Angela Rayner came out fighting in our interview – but her future is now out of her control
I’ve interviewed Angela Rayner a number of times and know her to be a robust operator with a very thick skin. But on Wednesday...
Angela Rayner: ‘Victim of misogyny’ or ‘freeloading’ deputy prime minister?
To her most savage critics – from Tories to the far left – she’s “Rotten Rayner”, a tax evader, freeloader and a “low life… on...
Angela Rayner’s explanation for stamp duty error not the end of the matter
Angela Rayner’s explanation for her failure to pay the correct stamp duty on her home in Hove rests on a claim that she was...
Nigel Farage knows how to pick a moment. But Britain is not North Korea
Nigel Farage knows how to seize on a moment and how to spin a line. He came to Washington to declare that Britain had...
The King jokes ‘bits don’t work so well’ after 70 as he opens hospital in Birmingham
King Charles has joked about ageing as he opened a new hospital in Birmingham, telling a patient “the bits don’t work so well when...
Shein investigates after likeness of accused killer Luigi Mangione used to model shirt on fashion giant’s website
Fashion giant Shein has opened an investigation after a shirt was advertised on its site, modelled by a man bearing a striking resemblance to...
OpenAI boosts size of secondary share sale to $10.3 billion
OpenAI is increasing the size of its secondary share sale by more than $4 billion, CNBC has learned. The artificial intelligence startup is giving...
‘Ketamine Queen’ Jasveen Sangha pleads guilty to supplying fatal dose that killed Friends star Matthew Perry
A woman known as the “Ketamine Queen” has officially pleaded guilty to selling Friends star Matthew Perry the drug that killed him. Jasveen Sangha...
Astronomers Discover Calvera, a Runaway Pulsar Racing Above the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered Calvera, a pulsar speeding 6,500 light-years above the Milky Way’s disk. Formed from a supernova in a nearly empty region, Calvera...
Scientists Create Stretchy Rubber That Converts Body Heat Into Electricity for Wearables
Scientists at Peking University have developed a stretchable elastomer that converts body heat into electricity, detailed in Nature. The breakthrough uses thermoelectricity to power...
Nigel Farage knows how to pick a moment. But Britain is not North Korea
Nigel Farage knows how to seize on a moment and how to spin a line. He came to Washington to declare that Britain had...
NASA’s InSight Reveals Ancient Planetary Remains Preserved Deep Inside Mars
Scientists using NASA’s InSight lander data have uncovered dozens of dense blobs hidden in Mars’ mantle, possibly remnants of failed protoplanets from the early...
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Detects Callisto’s Aurora, Completing Jupiter’s Galilean Moons Set
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured Callisto’s elusive auroral footprint, completing the “family portrait” of Jupiter’s Galilean moons. Each moon carves its own aurora into...
Angela Rayner came out fighting in our interview – but her future is now out of her control
I’ve interviewed Angela Rayner a number of times and know her to be a robust operator with a very thick skin. But on Wednesday...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Finds Stardust in Asteroid Bennu Older Than the Solar System
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has found presolar stardust grains inside Bennu’s samples. These tiny particles, older than the Sun, carry chemical fingerprints of ancient stars...
Interest rates: ‘Considerably more doubt’ over future cuts, Bank of England governor warns
There is “considerably more doubt” over when future interest rate cuts can take place, the governor of the Bank of England has said. Andrew...
Cost of long term UK government borrowing hits fresh 27-year high
After hitting the highest level this century on Tuesday, the cost of long term UK government borrowing has now hit a fresh 27-year high....
Hundreds of jobs at risk as retailer Bodycare braces for administration
More than a thousand high street jobs will be put at risk this week when Bodycare, the health and beauty retailer, is forced to...
Nuclear power, cyber troops and robot wolves – China’s army of the future on full display
China’s status as a military superpower was on full display as Beijing marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War....
Angela Rayner admits she should have paid more stamp duty on flat purchase – and considered resigning
Angela Rayner has admitted she did not pay the right amount of stamp duty on the purchase of her second home and has referred...