Another aide has reportedly left Number 10, taking the total number of departures in less than 24 hours to five. Number Ten Policy Unit member Elena Narozanski is the latest aide to leave Boris Johnson’s Downing Street operation amid the continuing fallout from the partygate allegations, Conservative Home reports. Her departure comes after Number 10
Four key resignations in Downing Street on Thursday are the result of the prime minister “taking charge”, a government minister has told Sky News. Energy minister Greg Hands said Boris Johnson was making the promised changes to his team in the wake of the highly-critical Sue Gray report into the partygate allegations. Sunak takes swipe
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has suggested that workers should not ask for big pay rises as it battles surging inflation. The Bank has acted to combat accelerating price growth by hiking interest rates to 0.5%. But if employees ask for wage increases to match the cost of living its task could be made
NASA has again delayed the final prelaunch test of Artemis I, an uncrewed mission that will be the stepping stone for returning humans to the Moon after several decades. The wet dress rehearsal was previously scheduled for February and has now been postponed to mid-March. This could now delay the actual launch of Artemis I
Since its launch three decades ago, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured millions of stunning images of the cosmos. On its first launch anniversary on April 24 in 1991, it observed something amazing. It’s called the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant and it is located 2,600 light-years away from Earth. Sharing the image on Twitter, NASA
Households will be left in “deep peril” and older people will be “badly shaken” by the rise in energy bills, charities have warned. On Thursday, energy regulator Ofgem announced prices are set to soar by 54% for 22 million households from the beginning of April, adding £693 to the annual costs of a typical household.
In this article SNAP Evan Spiegel, CEO and co-founder of Snap Inc. Adam Galica | CNBC Snap reported its first quarterly net profit on Thursday, and beat analyst estimates for the fourth quarter on earnings, revenue and user growth. The report comes a day after Facebook parent Meta delivered disappointing guidance for the first quarter
Lightning eMotors, a specialist in purpose-built commercial EVs and electric conversions, has announced a new agreement with General Motors (GM). Under the terms of the new agreement, Lightning eMotors becomes the first GM Specialty Vehicle Manufacturer (SVM) to develop 100% electric Class 3 through 6 commercial vehicles. Lightning eMotors ($ZEV) is a Colorado-based auto manufacturer specializing in
The Metropolitan Police has announced that a motorist who knocked down a knife wielding attacker with his car in west London has been released without charge. Leon McCaskre died after being hit by the vehicle in Maida Vale, moments after he stabbed his former partner Yasmin Chkaifi to death. The driver of the car, a
Mike Detmer, a Republican candidate running for Michigan state Senate, was caught on camera at a meet and greet telling voters that people should be ready to “show up armed” to protect Republican ballot observers “if we can’t change the tide.” #CNN #News
A pump jack at oil well and fracking site situated in cotton field in Shafter. Kern County Education Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images U.S. oil crossed above $90 on Thursday for the first time since 2014 as demand for petroleum products surges while supply remains constrained. West Texas Intermediate crude futures, the
9:50 AM ET The NHL All-Star Game exists for three audiences. There are the fans in the city in which it’s held, who fill seats in the arena and jam the convention center Fan Fest for a glimpse at the Selke Trophy; the sponsors, who fill suites in the arena and get that photo op
In this article AMZN Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.Com Inc., speaks during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon will report its fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings per share: $3.57, according to
There is only one question being asked in Westminster right now: What is going on in Downing Street? When I put it to one of Boris Johnson’s senior allies, their response was simple… the prime minister is “under siege”. They pointed to the series of chaotic resignations from Number 10 over the space of a
Revelations by Britain and the US about the threat of a new Russian invasion of Ukraine are “ruining” Moscow’s plans, the Ukrainian deputy defence minister has said. Hanna Maliar said the risk of an attack remained – but that the act of calling out suspected Russian schemes was a way to combat them. “It’s important
US intelligence accusing Russia of planning a fake attack to justify an invasion of Ukraine is “shocking evidence of Moscow’s aggression”, Liz Truss has warned. The foreign secretary tweeted: “This is clear and shocking evidence of Russia’s unprovoked aggression and underhand activity to destabilise Ukraine. “This bellicose intent towards a sovereign democratic country is completely
Two more senior officials are leaving Number 10 in an apparent mass exodus from Downing Street amid the fallout from the partygate scandal. Number 10 revealed on Thursday night that both Dan Rosenfield, the prime minister’s chief of staff, and Martin Reynolds, Mr Johnson’s principal private secretary, are leaving their roles. It came just hours
11:04 AM ET Five-star defensive lineman Lebbeus Overton, the No. 1-ranked prospect in the 2023 football class, is reclassifying to the 2022 class to enroll in college this spring. Overton is a 6-foot-3, 265-pound prospect out of Milton High School in Milton, Georgia. Despite the fact that signing day passed for the 2022 class, Overton
8:36 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Conor McGregor is the biggest star in combat sports. Francis Ngannou is the baddest man on the planet. Nate Diaz is one of the UFC’s most beloved needle movers. Every
The leader of Islamic State has been killed during a raid by US special forces in Syria. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died by exploding a bomb that killed himself and members of his family as American forces approached a house in the rebel-held province of Idlib, a US official said. He was among at least
The Russian military, which had announced naval drills off the coast of Ireland, agreed to move them further away after fishermen vowed to disrupt them. CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan speaks with some of the fishermen involved in the process. #CNN #News
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Shell petrol station logo on Sept. 29, 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Oil giant Shell on Thursday reported a sharp upswing in full-year profit on rebounding commodity prices. The British oil major posted adjusted earnings of $19.29 billion for the full-year 2021. That compared with a profit
Millions of households will see their energy bills rise to a typical £1,971 a year after regulator Ofgem increased its price cap by 54%. The increase, which will on average see bills for 22 million customers on variable gas and electricity tariffs rise by £693, will take effect in April and follows a 12% rise
The films in the running for this year’s BAFTA awards have been announced. Dune, West Side Story, James Bond’s No Time To Die, Belfast and The Power Of The Dog are among the movies up for prizes in 2022, while Lady Gaga, Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith are among the acting nominees. You can read
Rihanna has shared a photo of her baby bump after announcing she and rapper boyfriend A$AP Rocky are expecting their first child together. The singer and businesswoman, 33, showed off her growing bump to her 120 million Instagram followers as she stood in a white-tiled bathroom lifting her sports jersey. “How the gang pulled up
A production and storage vessel which can hold up to two million barrels of oil has exploded off the coast of Nigeria with ten crew members on board. The FPSO Trinity Spirit, with can process up to 22,000 barrels of oil per day, was situated near Warri in southern Nigeria when it burst into flames.
Dune has bagged the most nominations at this year’s BAFTA film awards with 11, followed by Netflix western The Power Of The Dog and Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical Belfast. All three go up in the best film category, along with Adam McKay’s climate-comedy Don’t Look Up and Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1970s drama Licorice Pizza. Dune, which
International Space Station (ISS) is entering its final decade of operational life and NASA is planning to open it for commercial activities. The space agency has detailed the transition plan in a new report. It outlines the steps being taken by NASA to develop “both the supply and demand side” of the low-Earth-orbit commercial economy.
A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after a Canadian teenager died in a house in Essex. Police have provisionally named the victim as Ashley Wadsworth, 19, from Vernon in British Columbia. Jack Sepple, who lives in Tennyson Road, Chelmsford, has been charged with murder and is due to appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court
A US intelligence agency said Wednesday that its newest spy satellite successfully launched into orbit atop a reusable SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The SpaceX rocket took off at 12:27 pm local time (01:57am IST on February 3) from the Vandenberg Air Force base in California, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which is in charge of
Analysis by Jon Craig, political correspondent It’s being called D-day for the cost-of-living crisis. And Rishi Sunak is determined to be centre stage and show the public and Tory MPs that he has the right measures to tackle it. On a day of good news and bad news, on which the bad threatens to outweigh
In this article FB Building the metaverse isn’t cheap. Meta, Facebook’s parent company, revealed the financials of its Reality Labs division for the first time in its Q4 2021 earnings report on Wednesday. That’s the segment of the company tasked with building CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse. It also includes revenue from hardware,