The home secretary has ordered a review into how “political activism” among officers, including actions like taking the knee, is impacting policing. Suella Braverman has commissioned His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary to look into impartiality and written to police chiefs to remind them their “focus should be on tackling crime”. In the letter, she highlighted
German automaker BMW on Saturday launched a hotly anticipated electric concept car, saying the so-called “Vision Neue Klasse” represents the dawn of a new era for the company. BMW’s latest design showcases a platform that will underpin the brand’s next generation of electric vehicles. The first electric vehicles based on the Neue Klasse — or new
A lawyer representing the family of a pregnant black woman who was shot dead by police in Ohio has said she was “murdered” and has called for the officer to be charged. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was pronounced dead shortly after the shooting on 24 August. Her unborn daughter also died. Bodycam footage released by police
Sajid Javid, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Greg Clark, Rishi Sunak, Grant Shapps and Kemi Badenoch: the list of Tory chancellors and business secretaries who have sought to unlock the puzzle of the British steel industry’s future in recent years is almost as long as the number of active production facilities remaining in Britain. And as the issue
Following the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency ISRO launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission, Aditya-L1. The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) website showed. The broadcast was watched
The government is in advanced talks with Britain’s biggest steel producer to hand over a £500m aid package aimed at securing the long-term future of steelmaking in South Wales. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Whitehall officials and Tata Steel are close to agreeing a deal that would commit more than £1bn to the future
Aditya-L1, India’s first solar mission, is all set to be launched today (September 2) at 11.50am IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota. The launch for the solar mission has been announced days after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved success in safe landing on the moon surface
Tesla is currently testing the dual-motor Cybertruck, of which we’ve been getting a lot of pictures, and now we have the best look yet at its wide-but-shallow frunk. We’ve seen photos of the Cybertruck’s massive frunk opening before, but they’ve always been taken from a distance or the side – never a great look at
Ten days after India’s success in landing the first ever spacecraft on the southern side of the moon, the country has launched ‘Aditya L1’, its first mission to study the sun. The spacecraft was launched on the polar satellite launch vehicle rocket, from Sriharikota on the eastern coast of India at 11.50am local time. According
Tottenham have had an unbeaten start to their Premier League season under new head coach Ange Postecoglou. He is the first Australian to manage in the league and has clearly made an impression on popstar Robbie Williams. ‘Guess I’m a Spurs fan now’ the singer told his Instagram followers after singing a version of his
The Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives voted to silence Rep. Justin Jones (D). Jones was ruled out of order for criticizing proposals that would allow private schools to adopt their own handgun carry policies. Later, he was ruled off topic over a bill that would allow local police to assign an officer to a school
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Tesla Model 3 vehicle on an auto carrier in front of a store in Rocklin, California, U.S., on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Tesla Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 26. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla shares dropped
Mohamed Al Fayed and “cash for questions” probably did more to bring about the downfall of John Major’s government than any of the other political scandals of the 1990s. It was Al Fayed’s bribery of Tory MPs Neil Hamilton and Tim Smith – in cash stuffed in brown envelopes – and hospitality at his luxury
In this article CHTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration, the Charter Communications logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Charter Communications CEO Chris Winfrey wants the pay-TV bundle to live. He also thinks the industry should get on board with
The chancellor has admitted more schools and other public buildings with structural problems could come to light in the coming weeks. It comes as the government investigates the extent of problems with crumbling concrete. More than 100 schools and colleges have been told by the Department for Education (DfE) to partially or fully shut buildings
Little has been heard from Mohamed Fayed during the last decade. He sold Harrods to Qatar Holdings as long ago as May 2010 and his other main trophy asset in the UK, Fulham FC, was offloaded to the US businessman Shahid Khan in July 2013. That latter deal brought down the curtain on a controversial
Mohamed Al Fayed has died at the age of 94. The Egyptian-born businessman was best known as a former owner of the Harrods department store and Fulham football club in London. He sold Harrods to Qatar Holdings in May 2010. Three years later, he also sold Fulham FC, to the US businessman Shahid Khan. Al
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Amir Dan Rubin David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amir Dan Rubin, CEO of primary care provider One Medical, which Amazon acquired about a year ago, is leaving the company later this year. “I want to share with you all that after six
Blink-182 has postponed gigs across the UK and Ireland as drummer Travis Barker rushed home to the US for an “urgent family matter”. The rock band was scheduled to play Glasgow‘s OVO Hydro on Friday and Saturday before moving to Belfast‘s SSE Arena and Dublin‘s 3 Arena next week. But on Friday morning, the band
Riot police called to a performance of The Bodyguard in Manchester; “Rude and abusive” audience members removed from the balcony of a West End performance of Grease by police and a performance of Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell at London’s Peacock Theatre brought to a standstill by a man hurling abuse at fellow theatregoers.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced millions of people to flee their homes. Almost 170,000 of them have spent much of the last 18 months navigating new lives in the UK. Sky News spoke with five refugees who shared their stories of starting over in Britain, risking life and limb to visit their homeland, and their
An Amazon shareholder has filed a lawsuit against founder Jeff Bezos and the Amazon board alleging directors failed to fully vet a decision to award launch contracts for the company’s Project Kuiper satellite project to Blue Origin, Bezos’s space company. The lawsuit filed by Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Pension Fund earlier this week claims that
Police have released bodycam footage of the moment an officer shot dead a pregnant black woman in Ohio. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was pronounced dead shortly after the shooting on 24 August. Her unborn daughter also died. The video shows two officers outside Ms Young’s car, which is parked outside a food shop in the suburb
Hyundai IONIQ 5 electric SUV (Source: Hyundai) Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) are going to inject an additional $2 billion into their $4.3 billion US EV battery factory. Carmaker Hyundai and lithium-ion battery maker LGES signed a memorandum of understanding at LGES’s headquarters in Seoul in May. The two companies will 50/50
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The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot has obtained text messages between former President Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows and Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.#CNN #News
In this article DIS CHTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT SportsCenter at ESPN Headquarters. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images Cable giant Charter Communications and Disney are in a battle over contract fees that has left millions of people without access to U.S. Open and potentially “Monday Night Football,” with
Andres Ferrari, ESPN EditorSep 1, 2023, 07:49 AM ET Close Andres Ferrari is ESPN.com’s boxing and MMA editor. Mikaela Mayer is going up in weight class to test the waters for a possible move to the welterweight division. Mayer, a former junior lightweight champion is facing little-known Silvia Bortot in a 10-round junior welterweight bout
Ukraine might have thwarted Russian ambitions to subjugate the whole of the country, but it faces a herculean task if it is to expel Russian forces from occupied territories completely. Ukraine remains the David to Russia’s Goliath. It cannot afford to be trapped in an attritional battle that it would struggle to win; instead, it
In this article ABB.N-CH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The CEO of Swedish-Swiss multinational robotics firm ABB said he has been “disappointed” by the state of the Chinese market, adding he expects conditions will prove challenging for the rest of the year. “China is not really developing as we hoped in the beginning of
Liam Napier Sep 1, 2023, 01:15 AM New Zealand’s identity has long been shaped by its sports teams. The ability of Aotearoa, the Shaky Isles, land of the long white cloud, to succeed on the world stage fills a small nation at the bottom of the globe with a glowing sense of nationalistic pride. Whether
Comparing the UK economy with its pre-pandemic size has become an almost totemic way of highlighting its sluggish performance post-COVID. It has certainly been a gift for Opposition politicians and in particular when – in September last year – the Office for National Statistics (ONS) produced evidence that the UK was the only economy in
Black Sea grain exports are likely to be discussed when Vladimir Putin meets Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Monday. The Kremlin confirmed on Friday Mr Putin will entertain his Turkish counterpart in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. Foremost in the discussions will be Black Sea grain exports, Reuters said, quoting two Turkish