel from “suicide”.
A man has been executed by lethal injection in the US for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl more than two decades ago. Thomas Edwin Loden Jr was pronounced dead at 6.12pm local time in Mississippi on Wednesday, officials said – the second inmate to be executed in the state in 10 years.
Nurses will continue to strike in January if the government does not negotiate with them on pay, union leader Pat Cullen has told Sky News. Ms Cullen, of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said it was “absolutely not true” that pay is a “tiny element” in the dispute as she hit out at “disparaging”
The rules limiting the volume of liquids allowed on planes and requiring electronics to be taken out of hand luggage in security are to change. The government has set a deadline of June 2024 for major UK airports to install new security technology, which will make obsolete the rule to bring no more than 100ml
The little data that is coming out of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta looks awful, and that’s putting it mildly. We challenge Elon Musk to prove otherwise by releasing disengagement and driver intervention data. To be clear, the Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta data in this article is very minimal, and therefore, it could not be fully
The EU is nearing a deal over a cap on gas prices. Helder Faria | Moment | Getty Images The European Union is nearing an agreement over a cap on natural gas prices, with Brussels already starting preparations for the next winter as the global energy crisis shows no signs of going away. EU energy
Set in a cinema, Sam Mendes’s new film is a celebration of the big screen and also one of the most personal films the 1917 director has ever made. Empire of Light sees Olivia Colman playing a woman struggling with mental health issues, a character based on the celebrated filmmaker’s own mother. “It all came
Dec 14, 2022 December 14, 1947 was a Sunday afternoon. Yes, most of the men who gathered in Daytona Beach, Fla. on that chilly, gray day were dressed in suits. But no, it was not a church service. Far from it. There was entirely too much brown liquor on the table and cigar smoke in
6:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN ALLEN PARK, Mich. — A familiar face was reintroduced to the Detroit sports community Jan. 21, 2021. And he could hardly contain his excitement. On this rare occasion, Dan Campbell eschewed any team-issued gear for a dark suit while addressing reporters for the first time, via Zoom from the broadcast
Dec 1, 2022 Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Goodyear will remain the exclusive tire for NASCAR’s top three national series under a new multiyear deal announced Thursday. Specifics of the extension weren’t included, but the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will continue as title sponsor of the annual Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway as part
In this article TWTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Twitter has suspended the account dedicated to tracking the location of billionaire Elon Musk’s private jet. The account, @ElonJet, was run by Florida college student Jack Sweeney and had amassed more than half a million followers.
While it no longer controls vast swathes of Iraq and Syria, Islamic State remains a threat and will seek to spring 10,000 of its fighters from Syrian prisons in 2023, experts say. The infamous terror group is much diminished from its peak in 2014 but it remains a menace in a volatile part of the
A backbench Conservative MP has failed in an attempt to override international human rights rulings and get the Rwanda deportation scheme up and running again. Jonathan Gullis was said to have the backing of former prime minister Boris Johnson and former home secretary Priti Patel – but the bill he proposed was voted down by
Oppo announced three new products at its annual technology event Oppo Inno Day 2022 held on Wednesday. The offerings include a pair of assisted reality (aR) glasses dubbed the Oppo Air Glass 2, the OHealth H1 family health monitor, and the MariSilicon Y SoC. The Chinese manufacturer, however, has not announced an official release date
Four children are in critical condition after falling through the ice at a Solihull lake, police have said. A search and rescue operation is under way at Babbs Mill Park after the children fell into the water and suffered cardiac arrest. Supt Richard Harris of West Midlands Police said teams would continue searching the lake
Director of Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Chuck Meide provides details on a shipwreck unearthed by recent hurricanes, which he says ‘almost certainly’ dates to the 1800s. #CNN #News
Dec 14, 2022 British No. 1 Emma Raducanu branded comments about her as untrue as she said the attention she has received after her meteoric rise in tennis has been “intense.” Raducanu, who received an MBE award from King Charles for her services to tennis, broke onto the scene with an impressive Wimbledon campaign in
A new trailer for the final episodes of Harry and Meghan’s Netflix documentary series accuses the palace of “feeding” stories about the duchess to the press to avoid other “less favourable” stories from being published. Ahead of the final three episodes of Harry & Meghan airing on Thursday morning, the streaming platform has published another
The Chinese government has “removed” a consul general and five of its officials involved in beating up a Hong Kong protester inside its Manchester consulate. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said his department had a week ago given a deadline of 14 December to the Chinese government for six of its officials to have their diplomatic