A Tory MP has thrown down the gauntlet to former footballer Gary Lineker, telling him to stand at the next election amid an ongoing feud with the BBC presenter. Jonathan Gullis criticised Lineker last month on social media for signing an open letter against the Rwanda bill, claiming it breached the BBC’s new impartiality rules.
The longest strike in NHS history, during which junior doctors walked out for six days, led to more than 113,000 patient operations, appointments and procedures being postponed, new figures show. The industrial action started last Wednesday and continued until yesterday, with 25,446 staff absent from work at the peak, which was the day the strike
Tesla’s Model Y was the best-selling electric vehicle in the US in 2023 by far, but other EVs from VW, Hyundai, Rivian, Chevy, and Ford are climbing the sales charts. Another year of EV records A record 1.2 million EVs were handed over to customers in the US last year, beating most expectations. Electric vehicles
Jan 10, 2024, 02:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 Kentucky Derby will be the richest in history as the purse for the first jewel of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown has been raised 67% to a record $5 million guaranteed, Churchill Downs said Wednesday. The winner of the 1-1/4-mile race on May 4 will
British and US forces appear to be gearing up to strike an Iranian-backed militant group in Yemen after the Houthi rebels defied a warning to stop attacking ships in the Red Sea. Grant Shapps, the UK defence secretary, accused Iran of meddling and declared “enough is enough” in an escalating crisis that could ignite a
The head of beleaguered plane maker Boeing has said “a quality escape” occurred in safety checks which led to a mid-flight blowout when a door ‘plug’ came off during a flight involving one of the company’s jets. Chief executive Dave Calhoun explained that the “quality escape” to which he referred was “anything that could potentially
The family of murder victim Muriel McKay have offered a landowner £40,000 to let them excavate the farm where they believe her body was buried 54 years ago. They hope the money would compensate the banker for the inconvenience and any damage and repairs to his land. The offer was made in a letter hand-delivered
The number of mothers dying either during pregnancy or soon after has increased to its highest level for 20 years, with black women and those from deprived areas most severely affected, a major UK study has found. There were 13.41 deaths per 100,000 women in the UK either during pregnancy or within six weeks after
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Amazon is laying off hundreds of employees across its Prime Video and MGM Studios divisions. Mike Hopkins, who oversees those units, sent a note to staffers on Wednesday informing them of the job cuts, according to a copy of the memo viewed by CNBC. An
When nine million people watch a TV drama that then provokes a national outpouring of anger over the postmasters’ fight for justice, a prime minister would do well to acknowledge the public mood and act. And that’s exactly what we have seen Rishi Sunak do this week. PM accused of seeking ‘glory’ from scandal –
Rapper Skepta has responded after artwork for his upcoming single was criticised for alluding to the Holocaust. Artwork for the grime star’s upcoming track Gas Me Up (Diligent) featured people with shaved heads, with the words “gas me up” tattooed on one, inspired by the period during which his parents moved to the UK in
At least five people died and hundreds of thousands were in the dark as storms covered much of the US on Tuesday. Tornadoes swept across the midwest and south of the country, blizzards were felt in the northwest, and parts of the east of the country were threatened with flooding. In the northeast of the
Jan 10, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re about a month away from the 2024 NBA trade deadline (Feb. 8, 3 p.m. ET), and things are starting to heat up around the league. The Minnesota Timberwolves remain at the top of a competitive Western Conference, but the Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets
Nick ParkinsonJan 10, 2024, 07:49 AM ET Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Open Extended Reactions Not one of Artur Beterbiev‘s 19 professional opponents has lasted to hear the final bell, but Callum Smith will
The prime minister has said a new law will be introduced so people wrongly convicted in the Horizon scandal are “swiftly exonerated and compensated”. In the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the year, Rishi Sunak said he will make sure those convicted as part of the Post Office scandal will be “swiftly exonerated and compensated”.
Tesla has officially launched the new Model 3 Highland refresh in North America – taking orders now for deliveries within a month. Last summer, Tesla introduced a new version of the Model 3, codenamed Highland, which featured a refreshed design, a new backseat screen, new ambient light, and more. It was only being built at
A British warship and US forces have destroyed “multiple drones” launched by Iranian-backed Houthi fighters in the Red Sea, the British defence secretary has said. Grant Shapps said it had been the largest attack in the region by the militants to date, with drones heading towards HMS Diamond, a Type 45 destroyer that was deployed
INDIA – 2021/10/16: In this Photo illustration a Bitcoin logo seen displayed on a smartphone with an ETF(exchange traded fund) logo in the background. (Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Social media X said late Tuesday it has completed a preliminary probe into the compromised
Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterJan 9, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions ANDY REID STILL recalls the first time he met Travis Kelce, after one of Kelce’s games while he was still at the University of Cincinnati. He remembers thinking
A former US congressman – who led an extensive investigation into previous issues with Boeing planes – has accused the company of relying on “crappy stuff” from its subcontractor after the 737 MAX 9 mid-air blowout. Peter DeFazio, who chaired the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee until 2022, said the focus needs to turn to
Hooded gunmen have burst onto a live TV set in Ecuador. Live television images broadcast on Tuesday showed hooded people – some waving guns – inside Ecuador’s TC Television station in Guayaquil. They were seen telling staff to lie down on the floor and shouted that they had “bombs”, while shouting and noises similar to
In addition to updates for phones, tablets, and TVs, Google has a number of Android Auto and Automotive announcements at CES 2024, including a Chrome app. Android Auto is getting deeper integration wherein electric vehicles can share real-time battery information with Google Maps. This will let the navigation app show “estimated battery level upon arrival
Activists take part at a “Look Down action” rally to stop deep sea mining outside the European Parliament in Brussels on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images) Kenzo Tribouillard | Afp | Getty Images Norway is poised to become one of the first countries in
More than 30 Tory MPs are poised to back amendments aimed at “toughening” Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda bill when it returns to the Commons next week. The prime minister is braced for yet another showdown with the right-wing faction of his party, which believes the legislation in its current form will not stop further legal challenges
Elon Musk — the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter — speaks during The New York Times’ annual DealBook summit in New York City, Nov. 29, 2023. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, announced it will launch peer-to-peer
Civil servants have hit back at “cowardly” former ministers who have criticised them for their alleged failure to act on the Post Office Horizon scandal. A blame-game is under way following the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which depicted how hundreds of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses were wrongly held responsible for accounting errors
It is, says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, a spending bombshell that will mean the Labour Party breaks its fiscal rules or imposes swingeing taxes on the public. The shadow chancellor, on the other hand, says it’s a necessary and affordable measure. Whoever you believe, and we’ll get on to the details shortly, it’s fast becoming clear
Astrobotic’s Peregrine-1 spacecraft has “no chance” of landing on the moon after it sprang a propellant leak, the company says. The problem occurred in the first few hours of the lunar lander’s journey into space. The Pittsburgh-based firm added that there is enough fuel left in the lander to allow it to operate “as a
More than half of child sexual abuse offences recorded in 2022 were committed by other children, new figures reveal. Police say the rise of child-on-child abuse is fuelled by access to violent pornography and smart phones. Data from 42 police forces in England and Wales shows that a total of 106,984 child sexual abuse offences
Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterJan 9, 2024, 02:55 AM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — As Jim Harbaugh exited the platform where he hoisted the College Football Playoff National Championship
Israel “might have taken action” in breach of international law in Gaza, the foreign secretary has said during a tense exchange with MPs on the conflict in the Middle East. Lord Cameron also confirmed two British nationals are still being held hostage by Hamas, as he made his first appearance before the Foreign Affairs Committee
Sinead O’Connor, who was found unresponsive at her London home last year, died of natural causes, a coroner has said. The Irish singer died in July aged 56. No medical cause for her death was given at the time, with London Inner South Coroner’s Court saying a post-mortem would be conducted and the results could
Israel is defending itself at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) today against claims it is committing genocide in Gaza. South Africa filed the case, arguing that Israel is breaching the UN convention on genocide by “killing Palestinians in Gaza, causing them serious bodily and mental harm, and inflicting on them conditions of life calculated
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