Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of asking civil servants to help her avoid a speeding fine and a driving awareness course alongside other motorists by arranging a private session instead. The Prime Minister declined to answer when asked if she had his backing – as our political correspondent Rob Powell reports. Read more
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In Milan, 48-year-old tightrope walker Andrea Loreni broke the record for Italy’s highest ever city tightrope walk. #CNN #news
Autonomous EV freight developer Einride is doing everything it can to become a globally recognized name in zero-emission commercial vehicle technologies. Today, the company announced a signed memorandum of understanding with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MOEI) to deploy Einride’s full electric and autonomous freight portfolio across over 550 km.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has been an ever-present feature of the political landscape in Northern Ireland for several decades. But his leadership of the Democratic Unionist Party came to an end on 29 March, when it revealed Donaldson had resigned as chief after he was charged with sexual offences of a “historical nature”. Born in County
CBI members are to begin voting today on the future of the business lobby group, following a series of scandals. The organisation was plunged into disarray after claims of serious sexual assault were made by CBI employees against colleagues. Today it will launch what it describes as an “ambitious ‘programme of change'”, with adjustments to
The fat from dead pigs and cows is increasingly being used to power planes and cars as a greener alternative, which could end up being even worse for the environment than traditional jet fuel, new research has warned. The use of animal fat in biodiesel has increased by forty times since 2006, and demand is
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An aerial view of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory on March 29, 2021 in Shanghai, China. Xiaolu Chu | Getty Images News | Getty Images From handshakes with Chinese officials to visits to China’s top ministries, Elon Musk’s visit to Beijing is putting the spotlight on China’s
A third man has been charged in relation to the 2002 murder of hip hop pioneer Jam Master Jay. The DJ, who was a member of the highly-influential trio Run DMC, was shot in the head at his recording studio in Queens, New York. More than 20 years later, federal prosecutors filed a superseding indictment
Al Pacino is expecting his fourth child at the age of 83. Rumours began about the star of The Godfather and Noor Alfallah, 29, when the two were seen dining together last April. The pair were reported to be dating ever since the pandemic, according to Page Six. Alfallah, who has worked as a producer,
NATO-led peacekeeping troops have put up metal fences and barbed wire barriers in a northern town in Kosovo after clashes with ethnic Serbs left 30 international soldiers injured. The barriers have been erected after hundreds of ethnic Serbs started gathering in front of the city hall in Zvecan, a northern Kosovo town 28 miles north
A federal judge will hear an appeal from a conservative think tank to unseal Prince Harry’s US immigration records following revelations in his book that he took drugs. Nile Gardner, of the Heritage Foundation, tweeted on Tuesday a hearing on his organisation’s suit will be heard on 6 June. He wrote that the “Prince Harry
Associated Press May 30, 2023, 05:20 PM ET The head of horse racing’s oversight authority believes Churchill Downs would accept a recommendation to pause racing if necessary as an emergency summit convenes to examine the deaths of 12 horses over the past month at the home of the Kentucky Derby. Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority
Twelve people were taken to the hospital for treatment, with emergency officials saying they suffered breathing problems and other minor symptoms, after a passenger opened an emergency door on a plane shortly before it landed. The South Korean plane, with 194 people on board, was heading to the southeastern city of Daegu from the southern
Dr. Caitlin Bernard, who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old has been fined by a medical board after speaking to media about the case. #news #cnn #shorts
The re-emergence of Scout Motors in the electric era just became significantly more interesting. On Tuesday, Scout revealed it hired Chris Benjamin, a key Stellantis designer who crafted the interior style of some of the latest Jeep and Ram models, to lead the design of its rugged, all-purpose electric truck and SUV. Scout Motors hires
Lengths of pipe wait to be laid in the ground along the under-construction Mountain Valley Pipeline near Elliston, Virginia, September 29, 2019. Charles Mostoller | Reuters A bipartisan debt limit bill struck by President Joe Biden and House Republicans over the weekend would expedite approval of all permits for a West Virginia natural gas pipeline
Families on benefits will be able to claim hundreds of pounds more in childcare payments from the end of June, the government has announced. People on Universal Credit will see their maximum childcare payments rise by nearly 50% from 28 June as the government tries to get more people back into work. Parents eligible for
Tuesday marks the first anniversary of the Todd Boehly/Clearlake Capital takeover of Chelsea. The consortium paid an initial £2.5 billion to buy the Blues from Roman Abramovich with an agreement to invest a further £1.75bn to aid the club’s development. “Our vision as owners is clear: We want to make the fans proud,” Boehly said
The US has said a Chinese fighter pilot performed an “unnecessarily aggressive” manoeuvre during an intercept over the South China Sea. In a statement, the US military command responsible for the Indo-Pacific said the Chinese J-16 aircraft carried out the manoeuvre last week and forced the US RC-135 plane to fly through its wake turbulence.
Austrian-US actor, filmmaker, politician and activist Arnold Schwarzenegger gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the R20 Regions of Climate Action Austrian World Summit in Vienna, Austria, on May 28, 2019. Georg Hochmuth | Afp | Getty Images Arnold Schwarzenegger says the global effort to mitigate the effects of climate change is being crippled