Power outages leave more than 1.4 million homes and businesses in the dark, while thousands of US flights were canceled The winter storm that forecasters dubbed Elliott intensified into a bomb cyclone near the Great Lakes on Friday, bringing high winds and blizzard conditions from the Northern Plains to western […]
Damien Bendall, who went on to murder his pregnant partner and three children, rated as ‘medium’ rather than ‘high risk’ The probation officer who judged Damien Bendall, who has been jailed for life for murdering three children and his pregnant partner, to be “medium” rather than “high risk” has reportedly […]
ByteDance said four employees were fired for examining data of two journalists in attempt to find leak source ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of popular video app TikTok, said on Thursday that some employees improperly accessed TikTok user data of two journalists and were no longer employed by the company, […]
Ukrainian president’s visit had been planned for days and organised in secret because of concerns about his safety See all our Ukraine war coverage Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s surprise visit to Washington – the Ukrainian president’s first overseas trip since the Russian invasion 300 days ago – started with a secretive train […]
UK ministers considering ‘nuclear option’ after MSPs overwhelmingly back bill on transgender rights Rishi Sunak’s government is threatening to block a new law that would make Scotland the first part of the UK to introduce a self-identification system for people who want to change gender. In a significant escalation that […]
Exclusive: Better known for its work in developing countries, charity has supported thousands of UK households this year A leading charity has warned that the UK’s poorest families are in acute need and urged ministers to provide immediate extra financial support. Gwen Hines, the chief executive of Save the Children, […]
Guitarist Neal Schon issues cease-and-desist order to keyboardist Jonathan Cain over performance of Don’t Stop Believin’ at Mar-a-Lago A member of prog rock band Journey has served a fellow bandmate with a cease-and-desist order for performing their hit Don’t Stop Believin’ with several high-profile Republicans for Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago […]
England and Sarina Wiegman win team and coach of the year Mead: ‘This is for women’s sport. Let’s keep pushing girls’ Beth Mead has been crowned the BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2022 after firing England to a history-making European Championship that propelled women’s football into the mainstream. […]
British Chamber of Commerce present government with urgent recommendations as members report struggling to sell into EU More than three-quarters of firms say the government’s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU has not helped them to expand their business in the last two years despite promises that it was an […]
Ukrainian president’s first foreign trip since Russia invaded was made amid concern that Republicans might oppose future funding proposals The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has given a defiant address to a joint session of the US Congress in which he vowed that his country would never abandon its resistance to […]