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Transport Secretary Louise Haigh resigns after mobile phone guilty plea ‘mistake’

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has resigned. It comes after she admitted she pleaded guilty to an offence connected with incorrectly telling police that a...

Politics

Kemi Badenoch’s ‘first clanger’ will be what ‘defines her’, says Baroness Davidson

Kemi Badenoch will be “defined” by the first “clanger” she makes as Tory leader, Baroness Davidson has said. The Tory peer said Ms Badenoch,...

Sports

Steelers OC Smith contacted by alma mater UNC

Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 28, 2024, 02:09 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma...

Sports

Ex-Alabama AD, Vols coach Battle dies at 82

Associated Press Nov 28, 2024, 05:00 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Bill Battle III, who was athletic director at his alma mater, Alabama, where...

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York disrupted by Gaza protest for second year running

The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York has been disrupted by protests over the conflict in Gaza for the second year running....

World

For Ukrainian families in Kyiv the threat of attack from the skies never goes away

There’s a veneer of normality to life in Ukraine’s major cities if you ignore the air raid sirens, the booming sounds of anti-aircraft fire,...

Why The Great British Bake Off’s Prue Leith wants assisted dying bill to pass

Dame Prue Leith believes her son would have a “different attitude” towards assisted dying had he watched his uncle or father die – as...

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh admits pleading guilty to offence in connection with misleading police in 2014

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has admitted pleading guilty to an offence connected with misleading the police while a parliamentary candidate in 2014, Sky News...

Politics

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh admits pleading guilty to offence in connection with misleading police in 2014

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has admitted pleading guilty to an offence connected with misleading the police while a parliamentary candidate in 2014, Sky News...

Bronson Battersby: ‘Likelihood’ boy, 2, would have survived if father had not died in flat, coroner says

There is a “likelihood” a two-year-old boy might still be alive if his father had not suffered a fatal heart attack over Christmas, a...

Politics

Keir Starmer blames Tories for UK’s ‘open borders’ as stats show record high

Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Tories of using Brexit to deliberately run an “open borders experiment” in the UK. The prime minister said...

Politics

Net migration to the UK falls by 20% – as previous year’s figure revised to almost a million

Net migration to the UK has fallen by 20% from a record 906,000 the year before, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said....

Politics

Home Office spent record £5.38bn on asylum over past year

The Home Office spent a record £5.38bn over the last year on asylum – more than a third higher than the previous year. Figures...

Science

NASA’s Europa Clipper Probe Begins Deploying Science Instruments

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has begun deploying its scientific instruments during its journey to Jupiter. The probe, launched on October 14, 2023 aboard a...

Science

Ryugu Sample Study Reveals Earth Microbes Colonising Asteroid Material

A study published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science has reported the discovery of terrestrial micro-organisms in a sample returned from asteroid Ryugu by Japan’s...

Science

Sea Turtles Reveal Hidden Seagrass Meadows for Better Marine Conservation

Seagrass meadows, which serve as critical marine ecosystems, have been mapped more accurately using satellite-tagged green turtles compared to conventional satellite imagery, according to...

Science

This Is How Researchers Want to Detect Microscopic Primordial Black Holes

Recent studies, published in Physical Review D on September 16 and 17, have proposed that microscopic black holes may be present within the solar...

Politics

Every pensioner in Scotland to receive winter fuel payment next year

The Scottish government has announced that all pensioners in Scotland will receive a winter heating payment in 2025/26. The devolved benefit, if passed, is...

Science

Fossilised Dinosaur Droppings Could Reveal Secrets Behind Their Evolution

A study published in Nature has provided new insights into the environment during the time when dinosaurs began to dominate the Earth. The analysis,...

Trump’s pick for health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr once called US vaccine rollout agency a ‘fascist’ enterprise

Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr once labelled the agency responsible for vaccine rollouts in the US a “fascist” enterprise...