Actress Amanda Abbington has called a BBC apology over complaints of bullying on Strictly Come Dancing a “vindication”. A BBC investigation into Abbington’s claims “upheld some, but not all” of her complaints about professional dancer Giovanni Pernice’s behaviour during her time on Strictly. Image: Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice in Strictly Come Dancing in 2023.
A businessman has revealed he is the person who donated £75,000 to Robert Jenrick via a company that has taken loans from a tax haven-registered firm. Phillip Ullmann, who describes himself as a social business entrepreneur, said he provided the donation to the Conservative leadership candidate through Spott Fitness, which he said is part of
Mike Ashley’s sprawling retail empire Frasers Group has revealed a takeover bid for Mulberry, the struggling luxury brand, claiming it wants to save the company from a potential Debenhams-style collapse. Frasers, which already owns 37% of Mulberry’s shares, said it had made a non-binding approach for the stock it does not already hold. Its 130p-per-share
A 96-year-old has been given a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to causing the death of a woman by dangerous driving. June Mills, from Ainsdale on Merseyside was handed an 18-month suspended sentence at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday. She pleaded guilty to causing the death of Brenda Joyce, 76, in Formby in August
NASA scientists have determined that Earth will capture a second moon on Sunday, 29th September 2024. This small asteroid, named 2024 PT5, typically orbits the sun as part of the Arjuna asteroid belt. Unlike our long-term lunar companion, which has orbited Earth for over 4 billion years, this temporary second moon will only stay with
Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 05:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Xander Schauffele ran off four straight birdies to lead an onslaught of red scores on the board Sunday and the Americans made the outcome as inevitable as it usually is, winning the Presidents Cup for the 10th straight time. Sam Burns completed
The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an incredible new image of the spiral galaxy IC 1954, located approximately 45 million light years from Earth in the Horologium constellation, also known as The Clock. Seen at a diagonal tilt, IC 1954’s bright core and sweeping spiral arms give it the appearance of a cosmic pendulum. This
By MaltaGC – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59191707 The UK has marked a historic moment in its energy transition by shuttering the Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in Nottinghamshire, its last remaining coal power plant. “This is the final chapter of a remarkably swift transition from the country that started the Industrial Revolution,” said Phil MacDonald, managing
Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 07:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ross Chastain finally got to smash a watermelon for the first time this season Sunday at Kansas Speedway. Smashed the hopes of a bunch of playoff drivers trying to earn an automatic berth in the next round, too. The seventh-generation
At least 90 people are believed to have been killed in the wake of Hurricane Helene, as authorities across the southeast of the US struggle to get isolated areas critical supplies. Days after the Category 4 hurricane struck the coast of Florida, many areas remain flooded, with blocked roads, failing infrastructure and more than two
Sep 29, 2024, 06:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Another entertaining weekend of European football action is in the books, with the main headlines going to Cole Palmer as he scored four goals in the first half to help Chelsea get a 4-2 win over Brighton & Hove Albion. Elsewhere in the Premier League, Arsenal
The UK’s biggest steelworks will cease production today after more than 100 years, leading to thousands of job losses across South Wales. Blast Furnace 4 – the final furnace operating at Tata Steel’s plant in Port Talbot – will be fully shut down at about 5pm, with the last steel made late on Monday evening.
Kris Kristofferson, the country music legend and A Star Is Born actor, has died at the age of 88. The singer-songwriter died peacefully at his home in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, family spokesperson Ebie McFarland said. No cause of death was given. Starting in the late 1960s, the Texas native wrote such classics standards as
A huge plume of black smoke pouring into the sky from a fire at a chemical plant in the US state of Georgia has forced evacuations – as scientists try to establish what it contains. The fire ignited when a sprinkler head malfunctioned at the BioLab plant in Conyers, around 25 miles from the city
Kemi Badenoch has said her remarks about maternity pay have been “misrepresented”, as she called for an “honest campaign” for the Tory leadership. The first day of the Conservative Party conference saw a row erupt over comments made by the shadow housing secretary, where she appeared to call the current level of the benefit “excessive”.
The far-right Freedom Party finished first in the Austrian general election, early projections show. Led by Herbert Kickl, a former interior minister who was dismissed over the country’s Ibiza scandal, the party is projected to finish first on 29.1% of the vote, according to election researchers Arge Wahlen for PULS 24 TV. They are projected
Former deputy prime minister Sir Oliver Dowden has become the most senior ally of Rishi Sunak to be interviewed in the official investigation into betting on the date of the general election, Sky News understands. He follows Mr Sunak’s former parliamentary aide Craig Williams and former Downing Street chief of staff Liam Booth-Smith in being
Courtesy: Wojciechowski Family Real estate is a key puzzle piece in achieving the U.S.’ climate goals, according to federal officials. Residential and commercial buildings account for 31% of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, after accounting for “indirect” emissions like electricity use, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That’s more than other economic sectors like transportation
Robert Alexander | Archive Photos | Getty Images Over the years, travelers have repeatedly been warned to avoid public Wi-Fi in places like airports and coffee shops. Airport Wi-Fi, in particular, is known to be a hacker honeypot, due to what is typically relatively lax security. But even though many people know they should stay away
Mazda officially opened the order books on its new Mazda EZ-6 EV and EREV versions of the car in China yesterday. And the starting price? It’s under $25,000. Co-developed by Mazda and Chinese state-owned Changan Auto, the EZ-6 was one of two new electric offerings that debuted back in April. The other was a CX-5/0-sized crossover called