Thousands of jobs could be created in Scotland under a Labour proposal to create a publicly-owned clean energy company with its headquarters north of the border, the leader of the opposition has said. Sir Keir Starmer set out his proposal to launch Great British Energy (GBN) during his party conference speech in Liverpool last year
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Associated Press Jun 18, 2023, 12:54 PM ET STUTTGART, Germany — There will be two American men’s tennis players ranked in the top 10 for the first time in more than a decade after Frances Tiafoe beat Jan-Lennard Struff on Sunday to win the Stuttgart Open for his first grass-court title. Tiafoe won 4-6, 7-6
Pakistan’s prime minister has declared a national day of mourning for those who died when a fishing trawler packed with people sank off the coast of Greece. Up to 750 men, women and children from Syria, Egypt, the Palestinian territories and Pakistan were on board the vessel trying to reach Europe. More than 500 people
Tesla has added a discount to new inventory Model S and Model X vehicles and three years of free Supercharging for deliveries by the end of the quarter. With the end of the quarter approaching, Tesla is looking to deliver better-looking financial results by not ending it with many vehicles in inventory. To achieve this
Suella Braverman has encouraged police chiefs to use stop and search powers more often to “seize dangerous weapons and prevent more knife crime attacks”. The home secretary’s letter to 43 chief constables does not have any direct impact on how officers act, as the police are operationally independent of government. But the latest intervention shows
Nicola Sturgeon is “certain” she has done nothing wrong after being arrested and questioned by the police. The former SNP leader was speaking in public for the first time since her arrest this time last week. She said: “What I will say is reiterate the statement I issued last Sunday, which is I am certain
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Bill Barr, the former Attorney General under President Trump, called the indictment of Trump for his handling of classified documents “damning” on Fox News. CNN’s Elie Honig and Audie Cornish discuss what impact Barr’s opinion will have on voters.
Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterJun 18, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can
Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has called a new leaked partygate video “terrible” – and says the fact the event went ahead is “indefensible”. The footage appears to show Tory staff drinking, dancing and joking about “bending” COVID lockdown rules in December 2020. On this week’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday podcast, hear Mr Gove’s reaction
It would be “risky” for the government to protect mortgage holders against rising interest rates, according to a former Bank of England deputy governor. Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sky News, Sir Charlie Bean said trying to help those paying off home loans could force the bank to raise the base rate even further. His
A 76-year-old woman who was wrongly declared dead and surprised family members by knocking on her coffin has now passed away. Bella Montoya spent seven days in intensive care but died on Friday evening after suffering a stroke, Ecuador‘s health ministry said. She was under “permanent surveillance” after the bizarre incident in the city of
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Former Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson has been charged with reckless driving after crashing a car into a home in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old comedian was contacted by police after the incident on 4 March in a residential area of Beverly Hills. The LA District Attorney’s Office said that it is taking the allegations
A video showing Conservative Party workers at a Christmas party during lockdown in 2020 is “terrible” and “completely out of order”, Michael Gove has said. The Levelling Up Secretary was reacting to the video, obtained by the Mirror, which showed people dancing and drinking at a gathering – ignoring strict social distancing rules imposed by
Two of London’s major summer art fairs have been cancelled this year, with organisers saying Brexit is partly to blame. The cancellations of Masterpiece and Olympia have raised concerns about the threat Brexit poses to the UK’s status as a major global art market. Currently, Britain’s market is second only to the United States by
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A vigil for University of Nottingham students Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, victims who were stabbed in the Nottingham attacks, was held in the city a day after they were killed. Hundreds of students and staff at the university were invited to lay flowers in tribute, as well as their families who were in attendance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare admission about the war in Ukraine during a session with reporters in Moscow. CNN national security analyst and former CIA operative Steve Hall says he thinks Putin may be trying to find a soft landing for himself if the war in Ukraine fails. #cnn #news #putin #russia #ukraine
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Beijing. His arrival marks the first visit of a top American diplomat to China in five years, as relations between the two countries have become increasingly frosty. Having postponed a February trip after a suspected Chinese spy balloon flew over US airspace, Mr Blinken is set