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Barrett Strong: I Heard It Through The Grapevine writer and Motown’s first star dies aged 81

Founding Motown artist Barrett Strong, who collaborated on classic songs such as I Heard It Through The Grapevine and Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone,...

Business

Electric vehicle start-up Arrival cuts 800 jobs as it focuses on US future

Arrival, the UK start-up focusing on development of commercial electric vehicles, has revealed that it is to cut its workforce by half as it...

Technology

How the Supreme Court could soon change free speech on the internet

Bloomberg Creative | Bloomberg Creative Photos | Getty Images When Elon Musk announced his offer to buy Twitter for more than $40 billion, he...

British Army has ‘fallen behind’ and ‘needs investment’ – Defence Secretary Ben Wallace tells Sky News

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has told Sky News that the British Army has “fallen behind its peer group” and “needs investment”. It comes after...

Environment

UK economy to fare worse than any other country in developed world this year, IMF forecasts

Britain’s economic reputation has been dealt a further blow after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast that this year the UK economy will fare...

UK economy to fare worse than any other country in developed world this year, IMF forecasts

Britain’s economic reputation has been dealt a further blow after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast that this year the UK economy will fare...

Sports

Aaron Hicks again, really?! Five other options for Yankees in left field

7:00 AM ET Left field was a major problem area for the New York Yankees in 2022 — just ask any Yankees fan —...

Politics

Rishi Sunak says he acted ‘decisively’ in sacking Nadhim Zahawi following tax affairs row

Rishi Sunak has said he acted “decisively” in sacking Nadhim Zahawi as chairman of the Conservative Party yesterday following a row over his tax...

World

Suicide bomber kills at least 28 after targeting mosque in Pakistan

At least 28 people have been killed and 150 injured after a suicide bomber struck a mosque in Pakistan. The bomber detonated his suicide...

World

Kremlin dismisses Boris Johnson’s claim Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with missile in call ahead of Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Kremlin has called Boris Johnson a liar and denied claims made by the ex-PM that Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with a...

World

Rio Tinto apologises for losing radioactive capsule as authorities scramble to find it

Rio Tinto has apologised for losing a highly radioactive capsule in the Australian outback as authorities scramble to find it. “We are taking this...

Business

Matchesfashion owner pumps in £60m to keep online retailer in shape

The private equity backer of Matchesfashion, the online upmarket fashion retailer, is pumping tens of millions of pounds of new funding into the business...

Business

Ryanair reports record profits and more expensive fares

Ryanair reported record after-tax profits of €211m (£185m) in the Christmas season from October to December. The budget airline continued to perform better than...

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What most scares Sarah Michelle Gellar and how she moved on from ‘toxic’ Buffy set with new show Wolf Pack

Known for her iconic role as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Sarah Michelle Gellar is once again taking on the supernatural with her new show...

World

Boris Johnson claims Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with missile in call ahead of Russian invasion of Ukraine

Boris Johnson has claimed Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with a missile in a call ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The former...

Politics

Rishi Sunak urged to ‘come clean’ over what he knew about Nadhim Zahawi tax scandal after Tory chairman’s sacking

Rishi Sunak has been urged by Labour to “come clean” over what he knew about Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs after the PM sacked the...

Politics

Tories were irritated and angered by Zahawi tax row – what has now emerged makes optics even worse

The verdict is in and the decision delivered. Nadhim Zahawi did commit “a very serious breach of the ministerial code” and the prime minister...

Politics

Thousands more hospital beds and 800 new ambulances promised amid plan to ‘fix’ emergency care

The government has pledged thousands more hospital beds and 800 new ambulances as part of a plan to “fix” emergency care as the NHS...

Politics

Boris Johnson claims Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with missile in call ahead of Russian invasion of Ukraine

Boris Johnson has claimed Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with a missile in a call ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The former...

World

Six British children discovered in abandoned wine cellar in Austria

Six British children have been taken into care in Austria after they were found to have been living in an abandoned wine cellar with...