Labour has unveiled a five-point plan to tackle the mortgage crisis – but Rishi Sunak is insisting that “beating inflation has to be the priority”. The Opposition and the prime minister were speaking ahead of the Bank of England preparing to hike interests rate yet again after inflation in the UK defied expectations and failed
The US Coast Guard searching for a missing submersible has said it doesn’t know what the “noises” are that have been detected – but it is expanding the search area. The area is now more than twice the size of the US state of Connecticut. A Coast Guard spokesman said they “need to have hope”
People in government tell me they think the governor of the Bank of England is failing in his job, but cannot do anything about it. That Andrew Bailey is under pressure is not in doubt. Today’s 8.7% year-on-year inflation rise is a painfully long way from the governor’s 2% target – meaning tomorrow, the Bank
The prime minister and his chancellor find themselves in something of a conundrum. They have committed themselves to halving inflation this year – without referring to the fact this is actually something the politicians outsourced to the Bank of England 25 years ago – even, if the chancellor is to be believed, this comes at
A man has been arrested after two people were stabbed at a hospital in northwest London. Armed officers responded after calls at 1.18pm that two had been stabbed at Central Middlesex Hospital. One of the victims has life-threatening injuries and a second has non-life threatening injuries. A man was arrested outside the hospital and is
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJun 21, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. The Future Power Rankings train has reached its final stop for 2023: the team rankings. By now, we’ve broken down the outlooks for quarterbacks, defenses and offenses for the next three seasons: 2023,
An interest rate rise by the Bank of England at midday is a nailed-on certainty – though opinions are split on the level of additional pain that could be imposed as efforts to curb the country’s inflation problem stumble. At the start of this week, policymakers were widely tipped to raise the base rate by
The gates for Glastonbury 2023 have been officially opened – with some attendees setting off at 1.30am to secure a spot at the front of the queue. About 210,000 people are heading to Somerset for the festival, which will host film screenings, theatre performances and political speeches as well as live music. One of the
Deborah Dorbert traces her fingertip along four strips of grainy black and white images placed on a wooden kitchen table inside her home in Lakeland, Florida. It’s a small city, a short drive from Disneyworld. This was, initially, her own fairytale. The pictures are scans showing a baby growing inside her, a cherished second child
The NHL’s trade deadline season always features the highest volume of deals in the sport. But some of the trades with the biggest impact happen over the summer. Furthermore, a lot of those swaps occur leading into the NHL draft. With the 2023 edition of the draft set for June 28 and 29, it’s time
Michael Lockwood, the former director general of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), has been charged with nine sexual offences allegedly committed during the 1980s, the Crown Prosecution Service said. He faces six counts of indecent assault and three offences of rape against the girl, the CPS added. Read the full story: https://news.sky.com/story/ex-police-watchdog-chief-michael-lockwood-charged-with-raping-girl-under-16-and-indecent-assault-12903509 #police
Former President Donald Trump arrived at the federal courthouse in Miami, Florida. US Marshals placed Trump under arrest. He is the first former president to face federal charges in US history. #cnn #news #trump
China says comments by Joe Biden describing its leader Xi Jinping as a dictator are “extremely absurd and irresponsible”. The latest clash comes right after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded a visit to Beijing that had sought to break the ice in what has become an increasingly strained international relationship. Issues such as
Swedish electric boat maker X Shore has a new, lighter and more affordable model coming known as the X Shore 1. And with the help of Bosch, it’s going to be more efficient than ever. That’s because Bosch Engineering, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, has teamed up with X Shore on the development
German energy prices are so high that some companies are considering leaving the country altogether, according to Siegfried Russwurm, head of the German Industry Federation (BDI). CNBC’s Annette Weisbach asked Russwurm whether the ongoing energy situation was “bad enough” for companies to relocate, to which he responded: “It is indeed.” “A lot of family-owned companies
Another of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s five key priorities for 2023 is in doubt as national debt reached 100% of GDP. The third of the government’s five targets is to reduce the national debt but official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed it increased in May to the highest in more than
Associated Press Jun 20, 2023, 09:58 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels are highly unlikely to trade Shohei Ohtani if they remain in playoff contention this summer, general manager Perry Minasian said Tuesday. Minasian didn’t unequivocally vow he won’t trade Ohtani, who is scheduled to enter unrestricted free agency after the season.
The rate of price rises has remained 8.7% despite expectations of a fall, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced the consumer price index measure of inflation stood at 8.7% in the year up to May, the same as the rate in April. A slight decrease, to 8.4%, had been expected
A former employee of the missing Titan submersible operator has revealed he had raised “safety concerns” over the vessel but was reportedly “met with hostility” before later being sacked, court documents have shown. OceanGate’s former director of marine operations, David Lochridge, had raised concerns over “safety and quality control issues regarding the Titan to OceanGate
The number of teenage girls with eating disorders has increased dramatically since the start of the COVID pandemic, with experts warning of a “postcode lottery of care”. The new study, published in the Lancet Child And Adolescent Health journal found that since March 2020 eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia were 42% higher