MPs have voted to cut the winter fuel payment for all but the country’s poorest pensioners. A Tory move to block the measure was defeated by 348 to 228 votes – a majority of 120. Labour has a working majority in the Commons of 167. The division list showed Labour MP Jon Trickett supported the
Are you seeing more Kia electric cars on the road? It’s not just you. Kia’s EVs, including the EV6 and new EV9, have helped push the brand to two consecutive record-breaking sales months in the US. With its new conquest cash incentive, Kia is now taking aim at Tesla drivers as it looks to win
Israeli airstrikes have killed or wounded 65 people in a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, the region’s emergency service have said. According to the Gaza civil emergency service, a tent encampment near Khan Younis in the Al-Mawasi area – which is a designated humanitarian zone – was struck by at least four
The chief inspector of prisons for England and Wales has warned that today’s early release of around 1,750 offenders is going to be “risky”. It is being done to create space in the country’s overcrowded prisons and the government insists the alternative was “unthinkable” and would have led to a “total collapse of the criminal
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT oatawa | Getty Bitcoin jumped Monday evening and topped $57,000 after Wall Street’s rebound from its worst week of the year. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 5.6% at $57,4449.00, according to Coin Metrics. Last week, bitcoin tumbled 9% for its
Acting great James Earl Jones, who voiced Star Wars villain Darth Vader and Mufasa in The Lion King, has died at the age of 93. He appeared in Conan the Barbarian, played Eddie Murphy’s dad in Coming to America and starred in The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games. Mark Hamill, who played Luke
Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 8, 2024, 06:15 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award
Cylib, a startup backed by Porsche and Bosch, is building a huge electric vehicle battery recycling facility in Dormagen, a town in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia region. Cylib A massive battery recycling plant is being built in Germany by Cylib, a startup looking to reduce waste from EV batteries that have reached the end of their
MPs will vote later on a controversial plan by the new government to remove the winter fuel payment from the majority of pensioners. The move – which will see around 10 million people lose the payment of up to £300 to help with energy costs – has been defended by Labour, who said “tough decisions”
NBA Insiders Sep 9, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The expectations for NBA teams continue to heighten every season, especially for franchises that have recently made big moves to improve their rosters and staff. After a dismal season, the Los Angeles Lakers will look to get back into contention under first-time head coach
A man who took his own life after appearing on The Jeremy Kyle Show was left “distraught” and “broken” after returning from filming, an inquest has heard. Steve Dymond, 63, was found dead at his home in Portsmouth, Hampshire, in May 2019, seven days after taking part in the show. Image: Pic: Kyle backstage with
It’s a widely held opinion that improving safety in lithium-ion batteries used for electric bikes and e-scooters is generally considered to be a good thing. And yet you may be surprised at why Texas senator Ted Cruz is obstructing a bipartisan bill to improve battery safety in the US. Believe it or not, it largely
U.S. crude oil futures rebounded nearly 1% on Monday after posting the worst week since October 2023. The U.S. benchmark has fallen 15.8% so far in the third quarter while the Brent global benchmark has fallen more than 16.6%. “We have lost 400 million barrels of financial demand since early July,” Daan Struyven, oil research
A victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal has told Sky News that plans for a new appeals process are “unacceptable” on several fronts. Chris Head, once the youngest sub-postmaster in the UK but who lost everything when he was wrongly accused of theft, spoke out after the business secretary Jonathan Reynolds told MPs the
A man who admitted the rape and murder of a woman he stabbed 60 times during sex 27 years ago should be freed from prison, the Parole Board has said. Steven Ling was jailed for life in December 1998 after admitting an attack on Joanne Tulip, 29, in Stamfordham, Northumberland. He has been recommended for
The state pension is due to rise by 4% in April, giving an extra £460 a year to recipients. The payment increases by the highest of total average weekly earnings, inflation for September or 2.5%. Figures on Tuesday showed average weekly earnings rose by 4% in the three months to July. Inflation data for September
Ministers are not looking to soften the blow for 10 million pensioners who will no longer receive winter fuel payments, the prime minister’s spokesman has said. Ahead of a vote on Tuesday on the controversial decision to limit winter fuel payments to those on pension credit, the government is remaining steadfast despite growing opposition from
The presidential election on 5 November is set to be the tightest race since at least 2000. Kamala Harris currently holds a slender lead over Donald Trump, according to the latest polls. But the US election is not all about who wins the most votes overall, it’s about who wins in the right states. How
Ministers are racing to finalise a £1.25bn deal with Tata Steel, the owner of Britain’s biggest steelworks, amid fading hopes of a similarly consensual agreement with the industry’s second-largest player. Sky News understands that Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, wants to make a statement to parliament on Wednesday about the Tata Steel deal after Prime
A major US-led search for what would be the first ever great white shark recorded in either Irish or British waters has concluded without success. The team from non-profit research organisation Ocearch is returning to Florida after finishing work at the grey seal hotspot of the Great Blasket Island in County Kerry. “Sure, it was