Personal speech is biggest moment in vice-president’s career; Harris vows to be a president for all Americans Harris to face biggest test of her political life with DNC speech Now comes Pat Ryan, who represents a New York battleground district in the House of Representatives. He hit out at Donald […]
Month: August 2024
Chancellor rebuts Tory accusation she will be a soft touch and hints at tweak to debt rule to allow more borrowing Rachel Reeves has insisted there will be “no blank cheques” for public sector unions amid Conservative claims that the government’s attempt to end long-running strikes has made it a […]
The department of disease control said tests on a traveller had confirmed he was infected with the Clade 1b strain of mpox Thailand has confirmed Asia’s first known case of a new, deadlier strain of mpox in a patient who had travelled to the country from Africa. The department of […]
Former England footballer removed from presenting lineup after workplace conduct complaints Jermaine Jenas, a presenter on The One Show and who appears on Match of the Day, has been sacked by the BBC after complaints about his workplace conduct. The former footballer, 41, said he was seeking legal advice after […]
Marinovka airbase becomes latest target of Kyiv’s ambitious long-range drone campaign Ukraine has carried out a night-time drone attack on a Kremlin military airfield near the city of Volgograd and announced the capture of another village in Russia’s Kursk region, as Russian forces pressed on with their advance in the […]
TV personality fires up delegates with surprise Democratic convention speech; Tim Walz due to give keynote speech introducing himself to America When is Tim Walz speaking tonight Kamala Harris’s campaign raised four times as much money last month than Donald Trump’s campaign, Reuters is reporting, citing federal disclosures filed late […]
Identities not disclosed but UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter were among those onboard Divers scouring the wreck of the luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday have found the bodies of five of the six missing passengers. The UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, […]
Exclusive: Agency says foreign gangs not safe from prosecution in UK and plans new recording label to track extent of the crime ‘It looks so real’: amid rise in financial sextortion, Childline is helping teenagers fight back How west Africa’s online fraudsters moved into sextortion The National Crime Agency has […]
Woodland Trust’s competition comes as charity campaigns for more robust legal protection for precious trees An oak tree shaped like an elephant and the oak with the widest girth in the UK have been shortlisted for the annual Tree of the Year competition. The Woodland Trust runs the annual competition […]
Charity says rise ‘hugely concerning’ and calls for change in law in England and Northern Ireland in line with rest of UK Concerns raised to the NSPCC helpline about children being physically punished have more than tripled in a year, the charity has said. Helpline staff heard about children being […]