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Harry Styles joins Brit Awards performer line-up

Harry Styles has joined the line-up of performers for the 2023 Brit Awards, organisers have confirmed. The former One Direction star will share the...

Sports

The first $500 million superstar? What MLB insiders are saying about Shohei Ohtani

7:02 AM ET The rate of spending this offseason has been both frantic and jarring, with more than $2 billion lavished on the 10...

The first 0 million superstar? What MLB insiders are saying about Shohei Ohtani

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Jeremy Clarkson: Amazon ‘likely to part ways’ with presenter over Meghan column row

Amazon Prime Video is likely to cut ties with Jeremy Clarkson following the comments he made about the Duchess of Sussex in a newspaper...

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John Kerry says ‘money, money, money’ is needed most to tackle climate change

John Kerry photographed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 17, 2023. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images The world...

Dozens injured with some in hospital after double-decker bus with 71 on board overturns on A39 Quantock Road in Somerset

Dozens of people have been injured and “a number” have been taken to hospital after a double-decker bus overturned in Somerset. A major incident...

Politics

Education secretary criticises teaching union for voting to strike

The education secretary has criticised a teaching union for planning to go on strike, telling Sky News: “Our children don’t deserve it.” Speaking to...

World

Nepal plane crash: Co-pilot’s husband also died in Yeti Airlines accident 16 years ago

The co-pilot of Nepal’s fatal plane crash had lost her husband who was a pilot in another Yeti Airlines accident 16 years ago. Anju...

Business

Wage growth at fastest rate in 20 years, but failing to keep up with inflation

Wages grew at their fastest rate in 20 years in the past year, official data from the Office for National Statistics said. Wages rose...

Business

More than 450,000 working days lost due to strike action in November 2022, highest for a decade

There were 467,000 working days lost to strike action in November 2022, official figures show, bringing the number of strike days in 2022 to...

World

James Cleverly aims to persuade US and Canada to send tanks to Ukraine on trip to North America

Ukraine is set to be top of the agenda as Foreign Secretary James Cleverly begins a two-day trip to the US and Canada. Speaking...

James Cleverly aims to persuade US and Canada to send tanks to Ukraine on trip to North America

Ukraine is set to be top of the agenda as Foreign Secretary James Cleverly begins a two-day trip to the US and Canada. Speaking...

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Kevin Spacey picks up lifetime achievement award in Italy – days after UK court appearance

Kevin Spacey has picked up a lifetime achievement award in Italy – days after appearing in court in the UK to deny allegations of...

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Met Police reviewing over 1,600 cases of alleged sexual offences and domestic abuse involving its staff

The Metropolitan Police is reviewing more than 1,600 cases of alleged sexual offences or domestic violence involving its own officers and staff. It comes...

Politics

Teachers and nurses announce walkouts – as anti-strike law passes vote

A controversial anti-strike bill has moved a step closer to becoming law – hours after teachers and nurses announced fresh walkouts. Under the government’s...

Politics

No 10 sticking to its guns on strikes – but is this sustainable? | Beth Rigby

The third Monday in January is coined “Blue Monday” because it is supposedly the most depressing day of the year, due to the combination...

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Europe can learn from Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, Spain’s PM says

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told CNBC Monday...

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Anti-strike bill moves one step closer to law – hours after new walkouts announced

A controversial anti-strike bill has moved a step closer to becoming law – hours after teachers and nurses announced fresh walkouts. Under the government’s...

Politics

UK government blocks Scotland’s gender reform bill in constitutional first

The UK government has blocked Scotland’s gender reform bill in an unprecedented intervention which Nicola Sturgeon has described as a “full-frontal attack” on the...

Politics

Thousands of teachers to strike over ‘toxic mix of low pay and excessive workload’

Thousands of teachers are set to walk out of classrooms over pay after the largest education union reached the threshold required to take strike...

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‘Hangover effect’ remains after mini-budget chaos but mortgage shock is over, BoE governor says

The governor of the Bank of England has told MPs there is still “something of a hangover effect” in the wake of the mini-budget...