Ambulance unions placed people’s lives at risk when they refused to introduce countrywide minimum levels of service during strikes last month, the business secretary has said. Grant Shapps hit out at ambulance workers for only agreeing on a local level to minimum service levels after he earlier told Sky News it was a “regional or
Clean energy achieved momentum globally in 2022, yet it was something destructive that triggered that momentum. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine catapulted the world into a global energy crisis. And that in turn sparked a drive to switch from fossil fuels to renewables. As European governments and businesses work to quickly ramp up energy alternatives to
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CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller joins Poppy Harlow and Don Lemon to discuss the surveillance operation that led to the arrest of Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the killings of four Idaho college students. #CNN #News
Sir Keir Starmer and Labour have accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations from a wealthy climate activist who has also been funnelling money to Just Stop Oil – a group condemned by the party. Ecotricity, a company founded by Dale Vince, gave more than £20,000 to Sir Keir Starmer during Labour’s 2020 leadership
The crew behind an historic rocket launch from UK soil have vowed to bounce back after their highly anticipated space mission ended in failure. LauncherOne suffered an “anomaly” in its bid to reach orbit on Monday night, after being carried skyward from Spaceport Cornwall by a converted jumbo jet named Cosmic Girl. Relive UK’s historic
The entire community of Montecito and surrounding canyons have been ordered to evacuate after California was hit by severe storms. The evacuation order, affecting about 10,000 people, came on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 and destroyed more than 100 homes in the coastal enclave. Montecito is home to a host of
Tesla is starting to hire for its new lithium refinery, which Elon Musk referred to as a “license to print money” in Corpus Christi, Texas. In September 2022, we learned that Tesla has a plan to build a lithium refining facility on the Gulf Coast of Texas. At the time, we knew very little about the
Jan 9, 2023 We’re now more than a week into 2023, that time of year when we all have to face the hard truth about those New Year’s resolutions we were all so staunchly dedicated to not so long ago. The gym is already a lot less crowded than it was on Jan. 2, our
For the first time ever an orbital rocket will be launched from the UK. A 21-metre rocket to be released over the Atlantic will be launched from Newquay airport with the help of a jumbo jet. Minutes later its cargo of nine satellites will be in orbit. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos:
CNN’s Jake Tapper jokes that there is a betting pool in his makeup room on how much longer the House speaker vote will take. #CNN #News
Businesses are set to secure £5.5bn in scaled back government support to help them with their energy bills from the start of April, after the current scheme ends. The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme will reduce rather than cap energy costs for businesses and will last for 12 months. The latest measure replaces the Energy
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (R) talks to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as Representatives cast their votes for Speaker of the House on the first day of the 118th Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 03, 2023 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images House Republicans
In this article 9984.T-JP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT SoftBank has stopped working on a London initial public offering for chip designer Arm because of political upheaval in the British government, the Financial Times reported. Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reportedly reopened negotiations with the CEOs of
10:30 AM ET Gareth Bale has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 33. Bale made the surprise announcement on Monday in a statement posted on his social media channels. It brings an end to a career that saw Bale excel for Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid and LAFC, while also establishing
The health secretary has announced the government will block-book beds in residential homes so around 2,500 people can be released from hospitals when they are medically fit to be discharged. Steve Barclay gave a statement to the Commons outlining the government’s plans to help ease the “severe pressures” on the NHS – hours after his
Two British nationals who were reported missing in Ukraine have been named. Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Parry, who are volunteers helping with civilian evacuation and humanitarian efforts in the war-torn Donetsk region, were reported missing by the area’s police department. They were last seen leaving Kramatorsk for Soledar at 8am last Friday, and contact was
Love Island has announced its first partially sighted contestant. Ron Hall, 25, a financial adviser from Essex, is one of the Islanders heading to a villa in South Africa for the ninth series – the first post-pandemic winter show. Hall, who lost his sight in one eye while playing football aged eight, says his injury
The UK is considering supplying Ukraine with British tanks for the first time to fight Russia’s invading forces, Sky News understands. Discussions have been taking place “for a few weeks” about delivering a number of the British Army’s Challenger 2 main battle tank to the Ukrainian armed forces, a Western source with knowledge of the
Caroline Flack’s former manager has called Prince Harry’s description of his relationship with the presenter in his memoir “disgusting” and “grotesque” and called for him to be stripped of his titles. Alex Mullen, the creative director of APM Media, who previously worked with Flack, said it was “absolutely gross” the royal had repeated “old long