Police have dropped the case against a woman arrested for sharing false information about the identity of the Southport stabbing suspect. Bernadette Spofforth was arrested at her Chester home in August on suspicion of publishing written material to stir up racial hatred and false communications. In the hours after the killing of the three children,
Cosmology stands at a potential turning point, with the NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) poised to address longstanding issues in the field. For years, the standard cosmological model has been the gold standard, explaining the universe’s composition as 68 percent dark energy, 27 percent dark matter, and 5 percent ordinary matter. This model has
Post Office chief executive Nick Read is to step down, the company has announced. Mr Read had temporarily stepped back from the role in July to prepare for the next stage of the Horizon scandal inquiry. Neil Brocklehurst, the current interim chief operating officer, has been asked to replace Mr Read as acting CEO. “It
The London Victims’ Commissioner has called for it to be easier to appeal lenient sentences after it emerged the case of Huw Edwards cannot be reviewed. The disgraced BBC veteran was spared jail on Monday for accessing indecent images of children as young as seven, with the judge handing down a six-month suspended term at
An actor has claimed he was the victim of “police misconduct” after allegedly being pepper sprayed in an “unlawful arrest”. Reece Richards, who appeared in the hit Netflix series Sex Education and is currently touring in Hairspray The Musical, said he was thrown to the ground during a police chase on 4 September following a
“It’s a dangerous business being president,” Donald Trump said to rapturous applause inside the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan. This was his first public appearance since his golf course became a crime scene on Sunday afternoon. He was being questioned by a fawning interviewer in Sarah Huckabee Sanders, his former press secretary and now
In this article ME Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and chief executive officer of 23andme Inc., during the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, US, on Friday, March 10, 2023. Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty Images All seven independent directors of 23andMe resigned from the company’s board Tuesday,
Lotus has unveiled a new EV concept which it calls “Theory 1,” a lightweight(-ish) electric sportscar concept inspired by the Lotus Esprit with nearly 1,000hp and capable of speeds up to 200mph. Here at Electrek, we see and report on a lot of wild EV concepts. These concepts are often accompanied by long treatises on
The RN-Tuapsinsky refinery operated by Rosneft Oil Co. in Tuapse, Russia. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — As the world’s oil traders and analysts gathered at the annual Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference in Singapore last week, the slump in oil and where it was headed was foremost in everybody’s mind. China, the
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 17, 2024, 04:35 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Simon Easterby will coach Ireland’s men’s team in the 2025 Six Nations while Andy Farrell takes
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Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside thousands of pagers ordered by Hezbollah months before the devices exploded, a Lebanese security source has told the Reuters news agency. The senior source said the militant group had ordered 5,000 beepers which several other sources said were brought into Lebanon in the spring.
Being a president is more dangerous than bull-riding, Donald Trump said at his first town hall event since an apparent attempt on his life. A suspect in a potential assassination attempt against Mr Trump at his golf club in West Palm Beach on Sunday has been charged with two federal gun crimes. Speaking 48 hours
Ten years ago today the people of Scotland went to the polls to decide on the future of their country in the Scottish independence referendum. The historic event – which would have seen Scotland break free from the rest of the UK – took place on 18 September 2014 and saw more than two million
Rock band The Last Dinner Party, comedian Fern Brady and hit TV show Mr Bates Vs The Post Office are among the winners at this year’s Sky Arts Awards. The inaugural event, building on the legacy of the South Bank Sky Arts Awards, was hosted by Joe Lycett at the Roundhouse, in London, on Tuesday.
A medical technology company which produces tissue-healing surgical products has become the latest London-listed business to draw interest from buyout firms. Sky News has learnt that Inflexion, the private equity group, has been studying a takeover of Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS Group), which has a market capitalisation of over £500m. On Tuesday evening, it
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Apple Series 10 is displayed during an event at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 12, 2023. Loren Elliott | Reuters The new Apple Watch Series 10 hits stores on Friday. I’ve been testing it for the past five days, and there
Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, will hold talks with union bosses and business leaders on Wednesday as the government pursues its ambition of ending “exploitative” zero-hours contracts. Sky News understands that Ms Rayner, business secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Justin Madders, the employment rights minister, will meet representatives of major business groups including the CBI
It really is like something out of a Hollywood spy movie. The pagers of Hezbollah officials simultaneously exploding in a southern Beirut suburb, causing hundreds of injuries and immense embarrassment. Israel hasn’t claimed responsibility, but all fingers will point to the Mossad, Israel’s external intelligence agency famed for inventive and audacious attacks on its enemies.
There’s nothing better to pass the time on a road trip than singing tunes with friends and family. Ford F-150 Lightning drivers can enjoy Karaoke for the first time through the Stingray Karaoke app. Here’s how it works. Ford F-150 Lightning drivers gain in-car Karaoke Ford is introducing Karake for EV drivers through a software