The Natural History Museum was the most visited indoor attraction in the UK for a second consecutive year, new figures show. The London museum had 4,654,608 visitors last year, topping the British Museum, which had 4,097,253 visitors, and the Tate Modern, with 3,883,160 visitors, according to data from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (Alva).
Boris Johnson has been re-selected to run as the Conservative candidate in Uxbridge and South Ruislip for the next general election. The former prime minister and current MP will again contest the northwest London seat, which he first won in 2015, in the next election that is due to be held no later than January
Security guards at Heathrow Airport are to strike over Easter in a dispute over pay, with passengers warned they face “severe delays”. The Unite union said flights using Heathrow Airport will “experience severe delays and disruption this Easter” as the workers stage a 10-day walkout. More than 1,400 security guards employed by Heathrow Airports Ltd
Alison Hammond is set to become the new host of The Great British Bake Off, replacing Matt Lucas. Bosses of the hit Channel 4 show are expected to announce her as co-presenter to actor and comedian Noel Fielding within days, according to reports. Hammond, 48, would be the first black Caribbean host or judge to
A group of 11 major banks have clubbed together to provide $30bn (£24.7bn) of cash in an attempt to end a crisis of confidence surrounding another major US bank. First Republic, a regional lender, was among those to have seen its share price collapse this week amid sector-wide balance sheet scrutiny prompted by the collapse
Tesla has submitted its environmental application to expand Gigafactory Berlin to produce one million vehicles per year. When ramping up a new vehicle to volume production at a new factory, Tesla generally considers 5,000 units per week to be the goal. After starting production late in 2021, Tesla originally aimed to achieve that at Gigafactory
Russia announced that it would cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day in March after the West slapped price caps on Russian oil and oil products. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The International Energy Agency on Wednesday said Russia’s oil export revenues fell sharply in February, prompted by bans and price
On the edge of Europe is a pocket of pro-Russian support which has been under close watch since the outbreak of war in Ukraine. Transnistria is a breakaway region in eastern Moldova which is politically, economically and militarily supported by Moscow. Neither Moldova nor the wider international community recognise its independence. In Transnistria’s capital, Tiraspol,
In this article GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Google announced a price increase for its YouTube TV subscription on Thursday. It’s rising from $65 per month to $73 per month starting
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the company’s Ignite Spotlight event in Seoul on Nov. 15, 2022. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Thanks to recent advances in artificial intelligence, new tools like ChatGPT are wowing consumers with their ability to create compelling writing
President Biden has tried to reassure US citizens that the country’s financial system is safe following the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank, and its UK arm being bought by HSBC for £1. But the demise of the bank has created wider fears about the banking sector in general. Sky’s Economics Editor Ed Conway reports.
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9:30 PM ET ESPN staff 2023 NFL free agency is off and running, as teams have been agreeing to deals with unrestricted free agents and re-signing their own players since Monday, when the legal tampering period opened. Now that the new league year has begun, those deals can be made official. We’re tracking all of
There have been rare chaotic scenes in the French parliament as President Emmanuel Macron used special powers to push through an unpopular pensions bill which aims to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Boos and chants from opposition politicians were heard in the national assembly (the lower house) as left-wing MPs sung lines
NHS unions have reached a pay deal with the government in a major breakthrough that could herald the end of strikes by frontline staff in England. The offer consists of a one-off payment of 2% of their salary plus a COVID recovery bonus of 4% for the current financial year 2022/23, and a 5% pay
The SNP have lost around 30,000 party members since 2021. The SNP reported a membership of 125,534 in December 2018. According to data published by the Electoral Commission, that dropped to around 104,000 by the end of December 2021. On Thursday, the SNP admitted just 72,186 members were eligible to vote in the party leadership
Pink Floyd co-founder and bassist Roger Waters has vowed to take legal action after a planned concert in Frankfurt was cancelled by officials who branded him one of the “world’s most widely spread antisemites”. The veteran musician was scheduled to perform at the city’s Festhalle on 28 May as part of his This Is Not
8:00 AM ET ESPN staff From the opening week matchups of blue bloods to the November conference battles defining the college football landscape, a season-defining game can come at any point. Last season, fans were treated to Ohio State outlasting Notre Dame, Georgia announcing its intention of winning back-to-back titles with a 49-3 rout of
The European Central Bank (ECB) has maintained its fight against inflation and imposed a large set of interest rate hikes despite financial market turmoil. Bank balance sheets have suffered because of the effect of interest rate increases, which have contributed to recent crises at Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse. But the central bank –
The US Air Force has released video said to show a Russian jet intercepting an American drone and dumping fuel on it over the Black Sea. It said two Russian Su-27 jets flew close to the MQ-9 Reaper before one hit its propeller and forced remote operators to crash it into the ocean. Tuesday’s incident
Dallas-based infrastructure manufacturer Arcosa (NYSE: ACA) said today that it’s received $750 million worth of wind turbine tower orders, so it’s building a new factory where it can make them. The majority of the company’s wind turbine tower orders will support wind energy projects currently under way in the US Southwest, so that’s why it
Energy stocks were slammed Wednesday as U.S. oil prices plunged to their lowest levels since December 2021. The extent of the decline in West Texas Intermediate crude — down 5.5% to under $67 per barrel — seems overdone in an energy market that remains structurally undersupplied. However, we’re not ready to step in right here
More than 100 tech firms’ CEOs have told Chancellor Jeremy Hunt they believe the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank would bring harm to the UK’s tech sector. PM Rishi Sunak, who is flying to the US for an official visit, has echoed comments by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt that the Treasury is “working at pace” to
Steve Bannon’s attorney Evan Corcoran veered several times into subjects the court wouldn’t allow him to discuss with the jury as he wrapped up his closing argument for Bannon’s innocence. A patter of objections from the Justice Department team that the judge agreed with led to a rocky final few minutes of Bannon’s case. CNN’s
Jeremy Hunt’s budget leaves household incomes stagnant and people paying higher taxes despite cuts to public services, the Resolution Foundation has said. The thinktank, which aims to improve the standard of living for low and middle-income families, said the chancellor had announced an “impressively broad suite of policies” to encourage more people into work. However,
SINGAPORE — Compared to startups, Southeast Asia’s venture capital firms could see a bigger impact from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank because finding a replacement for the U.S.-based bank in the region will be challenging. “I think from a VC firm’s perspective, you will see a bigger impact here,” said David Gowdey, managing partner
A strike by rail workers today will bring train services to a halt across the country in the latest disruption caused by a wave of industrial action. Teachers in England and university staff will also continue their walkout from Wednesday, when they took part in one of the single biggest days of action in a
Labour has pledged to reverse the plans to abolish the lifetime pensions allowance if it wins power, calling it “a Tory tax cut for the rich”. The party released analysis saying the policy proposed in Jeremy Hunt’s budget will save the wealthiest 1% of pensioners £45,000 when they retire. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said this
The US says the drone which crashed into the Black Sea after encountering two Russian fighter jets will not provide intelligence of any value should Moscow attempt to recover its wreckage. Russian officials have said they will seek to find whatever is left of the MQ-9 Reaper, which was downed on Tuesday. Sergei Naryshkin, head
A new spacesuit designed for astronauts hoping to land on the moon has been demonstrated in Texas. NASA awarded Axiom Space, a company based in Houston, a $228.5m contract to provide the outfits for the first moon landing in more than 50 years. The space agency is targeting late 2025 at the earliest to land
It looks like Google-owned navigation app Waze is finally going to make it possible to add your EV and plug type into its app to find EV chargers along your route – but when, exactly? I have two EVs: a VW with a J1772 plug and one with a Tesla plug. Sometimes I use Waze
In this article @CL.1 Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Oil production in Azerbaijan Vostok | Getty Images Oil prices fell sharply Wednesday, as traders feared a brewing banking crisis could dent global economic growth. West Texas Intermediate futures fell more than 5% to settle at $67.61 per barrel, reaching its lowest level since December
Teenage workers on Jeremy Clarkson’s farm are allegedly having to “wear body cameras” after locals directed “abuse” at them. It comes as the television presenter battles to get his expansion plans for Diddly Squat Farm approved after they were turned down last May by the council. West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) and some villagers are