January 10, 2025 - Brief Briefing

Ticket re-sales could be capped under crackdown on touts

The price of resale tickets could be capped under plans to stop the public being “fleeced” by professional touts, the government has announced. The...

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Ticket re-sales could be capped under crackdown on touts

Politics

Harriet Harman calls for ‘mini inquiry’ into race issues raised by grooming gangs scandal

Harriet Harman has suggested a “mini inquiry” into issues raised by the grooming gangs scandal and called on Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch...

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Harriet Harman calls for 'mini inquiry' into race issues raised by grooming gangs scandal

Politics

Rachel Reeves intervention ruled out as pound slides further

An intervention by the chancellor to help shore up flagging financial market confidence in the UK economy has been ruled out by the government,...

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Rachel Reeves intervention ruled out as pound slides further

Politics

Liz Truss sends cease and desist letter to Sir Keir Starmer over claims she ‘crashed the economy’

Liz Truss’s lawyers have sent a cease and desist letter to Sir Keir Starmer over his claims she “crashed the economy”. The letter says...

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Liz Truss sends cease and desist letter to Sir Keir Starmer over claims she 'crashed the economy'

World

‘The future is in our hands’ scientists say, as 2024 becomes first year to pass 1.5C global warming threshold

Last year was the warmest on record, the first to breach a symbolic threshold, and brought with it deadly impacts like flooding and drought,...

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'The future is in our hands' scientists say, as 2024 becomes first year to pass 1.5C global warming threshold

World

Picture shows baby girl moments after birth on packed migrant dinghy heading for Canary Islands

Photographs have captured the moments after a baby girl was born on a packed migrant dinghy heading for the Canary Islands. The small boat...

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Picture shows baby girl moments after birth on packed migrant dinghy heading for Canary Islands

Sports

ND’s Leonard clears protocol, back for 2nd half

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 9, 2025, 09:51 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of...

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ND's Leonard clears protocol, back for 2nd half

Sports

Horns’ Ewers leads ‘new era’ of college football

Jan 9, 2025, 06:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Thursday that quarterback Quinn Ewers, with the...

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Horns' Ewers leads 'new era' of college football

Sports

Texas RT Williams back in lineup for CFP semi

Pete Thamel Close Pete Thamel Senior College Sports Insider College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Jake Trotter Close Jake Trotter...

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Texas RT Williams back in lineup for CFP semi

Sports

Vlad-Jays, Valdez-Astros agree, avoid arbitration

ESPN News Services Jan 9, 2025, 08:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — 1 Related Guerrero, son of Hall of Famer Vladimir...

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Vlad-Jays, Valdez-Astros agree, avoid arbitration

California wild fires: Furious Palisades resident challenges Governor Gavin Newsom over disaster response

A woman from the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles has offered to “fill up the hydrants myself” as she confronted state governor...

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California wild fires: Furious Palisades resident challenges Governor Gavin Newsom over disaster response

Technology

Supreme Court set to hear oral arguments on challenge to TikTok ban

Tik Tok creators gather before a press conference to voice their opposition to the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” pending crackdown...

by admin January 10, 2025