The government has offered junior doctors a 22.3% pay rise to end strike action, Sky News understands. The British Medical Association’s (BMA) junior doctors committee has agreed to put the offer to its members, and if it is accepted it will end months of walkouts over pay. The pay rise offer will amount to 22.3%
Lady Gaga appears to be engaged to her boyfriend Michael Polansky after introducing him as “my fiance” at the Olympics. The singer performed at the opening ceremony of the Paris games on Friday night. And she may have revealed – by way of the French prime minister – that she and Polansky are set to
Police have declared a “major incident” in Southport after reports of a stabbing and a “number of reported casualties”. Police said a knife had been seized and that a man had been detained but urged the public to avoid the area near Hart Street. In a statement, Merseyside Police said: “We can confirm that emergency
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has won a third term, the country’s electoral authority has said – despite several exit polls which had pointed to an opposition win. The head of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso, said Mr Maduro had secured 51% of the vote, beating his opponent Edmundo Gonzalez, who won 44%. He said
By now, you are probably aware that at 3.30pm the new chancellor will tell MPs of an approximately £20bn black hole in the public finances, necessitating immediate painful spending cuts today and paving the way for tax increases in an October budget. Rachel Reeves and her team will then challenge the Tories over who knew
The Kandi Mini is unlike any other golf cart in the world in two key ways. First, it’s less than half the price of your average golf cart. And second, it’s a lot more compact than your average golf cart. Both of these are key features for folks who have become golf cart curious but
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he campaigns in Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 24, 2024. Marco Bello | Reuters NASHVILLE — Former President Donald Trump stopped short of promising to establish an official U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve currency during his Saturday keynote speech at the biggest bitcoin conference of
Rachel Reeves will signal Labour’s plans to cut government departments and the Civil Service as the new administration looks to accuse Rishi Sunak of “covering up” problems with the economy. The chancellor is set to speak to the House of Commons on Monday following a review of the government finances after taking office at the
Associated Press Jul 27, 2024, 07:36 PM Open Extended Reactions SAINT-DENIS, France — In a seven-minute clinic that’ll long define his legacy, Antoine Dupont scored two tries and created another to deliver a coveted gold medal for France and end two-time champion Fiji’s Olympic dominance in rugby sevens. One of the world’s best rugby players,
A woman has died after she was attacked while walking her dog in Suffolk. Anita Rose, 57, was found unconscious by a member of the public lying on a track near Rectory Lane, Brantham, at around 6.25am on Wednesday. Ms Rose had left her house at around 5am to take her springer spaniel, called Bruce,
The Gladiators referee who said the iconic line “Gladiators ready! Contenders ready!” has died at the age of 92, the TV show said. John Anderson was best known as the umpire in the original ITV show, which aired between 1992 and 2000, and the revamped Sky series in 2008. The Scottish sports coach trained more
In this article QCOM AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Thanks to the artificial intelligence boom, new data centers are springing up as quickly as companies can build them. This has translated into huge demand for power to run and cool the servers inside. Now concerns are mounting about whether the U.S. can generate
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 28, 2024, 09:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LESS THAN TWO hours after his devastating loss in the Wimbledon final, Novak Djokovic was already laser-focused on the rest of the season. Djokovic, 37, had just been defeated by Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4), his dreams for a record-breaking 25th major
Kamala Harris’s election campaign has said it raised $200m (£156m) in the week since she became a presidential candidate. The US vice president‘s deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty said 66% of the funds were raised from new donors, while the campaign has signed up 170,000 new volunteers. US President Joe Biden, 81, withdrew from the
Two men in their 20s have been killed after a light aircraft crashed in a field in North Yorkshire. Emergency services were called to a rural location in Thorganby, near Selby, on Sunday morning, police said. The victims are thought to be the pilot and his passenger. Their next of kin have been informed. Image:
Lebanon is once again on tenterhooks. Indeed, the whole region is. And there are very few who will bet against yet more bloodshed in the coming days and weeks. But will Saturday’s deadly strike on a football pitch in the occupied Golan Heights be what tips the region into all-out war? Middle East latest: ‘All-out
Tesla has confirmed that the Cybertruck’s upcoming range extender. a battery that sits in the pickup truck’s bed, will have to be mounted and removed by Tesla’s service. When Tesla unveiled the production version of the Cybertruck last year, many were disappointed by the range and pricing. Tesla has underdelivered on pricing in the past,
Conservative leadership contests always start with much handshaking and hat doffing, but it never takes long for the muckraking and kneecapping to commence. Mel Stride managed as much – albeit in a characteristically courteous manner – when he popped up on Friday to announce his campaign. Asked about another candidate’s apparent volte-face on the European
Eddie Jordan, the former Formula One team-owner, has launched a multimillion pound legal fight against HSBC over its alleged mis-selling of a complex bond in which he invested. Sky News has learnt that Mr Jordan, who became one of Grand Prix motor racing’s most flamboyant and successful figures during a stint at the helm of
What does this attack mean for people in the region – and does it signal a major escalation in the border war that Israel and Hezbollah have been fighting over the Lebanese frontier? Israel was adamant that Iran-backed Hezbollah was responsible for the assault on a football pitch in the community of Majdal Shams. Follow