A view of the Palace of Westminster with Big Ben a day before General Election, in London on July 3, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images LONDON — With the British parliament back from recess, the UK’s Labour Party will start working to push through aggressive changes, including controversial proposals that would force the
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The armourer for the Western film Rust is asking a judge to dismiss her involuntary manslaughter conviction or order a new trial over the fatal shooting that happened on set. Defence counsel for Hannah Gutierrez argue in a new court filing that her case should be reconsidered because prosecutors failed to share evidence that might
The TV retail consultant known as ‘Mary Queen of Shops’ has called on the government to block a proposed London stock market listing by Shein. Mary Portas, who undertook a review of UK high streets for the coalition government led by David Cameron, was speaking as an online petition by the Say No to Shein
Wage rises have slowed, official figures show, potentially signalling good news for those hoping for a fall in the cost of borrowing. But pay has increased faster than the overall rate of price rises. Money latest – We tried the UK’s cheapest three-course dinner* – here’s what you get for £5 Earnings rose at an
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 17, 2024, 08:10 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — The Open Championship, the final major championship of the season, starts Thursday at Royal Troon Golf Course on Scotland’s west coast.
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Anthropic and one of its biggest investors are taking a page from Apple’s playbook. The artificial intelligence startup and Menlo Ventures are launching a $100 million fund on Wednesday to back early-stage startups, and get them using the AI company’s technology. Menlo will put up the cash to
Singapore is the latest stop on Gogoro’s worldwide expansion tour, bringing the company’s industry-leading battery swapping to local riders and expanding the sale of its electric scooters in the local market. Today Gogoro announced that it has been certified to launch its battery-swapping and Smartscooters in Singapore. The company will launch with its exclusive distribution
Maya Jama and Stormzy have announced they are breaking up. TV presenter Jama, 29, and rapper Stormzy, 30, met when they were 20 and 21 and spent five years together from 2014 to 2019. After a separation, they got back together in August 2023 – but have now decided to call it quits. Jama announced
Rare images of an uncontacted tribe show its members face “humanitarian disaster” as loggers encroach on their territory, a British human rights group has warned. According to local campaigners, the Mascho Piro indigenous tribe have been sighted coming out of the rainforest in their remote part of the Peruvian Amazon in recent weeks in search
The new government is setting out its legislative agenda for the next year in the King’s Speech. The announcements focus on improving living standards by driving economic growth, the first of Sir Keir Starmer’s five “missions for national renewal”. Big ticket items include a plan to build more houses and infrastructure, nationalise the railways and
Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to “get Britain building” in the King’s Speech. The prime minister vowed to accelerate the delivery of more housing and infrastructure projects by changing existing planning laws – something that featured heavily in Labour’s general election campaign. The King said: “My ministers will get Britain building, including through planning reform,
There has been no change to the rate of inflation which remained at 2%, the target rate for the Bank of England, according to official figures. It means prices in June rose at the same rate as in May, data from the Office for National Statistics showed. Money latest: Number of people claiming non-dom status
Traces of cyanide have been found in cups and a teapot in the room of a luxury Bangkok hotel where the bodies of six people were discovered in a suspected deliberate poisoning. Police in Thailand said cyanide poisoning was likely the cause of death of the three men and three women – four Vietnamese nationals
Inside the Republican National Convention, supporters of Donald Trump wear red ties and clutch MAGA 2024 hats – but there is a new addition to the costume. At least a couple of people are now sporting fake large white bandages on their ears, a nod to the injury Mr Trump sustained in Saturday night’s shooting.
Tesla has launched two new Cybertruck accessories: a tailgate shield and jumpseats that attach to the tailgate. The first new accessory is a tailgate shield. This is particularly useful to carry bikes in the bed of the Cybertruck. Most bikes won’t fit well in the Cybertruck’s bed, but if you place them over the tailgate
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In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The front desk of the Amazon office is pictured in New York, May 1, 2019. Carlo Allegri | Reuters The Federal Trade Commission has launched an informal inquiry into Amazon‘s recently announced deal with AI startup Adept, CNBC has confirmed. The FTC is seeking more
A US country singer has apologised and admitted she was drunk when she performed an off-key version of the national anthem. Ingrid Andress’s rendition at a baseball game was widely panned and drew gasps from the crowd after one particularly shaky high note. She was opening the show at Monday’s Home Run Derby in Arlington,
The Jay Slater case attracted the most “vitriolic and hateful comments” from amateur sleuths and such online behaviour needs to be stopped, says the head of a charity helping his family. Matthew Searle, the chief executive of LBT Global, has told Sky News his organisation is planning to talk to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper in