Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is considering recruiting senior civil servant Sue Gray to be his new chief of staff. Best known for her report into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street, Ms Gray has built a fearsome reputation over decades at the heart of government. A veteran investigator of ministerial misbehaviour, she currently runs the
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Mar 1, 2023 While the LIV Golf League will take a three-week break from its opening 54-hole event in Mexico, the PGA Tour will be hitting its pre-Masters stride over the next month. Editor’s Picks 2 Related There will be three designated tournaments in the next four weeks. Up first is the Arnold Palmer Invitational
The bird flu virus isolated from a girl who died from the disease had mutations that made it better adapted to human cells, Sky News has learned. The 11-year-old is believed to have been infected by poultry kept by her family in Prey Veng province, in the south of Cambodia. Her father also tested positive
Brexit and bad planning – along with weather – are to blame for the fruit and vegetable shortage affecting the UK’s supermarkets, Spain’s agriculture minister has said. Major chains Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons and Asda have imposed limits on the number of certain items customers can buy. Fruits and vegetables increasingly sourced from Morocco and
Interest rates may rise less than previously thought with the governor of the Bank of England signalling there is no urgent need for hikes. The central bank has been consistently raising interest rates – making borrowing more expensive – in an effort to bring double-digit inflation down to the Bank’s 2% target. Further increases had
Feb 28, 2023 New Zealand Rugby will make a decision on the next All Blacks coach in the next “four to six weeks”, rejecting Ian Foster’s wishes that the process instead be carried out after this year’s World Cup in France. NZR chairperson Dame Patsy Reddy made the announcement on Wednesday morning, after weeks of
The news that Tesla officially allows other electric vehicle makes to charge on its Supercharger network is just a few hours old but we’ve already gone out to one of the 10 Superchargers that are enabled to give our little Chevy Bolt some Tesla juice. Here’s how it went. The station in Brewster is about
Then-Washington State Governor and presidental candidate Jay Inslee signs five climate change bills into law that will reduce carbon emissions, decrease pollution, boost jobs and increase public health, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at Central Park in the Rainier Vista neighborhood. Genna Martin | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images Washington state is
Former Royal protection officer Richard Griffin reminisces about a picnic he went on with the Queen at Balmoral and an encounter they had with two American tourists who didn’t realise they were in the company of the Monarch. #PlatinumJubilee #TheQueen SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like
CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen explains what you need to know about naegleria fowleri, more commonly known as brain-eating amoeba, found in warm fresh water.
The director of the FBI has said the agency believes COVID-19 “most likely” came from a lab leak in China. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” Christopher Wray told Fox News. Mr Wray said he could not
The remains of a baby have been found in the search for the missing child of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon. Police said the body had been found in a wooded area of Brighton, close to where the couple were arrested on Monday. “I understand that the conclusion of this search will be heartbreaking for
Justin Bieber has cancelled the remaining dates on his Justice world tour following ongoing health issues. The Canadian singer has been forced to postpone the world tour several times already amid his ongoing recovery from Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS). The rare condition had resulted in complete paralysis of the right side of his face in
BARCELONA, Spain — Sapeon, a South Korean artificial intelligence chip startup headquartered in California, is raising a funding round that puts its valuation above $400 million, its CEO told CNBC. The startup is backed by massive South Korean firms SK Telecom, memory-chip maker SK Hynix and SK Square, an investment company spun off of SK
Matt Hancock allegedly rejected COVID-19 testing advice for residents going into England’s care homes while he was health secretary during the worst of the pandemic, according to a report based on thousands of leaked WhatsApp messages. The Daily Telegraph claims that chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty had told Mr Hancock in April 2020
A further 2,000 pubs are at risk of closure, threatening 25,000 jobs, unless the chancellor comes to the sector’s aid in this month’s budget, according to an industry body. The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) cited research by Oxford Economics which forecast 288 million fewer pints would be sold in the next financial year
At least 32 people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured after two trains collided in Greece. A passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a freight train outside Larissa just before midnight. The collision was near the Vale of Teme, a gorge that separates the regions
Feb 28, 2023 Associated Press Kurt Busch still has not yet been cleared by doctors as his career remains prematurely curtailed because of lingering effects from a concussion suffered in a wreck during qualifying last summer at Pocono Raceway. Busch, 44, instead is now a de facto consultant for his old 23XI Racing team and
2:00 PM ET The Orlando Pride has become the first team in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) to update its kit to dark shorts due to period concerns. The Pride announced the update to its Luna Kit on Tuesday, replacing the white shorts previously worn throughout the 2022 season, in order to “make players
Consumer insights and analytics specialist J.D. Power has released its annual US Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Ownership Study that relays not only an increase in EV customer satisfaction but also a shift to more traditional factors, like vehicle quality and styling, rather than categories like range. In its first year of eligibility, the Rivian R1T