Rishi Sunak still has confidence in the home secretary and her department despite the ongoing controversy around the Bibby Stockholm, Downing Street has said. The prime minister’s official spokesman defended the Home Office’s response to the discovery of Legionella on the barge last week, but said lessons would be learned following the incident. Asylum seekers
Bidders for the ailing retailer Wilko have been given until Wednesday to table offers for the company after its collapse into insolvency last week. Sky News has learnt that PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which was appointed as administrator on Thursday, is seeking offers by the middle of this week as Wilko faces running out of cash. A
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At least 30 suspects got away with products worth a combined $300,000 during a “flash mob” burglary of an Yves Saint Laurent store in Glendale, California.
Electric trikes generally aren’t considered to be the peak of coolness, but that was before the Lámpago e-trike rolled onto the scene. The Turkish manufacturer’s name comes from the Spanish word for Lightning, which RideApart pointed out is ironic considering the trike’s 28 mph (45 km/h) top speed. Though as we’ve discussed before, delta trikes
In this article OIH SMH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An oil pumpjack pulls oil from the Permian Basin oil field on March 14, 2022 in Odessa, Texas. Joe Raedle | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed
Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is getting ready for its launch soon, ISRO said on Monday. The satellite realised at U R Rao Satellite Centre here, has arrived at the ISRO’s spaceport in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency said in an update on the mission. “Mostly
Asylum seekers should still be put back on the Bibby Stockholm barge despite the row caused by the discovery of Legionella, the health secretary has said. Legionella bacteria can cause a potentially deadly lung infection known as Legionnaires’ disease. It is contracted by people breathing in droplets of water containing the bacteria. None of the
The mother of the Beatles’ George Harrison said she was “really ashamed to be female” after she watched screaming fans at one of the band’s concerts. Louise Harrison told teenager Janet Gray about her disgust at ‘Beatlemania’ scenes at a gig in Manchester in November 1963. Ms Gray sent a series of fan letters to
British rock star Mick Fleetwood, who has lived in Hawaii for decades, has said the situation in Lahaina is “catastrophic” following deadly wildfires that have killed at least 93 people. The Fleetwood Mac drummer told Sky News that the disaster has been “an incredible shock for everyone” – and described the scene as “complete devastation”.
NFL Nation, ESPNAug 10, 2023, 09:31 PM ET The first week of the 2023 NFL preseason commenced Thursday night, with the New England Patriots hosting the Houston Texans and the Seattle Seahawks welcoming the Minnesota Vikings. No. 2 overall pick C.J. Stroud got his first NFL reps in a start for the Texans. He went
EasyJet has warned most of its fleet could be grounded in response to the coronavirus outbreak while British Airways is expected to be reduce capacity by 75% in April and May. Virgin Atlantic will reduce daily flights by around 80%. Ryanair said it expected the majority of its fleet in Europe to be grounded over
Former Obama adviser David Axelrod asks conservative commentator Scott Jennings, who voted for Trump twice, if he’d do so again after all of the evidence presented by the Jan. 6 select committee. #CNN #News
A new drone flyover of Gigafactory Texas shows that Tesla Cybertrucks are now coming out of the factory in numbers. If Tesla sticks to its latest production timeline for the Cybertruck, we are just weeks away from the start of production and the first deliveries to employees. We have been following closely to determine if
Christoph Gebald (left) and Jan Wurzbacher, co-founders of Climeworks. Photo courtesy Climeworks The U.S. Department of Energy is investing up to $1.2 billion in giant vacuums that suck carbon out of the air in an effort to slow global warming. So-called direct air capture, or DAC, is an emerging technology that has not scaled up
Mark Zuckerberg has accused Elon Musk of not being serious about the pair having a cage fight – and says it is time to “move on” from the saga. The Facebook co-founder said his tech billionaire counterpart did not appear to want to go through with the highly-anticipated clash after failing to even agree on
Rishi Sunak has been warned that rowing back on climate policies could defeat the objective of protecting households from higher costs – and actually make energy bills more expensive. Downing Street has confirmed ministers are scrutinising existing net zero pledges “in light of some of the cost of living challenges”. The prime minister said he
The Miss Universe beauty pageant has cut ties with its organisers in Indonesia following claims that contestants were forced to strip naked and undergo intimate “body checks”. Police have also launched an investigation into the allegations, while an upcoming pageant in Malaysia – arranged by the Indonesian franchisee holder – has been cancelled. It comes
A teenager who jumped in the ocean to flee the deadly wildfires in Hawaii has said his family probably would have died if they hadn’t stuck together. Noah Tomkinson, 19, was with his younger brother Milo, 13, and their mother in the historic town of Lahaina when the flames began to spread dangerously close. They
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterAug 13, 2023, 07:09 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Austin Simmons has already completed his associate’s degree and is only two years from getting his bachelor’s. He’s a star football player, one of several elite quarterbacks in the Ole Miss Rebels‘ loaded