Virgin Money, one of Britain’s biggest retail banks, is to close its charitable giving arm in a cost-cutting move that risks a backlash from fundraisers across the country. Sky News has learnt that the company plans to announce next week that it has decided to close Virgin Money Giving, 12 years after it was set
Month: August 2021
Blink-182 star Mark Hoppus is “almost done” with his cancer treatment, the band’s former guitarist Tom DeLonge has revealed. Hoppus, 49, previously said he had been diagnosed with stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. DeLonge, who was one of the group’s founding members and known for his recognisable pop-punk voice, wrote on Instagram: “@markhoppus is
A major manhunt is under way in Thailand for a former senior police officer who allegedly killed a drugs suspect in custody while trying to extort money from him. Warrants were issued for the arrest of seven officers for murder after a video emerged of a man suffocating after plastic bags were put over his
Elon Musk is now saying that Tesla is aiming for the wider public release of its Full Self-Driving Beta in about 4 weeks. We are coming up on almost a year since Tesla started testing its Full Self-Driving Beta in its early access program with some customers. The software enables Tesla vehicles to virtually drive
Workers lift a solar panel onto a roof during a residential solar installation in Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California, U.S. October 14, 2016. Picture taken October 14, 2016. Mike Blake | Reuters Extreme weather events across the U.S. — from wildfires and drought in the West, to deep freezes and floods in the South and
3:45 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com The US Open begins on Monday, and while many of the world’s best players, after a pandemic-impacted tournament in 2020, will return to New York, as will a near-capacity-level of fans in all their rowdy glory, it will be who isn’t in attendance that might be felt most of all.
Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.By Kelsey Adkisson As yet another heat wave shattered temperature records in the Pacific Northwest in mid-2021, threats of rolling blackouts rippled throughout the region. These recurring extreme weather threats offer a sobering reminder that aging energy grids weren’t designed to handle the stress of climate change. Nor were they designed to
In this article MSFT AMZN REDMOND, UNITED STATES – 2021/01/25: Microsoft logo seen at their building in Redmond. Microsoft will publish fiscal year 2021 second-quarter financial results on January 26. Toby Scott | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Microsoft has hired Amazon cloud executive Charlie Bell as a corporate vice president, CNBC has
Festival-goers will be able to grab a COVID-19 jab as easily as a beer or a burger at the Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend. It comes as more than half a million 16 to 17-year-olds have received their first shot, according to NHS England. Music fans can get vaccinated in between sets at pop-up
Police have found a man wanted in connection with two murders in Westminster after nearly a week-long search. Officers are “confident” they discovered Lee Peacock, 49, on a canal barge near Ferrymead Avenue in Ealing, west London, just before 6pm on Wednesday. He had sustained serious injuries thought to be self-inflicted. London Ambulance Service paramedics
Unvaccinated airline workers will be charged $200 (£146) extra per month for their health insurance, one American carrier has said. Delta Air Lines says the surcharge will be in effect from 1 November, and is necessary to offset the risk those who are not jabbed put on their insurance – similar to how smokers have
UK car production fell to its lowest July level in 65 years last month thanks to the global chip shortage and the “pingdemic”, industry figures show. Just 53,438 vehicles rolled off production lines in Britain, down by 37.6% on last year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It represented the worst
A British Army surgeon has told of using his skills as a new father to settle a baby passed over barbed wire at Kabul airport, as an “unexpectedly high number” of children are being handed over to troops. Footage of the newborn girl being handed over the wall to US Marines at Hamad Karzai International
The US will continue to help people to leave Afghanistan after the 31 August deadline, Antony Blinken has said. The secretary of state told a news conference on Wednesday that about 4,500 Americans, out of the 6,000 who wanted to leave Afghanistan when the airlift began on 14 August, have been evacuated so far. Mr
An extra 12,000 COVID-related deaths have been added to the New York State total, following the departure of ex-governor Andrew Cuomo. Mr Cuomo stood down on Monday over claims of sexual harassment by 11 women – allegations which he denies. He was succeeded on Tuesday by former lieutenant governor Kathy Hochul – the first woman
A charity has raised its concerns about the looming end of the £20-a-week uplift to Universal Credit, describing it as the “biggest overnight cut in benefits since the Second World War”. According to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 413 out of a total of 632 parliamentary constituencies in England, Wales and Scotland will see more than
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