Hundreds of thousands of people could be denied their right to vote unless new compulsory voter ID rules are delayed, a former Conservative cabinet minister has warned. Raising the alarm about the impact of forcing voters to produce ID in England for the first time at May’s local elections, Tory grandee David Davis urged the
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Hillary Clinton has told Sky News that Donald Trump will not win the next election – and Joe Biden will be re-elected whoever the Republican candidate is. The former Democratic presidential candidate and secretary of state said “more people are onto him [Trump] and his behaviour than they were before”. Mrs Clinton has been subjected
Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes says the symptoms of perimenopause are leaving her in “constant pain”. The 52-year-old former sports star said the condition is “killing me at the moment” as she suffers body aches and night sweats. “Last week, I started getting the sweats, which I’m not happy about, only at night,” she
The number of companies entering insolvency hit its highest level for more than three years in March, according to official figures. Commentators blamed a combination of higher interest rates and wider inflation for the 16% increase recorded last month across England and Wales. The Insolvency Service reported 2,457 corporate insolvencies – up from 1,784 in
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has appeared in a Russian courtroom to appeal against his pre-trial detention. The reporter was formally charged with spying in Russia earlier this month and has been held at the notorious Lefortovo prison in Moscow since. He faces up to 20 years behind bars if convicted. On Tuesday, the
Senior Scottish National Party (SNP) executives have been arrested as police carry out an investigation into the party’s funding and finances. The inquiry was launched in 2021 but ramped up in April as former chief executive Peter Murrell, Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, and SNP treasurer Colin Beattie were arrested. Sky News looks into what police are
SNP treasurer Colin Beattie has been arrested by police investigating the party’s funding and finances. In a statement, Police Scotland said: “A 71-year-old man has today, Tuesday, 18 April 2023, been arrested as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party. “The man is in
In this article GE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT MOUNT STORM, WEST VIRGINIA – AUGUST 22: Turbines from the Mount Storm Wind Farm stand in the distance behind the Dominion Mount Storm power station August 22, 2022 in Mount Storm, West Virginia. The wind farm includes 132 2-megawatt Gamesa G80 wind turbines along 12
SpaceX has rescheduled for Thursday the first test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond, after a technical glitch forced a halt to the countdown. A planned liftoff Monday of the gigantic rocket was called off less than 10 minutes ahead of the
Commercial EV startup Volta Trucks has achieved a pivotal milestone in its “Trucks as a Service” journey. The 16-ton Volta Zero truck has begun series production in Steyr, Austria, as the company begins a test drive program to educate customers and ensure quality before the first customer deliveries later this year. Volta Trucks is a
Winds of 70mph left planes swaying in the skies above London as pilots attempted to land during Storm Noa. The cult YouTube aviation channel Big Jet TV was there to capture all the spills and skills necessary to land passenger jets in the howling crosswinds. #metoffice #heathrow #ukweather Storm Noa: Big Jet TV captures passenger
The FBI arrested 21-year-old Jack Teixeira in connection with the leaking of classified documents that have been posted online, according to a US official familiar with the matter. CNN’s Evan Perez has the latest. #CNN #News #Shorts
An arrest warrant has been issued for the man accused of shooting a Black teenager in the head in Kansas City. Andrew Lester, 85, is accused of shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, who reportedly went to the wrong house by accident when trying to collect his younger brothers last week. Police said on Monday that Lester
In this article AAPL GS GSBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Kif Leswing/CNBC Apple now offers a savings account administered through its iPhone app that allows users to accrue over 4% interest. Setting up the savings account is straightforward, although users are required to have an active Apple Card. Accounts are administered by Goldman
Patients have been left waiting up to 65 hours for an ambulance in England – while one patient waited in the back of an ambulance for 40 hours outside A&E. Data collected by Labour from Freedom of Information requests show long waits for ambulances and people waiting hours outside hospitals waiting to be admitted to
Energy firms installing prepayment meters will be required to try to contact a customer at least ten times and conduct a “site welfare visit” before forcibly conducting the installation, new guidelines will say. Energy company workers will also be required to wear body cameras or sound recorders to make sure new energy regulator rules that
Pembrokeshire, Wales was one of the areas recognized by the British Geological Survey to be prospective for critical raw materials. Matthew Horwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images Several large swathes of the U.K. on Monday were identified as prospective sites to search for critical raw materials, reflecting the country’s push to deliver a
Details of Paul O’Grady’s funeral procession have been revealed, as his husband thanked supporters for their “support and love”. O’Grady, a TV presenter and comedian, died of sudden cardiac arrhythmia last month at his home in the village of Aldington in Kent. He was 67. His husband Andre Portasio posted in local Facebook groups on
6:00 AM ET Shortly after buying the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, Josh Harris explained why. “What we’ve done is buy good companies,” he told NJ.com in 2014, “good franchises that have a reason to exist but for whatever reason may have some financial difficulties or need some new leadership.” Harris is doing the same thing
Two New York residents have been arrested and charged after allegedly running an illegal Manhattan police station for the Chinese government. The pair face federal charges of operating the undeclared outpost in the Chinatown neighbourhood and conspiring to act as agents for Beijing, said the US attorney for the eastern district of New York. The