Rail strikes are set to cause further havoc today when train drivers walk out ahead of high-profile events including the FA Cup final, the Epsom Derby, and a Beyonce concert. Members of the Aslef union are taking industrial action in the long-running dispute over pay and working conditions. Read more: Everything you need to know
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Two of the country’s biggest banking giants have announced they are closing a total of 63 branches. Barclays said on Friday it will shut another 10 branches, on top of more than 70 closures this year that have already been announced. Meanwhile Lloyds Banking Group will shut the doors on 21 Lloyds Bank sites, along
Billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein tried to contact a disgraced US gymnastics team doctor while in prison, newly-released documents show. Epstein’s letter to Larry Nassar was found returned to sender in the jail’s mail room weeks after he took his own life in August 2019. Epstein was in a Manhattan jail awaiting trial for sex trafficking
VW has revealed the much-anticipated North American version of its ID. Buzz electric microbus, with an extra row of seats and starting deliveries next year. The new ID. Buzz version is much like the two-row European spec, but with a little more of just about everything. It has 282hp as opposed to 201hp (plus an
Paramedics were called to the track on the first morning of the Isle of Man TT motorsport racing event which has seen 266 fatalities over 116 years. The island’s fastest-ever rider has said the race is an “obvious risk”, adding that “a lot of people think we’re just crazy or idiots”, but “it’s the opposite,
A UK-based mapping firm captured images of gold jewelry featuring a rare megalodon tooth found in Titanic wreckage after more than a century. #CNN #News #shorts #titanic
This Morning presenter Alison Hammond became emotional as she said she “still loves Phillip Schofield” following the revelations about his affair with a younger male colleague. Hammond was speaking on the ITV morning show when she said she had been “finding it really painful” after Schofield spoke publicly about the affair. She added: “However, what
Boris Johnson is giving all the WhatsApp messages and diaries available to him directly to the COVID inquiry, Sky News understands. The former prime minister had originally given the information to the Cabinet Office, but it had refused to comply with the inquiry’s order to hand over all the material in unredacted form. Friday’s move
Elon Musk’s Neuralink received approval last week from the US Food and Drug Administration to conduct human clinical trials, which one former FDA official called “really a big deal.” I do not disagree, but I am skeptical that this technology will “change everything.” Not every profound technological advance has broad social and economic implications. With
The US Senate has voted through a crucial deal to raise the country’s debt ceiling with just days to spare. Senators followed the House of Representatives in passing the agreement, which will be sent to Joe Biden to be signed into law before Monday’s deadline. Had the cut-off date been missed, it could have led
The government has been accused of an attempted “cover-up” as it bids to block the COVID inquiry’s request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks. Bereaved families and opposition parties criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the Cabinet Office revealed it was taking the unusual step of bringing a judicial review of Baroness Hallett’s
A woman has died more than two decades after a terror attack left her in a coma. Hana Nachenberg was 31 and dining at a Jerusalem pizza restaurant with her three-year-old daughter when a Palestinian suicide bomber walked in and blew himself up. Fifteen others, including eight children, were also killed in the attack, which
Monthly Norwegian auto sales numbers are in, showing once again how heavily dominant EVs are in the country, with one Norwegian outlet saying “the Tesla boom will never end.” Norway releases monthly sales numbers for the entire country, giving us an easy way to see exactly how many cars of each model were sold. Those
Military Analyst Sean Bell has discussed why Russia has conducted its heaviest wave of attacks on Kyiv, instead of focusing on military targets. Bell explains that President Vladimir Putin doesn’t have military training, and is using limited supplies of missiles and drones to target Ukraine’s capital. Ukraine latest: https://trib.al/QTC8as2 #ukrainescreen #russianarmy #ukrainesky SUBSCRIBE to our
The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is declaring a province-wide burn ban due to the seriousness of the current fires in the area, prompting an evacuation of more than 16,000 people, officials said. One dashcam video shows a family evacuating. #CNN #News #Canada #Wildfire #NovaScotia #Halifax #Dashcam
Bruce Willis’s daughter has revealed how he still recognises her and “lights up” when she enters the room, as loved ones come to terms with his dementia diagnosis. Tallulah Willis laid bare the impact the Hollywood actor’s illness has had on her family in an essay for Vogue Magazine. The 29-year-old said she knew “something
English referee Anthony Taylor and his family have been confronted by a group of Roma fans at Budapest Airport after the Italian side’s defeat by Sevilla in the Europa League final. Clips on social media show Taylor and his family being ushered out of a cafe and into a secure area by airport security after
Phillip Schofield has said he feels “utterly broken and ashamed” following a scandal over an affair with a younger male colleague – but insisted he did not groom him. His interview with The Sun comes after ITV announced it had launched an external review to establish the facts around the relationship between presenter Schofield and
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Joe Biden has tripped and fallen during a graduation ceremony at the US Air Force academy. The American president, 80, was quickly helped up by three people, and walked back to his seat unassisted following the incident in Colorado. As the leader was helped up, he pointed behind him, seeming to indicate what he tripped