The UK’s short-lived September heatwave looks set to come to a wet and windy end, according to forecasters. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast to hit parts of the country on Sunday. A yellow weather warning is in place for the southwest of England and South Wales throughout the day. The Met Office says there
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Sir Keir Starmer has refused to guarantee the tax burden – currently the largest since the Second World War – would not increase under Labour. While the opposition leader told Sky News’ Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme he wanted it to come down “for working people”, his “laser focus” was on growing the economy.
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The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches published their joint investigation on Saturday accusing Russell Brand of rape, sexual assault and abuse. Four women alleged Brand assaulted them between 2006 and 2013. This period marks the height of Brand’s fame – he was a presenter for the BBC and Channel 4 before becoming a high-profile
Russell Brand has appeared live on stage in London hours after being publicly accused of rape and sexual assault. The comedian performed a show at the Troubabour Wembley Park theatre, which began just after 8pm on Saturday – roughly an hour after its scheduled start time, the PA news agency reported. A video of him
The central dock in the port of Lampedusa now stands at the meeting point between the developed and the developing world – a point of conflict between the affluent EU and the inequities and poverty of the global south. This reality is uncomfortable and unacceptable for those who govern Italy’s most southerly point. With some
Sir Keir Starmer has described Conservative Party claims that Labour’s plans on immigration would increase asylum seeker numbers as “nonsense”. Speaking exclusively to Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, from a summit in Montreal, the Labour leader maintained the government has “no control” of UK borders. He said: “What concerns people is that basic idea that
One of the best parts of scouring the depths of Alibaba is finding all of these fun-looking electric vehicles that no one seems to build in the West. And while this is normally an adventure in window-shopping, this week’s find for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week really makes me want to
Oil prices are hovering around 10-month highs, as a stout summer rally extends into the fall and delivers additional gains for the Club’s energy stocks, Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) and Coterra Energy (CTRA). And Jim Cramer believes it’s not too late to buy either of them. West Texas Intermediate crude, the U.S. oil benchmark, has
Comedian and actor Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse in a Sunday Times and Dispatches investigation – allegations he denies. Four women have made allegations of sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013 while he was at the height of his fame, according to the newspaper. The Sunday Times reports
Donald Trump has said he is against an age limit for running for US president but backed a competency test. The frontrunner for the Republican nomination argued some of the greatest world leaders had been in their 80s. But while Mr Trump did not think Joe Biden was too old, he said the current White
Sep 5, 2023, 07:17 PM The All Blacks got back to winning ways in some style at the World Cup on Friday by running in 11 tries in a 71-3 hammering of a courageous but outclassed Namibia side to revive their Pool A campaign. Stung by their loss to France in the tournament curtain-raiser last
A 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in Manchester has been named by police. Nathaniel Shani was fatally stabbed in Tavistock Square, Harpurhey, shortly after 6pm on Friday. Image: Nathaniel Shani, 14, died after being stabbed. Pic: GMP Two boys – aged 13 and 14 – have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Paying
Mike Ashley, the high street billionaire, is in talks to sell the online clothing label Missguided to Shein, the giant Chinese online fashion player. Sky News has learnt that the two sides are in detailed negotiations about a deal, which would represent Shein’s first acquisition of a British fashion brand. City sources said that Shein
Rishi Sunak was persuaded not to quit as chancellor over his COVID lockdown fine after discussions with executives working for media mogul Rupert Murdoch, it has been claimed. Mr Sunak is reported to have shared a draft resignation statement with allies after both he and Boris Johnson were fined for attending the then-prime minister’s birthday
Mike Coppinger, ESPNSep 15, 2023, 10:16 PM ET Emanuel Navarrete will defend the WBO junior lightweight title against Robson Conceicao on Nov. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, it was announced on Friday’s “Top Rank on ESPN” broadcast. The fight, which will be Navarrete’s third of 2023, will serve as the chief-support bout to
Elon Musk pushed to use Tesla’s internal driver monitoring camera to record video of drivers’ behavior, primarily for Tesla to use this video as evidence to defend itself from investigations in the event of a crash, according to Walter Isaacson’s new biography of the Tesla CEO. Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk is out, resulting
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A shopper prepares fill his cart at a Giant supermarket in Washington, DC, April 6, 2020. Evelyn Hockstein/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, two of Silicon Valley’s most high-profile venture firms, are poised to take a massive hit on their last investment in grocery delivery company Instacart, a deal that
Russell Brand has denied “very serious criminal allegations” that he claims will be made against him by a newspaper and TV company. In a video posted on YouTube and X, formerly known as Twitter, titled “So, This is Happening”, the comedian denied the allegations that he described as “a litany of extremely egregious and aggressive