Former Neighbours star Holly Valance has described “leftie” ideas as “crap” and backed Jacob Rees-Mogg for prime minister. The actress, model and former singer, who topped the charts in the UK and Australia with her hit song Kiss Kiss in 2002, made the comments at the launch of former prime minister Liz Truss’s Popular Conservatism
Los Angeles has recorded at least 475 mudslides after one of the wettest storms in the history of southern California. Officials are warning of further mudslides and flooding after a large amount of the city’s average annual rainfall fell in just three days – while seven deaths have been reported across the state. LA mayor
A man has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the world’s tallest structure using matchsticks – after first having his effort rejected. The Frenchman, Richard Plaud, had built a model of the Eiffel Tower using over 700,000 matchsticks, but said that they rejected him because the structure must be built from matches that are
Two people have been killed in Kyiv after Russia launched a ferocious salvo of missiles and drones in attacks across Ukraine. Ukraine’s army chief, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, said Russian forces fired 64 missiles and drones in several waves of attack on Wednesday morning. A total of 29 missiles and 15 drones were shot down by Ukraine’s
As the next general election draws closer, three political powerhouses are uniting to unravel the spin in a new weekly podcast from Sky News. Launching on 1 March, Electoral Dysfunction will bring together our Political Editor Beth Rigby, Labour MP Jess Phillips and former leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson to analyse the week
The Dubai skyline. Umar Shariff Photography Wheely, a luxury-focused competitor to ride-hailing giant Uber, is launching in Dubai as the company looks to reembark on an international expansion effort that was quashed by Covid in 2020. The company, founded by Russian-Swiss entrepreneur Anton Chirkunov, told CNBC it will offer rides in the United Arab Emirates
A Palestinian petrol station attendant stands at empty pumps at a closed petrol station in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 5, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Said Khatib | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices rose Tuesday as investors weighed efforts to negotiate a truce
Photo: Hornsea Project Europe’s coal electricity generation tanked by 26% and gas by 15% in 2023, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember. That collapse resulted in an impressive 19% reduction in the EU’s power sector emissions. What’s more, for the first time, wind power, which grew by 18%, surpassed gas, which
The government is being told to urgently set up a financial package to help patients damaged by epilepsy drug valproate and vaginal mesh. Calculations for the cost of the package amount to half a billion pounds – just for the initial payments, according to a report by the Patient Safety Commissioner for England, Dr Henrietta
In this article SNAP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Snap Inc. co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel speaks during the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, June 17, 2022. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Snap reported revenue that trailed analysts’ estimates on Tuesday and issued
Pete Thamel, ESPNFeb 6, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The most important thing to know about the burgeoning cooperation of the Big Ten and the SEC, announced late last week, is to not call it an alliance. Let alone The Alliance. The ill-fated — and roundly mocked — conference alliance of August 2021
Joe Biden appeared to confuse French President Emmanuel Macron with his predecessor Francois Mitterand, who died in 1996. In a campaign speech in Las Vegas, the US president was remarking on how the leaders of France and Germany reacted when they saw him at a G7 summit after the January 6 riots at the Capitol.
Four key bolts were missing from the door that blew off an Alaska Airlines plane in mid-air, according to a preliminary report from a US regulator. The door plug had been removed to fix rivets damaged in production, the initial report said. The investigation was commenced by the investigative agency National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Employees accused of taking part in the Hamas-led 7 October attack on Israel “betrayed” the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, the group’s Gaza chief has told Sky News. The UK and US are among 16 countries that have suspended funding to the UN’s relief agency in Gaza (UNRWA) following Israeli accusations that 12 employees were
The mother of a school shooter who killed four students at a school in Michigan has been convicted in a landmark case. Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter and faces 15 years in prison for each charge. Her son Ethan was 15 when he opened fire at Oxford High School,
Open Extended Reactions The NHL returns from All-Star Weekend with the Edmonton Oilers looking to make history Tuesday night. Edmonton can tie the NHL record for most wins in a row with a victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Las Vegas. The game will be exclusively on ESPN+ and Hulu at 10 p.m. ET.
Nigel Farage believes it’s possible to replace the Conservative Party with his own Reform Party as he predicts an “extinction event” for the government at the next election. Mr Farage was speaking to Sky News political editor Beth Rigby at the launch of the Popular Conservatism (PopCon) group in Westminster. Headlined by former prime minister
BP in 2020 set out its ambition to become a net zero company “by 2050 or sooner.” Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images British oil giant BP on Tuesday announced plans to boost shareholder returns, even after a sharp drop in full-year profits aligned with lower oil prices. The energy major posted
Rylan Clark has opened up about how he helped his fellow X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan after she was raped during the time they appeared on the programme. The two became friends when they competed on the show in 2012, until she suddenly quit during its live rounds – with programme-makers saying her departure was
Jeff Passan, ESPNFeb 5, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and the Kansas City Royals are in agreement on an 11-year, $288.8 million contract extension, sources told ESPN, a staggering guarantee that