Anas Sarwar is “right” to distance himself from Sir Keir Starmer over the decision to scrap winter fuel payments for most pensioners, Baroness Davidson has said. The Scottish Labour leader has promised to go against the national party and reintroduce the universal winter fuel payment for pensioners if elected to Holyrood in 2026. The Tory
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A second Australian teenager has died after being poisoned with methanol in Laos, bringing the number of people killed to six. Holly Bowles, 19, has died, according to the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Penny Wong, who said: “All Australians will be heartbroken by the tragic passing of Holly Bowles. “I offer my deepest
Ed Sheeran helped Ipswich Town to sign a player over the summer just before getting on stage with Taylor Swift, according to the club’s chief executive. Mark Ashton claims the pop star got on a video call to encourage a prospective new signing to seal his move to the East Anglia outfit. He did not
Donald Trump has pledged for years to surround himself with ultra-loyalists who can mould his government to his vision without barriers. That’s precisely why he picked Matt Gaetz. Now he’s out, Pam Bondi is in and she’s equally loyal. Gaetz was uniquely unpopular on Capitol Hill but ultra-MAGA and ultra-loyal to the president-elect. He was
Leading yard operation 3PL YMX Logistics has announced plans to deploy fully twenty (20) of Orange EV’s fully electric Class 8 terminal trucks at a number of distribution and manufacturing sites across North America. As the shipping and logistics industries increasingly move to embrace electrification, yard operations have proven to be an almost ideal use case
Actor James Norton, who stars in a new film telling the story of the world’s first “test-tube baby”, has criticised how “prohibitively expensive” IVF can be in the UK. In Joy, the star portrays the real-life scientist Bob Edwards, who – along with obstetrician Patrick Steptoe and embryologist Jean Purdy – spent a decade tirelessly
Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterNov 21, 2024, 06:35 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Five-star LSU quarterback commit Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 overall prospect in the 2025
In this article INTU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi speaks at the opening night of the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2024. Rodin Eckenroth | Filmmagic | Getty Images Intuit shares fell 6% in extended trading on Thursday after the finance software maker issued a revenue forecast
Official accounts have revealed for the first time how much the King’s 2023 coronation cost UK taxpayers. According to the accounts, the government spent £72m on the coronation – the first in Britain since Queen Elizabeth II’s in 1953. The figure includes £50.3m of costs attributed to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS),
Within hours of taking office, president-elect Donald Trump plans to begin rolling out policies including large-scale deportations, according to his transition team. Sky News partner network NBC News has spoken with more than half a dozen people familiar with the executive orders that his team plans to enact. One campaign official said changes are expected
A new study highlights the critical role of the Irminger Sea, located off southeastern Greenland, in maintaining the strength of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The AMOC, a global ocean conveyor belt, is crucial for regulating Earth’s climate, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere. According to research led by Dr Qiyun Ma, a postdoctoral researcher
Efforts to create a comprehensive map of all human cells have taken a significant leap forward. Researchers associated with the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), a global scientific consortium, have released over 40 studies detailing critical progress in mapping the 37 trillion cells that make up the human body. These findings, published on 20 November in
US actor Jussie Smollett, who was jailed for staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019, has successfully overturned his conviction. In 2021, a jury found the former star of the television drama Empire guilty of five counts of felony disorderly conduct. He was sentenced to 150 days in prison but served just
Candela, the Swedish electric boat maker known for its hydrofoil recreational boats and commercial ferries, is grabbing headlines yet again. This time the company is announcing a new C-series funding round and the first P-12 electric ferry headed to the US. The P-12 is the company’s first operational hydrofoil electric ferry, and it builds upon
Gary Wang, a former executive of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, who testified against founder Sam Bankman-Fried, attends his sentencing on fraud charges at the United States District Court in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., November 20, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Gary Wang, co-founder and ex-technology chief of FTX, was sentenced Wednesday to time
In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT POLAND – 2024/11/13: In this photo illustration, the NVIDIA company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Nvidia shares dropped in U.S. premarket trading Thursday after the tech
A man has been found guilty of murdering his “best friend” on Christmas Eve. A jury of 10 men and two women heard Dylan Thomas, 24, killed William Bush, 23, in a “frenzied attack” in the Llandaff area of Cardiff last year. Thomas had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility but denied Mr
Nov 21, 2024, 08:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano on Friday was another all-action fight that ended in a close unanimous decision in favor Taylor. Only one point separated the two fighters on each of the three judges’ scorecards (95-94, 95-94 and 95-94). Taylor (24-1, 6 KOs)
One of the six British tourists being treated for methanol poisoning in Laos has died. Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, had fallen ill after reportedly drinking “free shots” from a local bar in the resort of Vang Vieng, according to reports. “We are supporting the family of a British woman who has died in
Arrest warrants have been issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence secretary Yoav Gallant by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The warrants are for alleged war crimes. Another warrant was issued for the arrest of Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al Masri. This breaking news story is being updated and more details