It’s not yet Halloween, let alone Advent, but parliament has launched its new Christmas jumper design for the 2024 Christmas season. And it appears to be politically neutral. The unveiling also comes before Scrooge Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ 30 October budget, which has many MPs chuntering “Bah, humbug!” over her winter fuel payment cuts. Follow politics
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The Post Office’s outgoing CEO today agreed the government is using the company as a “shield” over compensation schemes, while giving evidence at the inquiry. Nick Read, who resigned last month, was giving evidence at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry for the second day, with a focus on delays to victims’ financial redress. Edward
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMay 26, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal broke math. That is the best compliment I can possibly think to give to an athlete in any sport. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Numbers are how I make sense of the
Sue Gray will not attend the prime minister’s council of nations and regions on Friday despite her new title as a special envoy. Sir Keir Starmer will meet with leaders of the devolved nations for a summit that will focus on spreading investment and growth across all parts of the UK. Ms Gray, who resigned
The Football Association has pulled a new online cookery series with M&S featuring Yung Filly and England stars after the British YouTuber and rapper was charged following rape allegations, Sky News can reveal. “The Greater Game” campaign was only launched yesterday by the FA with England team sponsor M&S Food to promote healthy eating and
NATO allies “should not and do not” listen to sabre rattling by Vladimir Putin because the alliance is strong and can respond to any threats, its new chief has told Sky News. Mark Rutte said an annual nuclear exercise by NATO member states, which starts next week, sends a clear message to adversaries “that we
Andreas Hale, ESPNOct 8, 2024, 05:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Michael Chandler waited two years to fight Conor McGregor. Although he has now moved on to a fight with Charles Oliveira on Nov. 16, Chandler has “no doubt” that a fight with McGregor will come to fruition in 2025. “I’ve made a pivot from
The Princess of Wales has made a surprise visit to Southport with the Prince of Wales to meet the families of the three girls who died following the knife attack this summer. It is a rare public appearance by the princess – her first community visit since the end of last year, her first since
On 7th October 2024, an active sunspot, AR 3842, fired an X2.1-class solar flare, causing temporary radio blackouts across parts of North and South America and over the Pacific Ocean. This event followed another powerful flare from the same sunspot just days earlier. On 3rd October, AR 3842 unleashed the strongest solar flare of Solar
Hurricane Milton, which intensified from a tropical storm on Sunday to a Category 5 hurricane by Monday, is a prime example of how quickly hurricanes can escalate. With sustained winds reaching 180 mph (298 km/h), Milton weakened slightly before potentially making landfall on the Florida coast around 9th or 10th October 2024. This leads to
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Crude oil futures drifted lower Wednesday after sliding more than 4% the previous day. The rally spurred by the risk of a wider Middle East war has stalled out amid uncertainty over how Israel will retaliate against Iran for last week’s ballistic missile strike. Chinese policymakers’ failure to deliver new economic stimulus measures at a
Taylor Swift has donated $5m (£3.8m) to help those affected by Hurricane Milton, as the deadly storm smashed into the Florida coast on Wednesday. The pop megastar, the world’s richest female musician, with a reported $1.6bn (£1.2bn) fortune, gave the money to the non-profit Feeding America, as celebrities acted to help people cope with the
Hurricane Milton has made landfall in Florida, the National Hurricane Center has said. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the Sky News app. You can also follow
Grabango’s mobile app Grabango Grabango, a venture-backed startup that was vying to take on Amazon in cashierless checkout technology, is shutting down after it was unable to raise enough money to stay afloat. “Although the company established itself as a leader in checkout-free technology, it was not able to secure the funding it needed to
The chancellor will need to raise taxes by £25bn if she wants to keep spending rising with national income, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). In its annual ‘Green Budget’ analysis, the IFS warned that the government would have to dramatically increase the £9bn of tax rises outlined in its manifesto to meet
Former Premier League footballer George Baldock has died at the age of 31. The Greek defender was found on Wednesday in a swimming pool at his home in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada, police sources told the Reuters news agency. His cause of death remains unknown. Baldock spent seven years at Sheffield United, having
The majority of Texans think there’s too much bureaucracy slowing down new solar projects, and they want lawmakers to step out of the way. Texas is near the top of the solar game – it installed the most solar of any state through the first half of 2024. But policies that pile on red tape
Employees of the State Archaeological Office have hung pictures of finds from a construction trailer during a main archaeological investigation on the Northvolt site. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Sweden’s Northvolt on Wednesday said the head of its main plant, Europe’s first homegrown gigafactory for lithium-ion battery cells, will step down with
Major employment reforms promised by Labour will not become law for at least two years, as the government seeks compromise between unions and businesses on measures intended to strengthen workers rights without hindering economic growth. The Employment Rights Bill, introduced into parliament on Thursday, includes 28 measures, many of which will be subject to extended
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