Rishi Sunak’s flagship policy to stop Albanian migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats is unlikely to reduce overall illegal immigration because of “infinite” demand, Home Office sources have warned. The prime minister’s five-point-plan, launched last month, specifically targets people arriving from Albania after the Eastern European country accounted for more than a third
Month: January 2023
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to stealing billions of dollars of customer money in his first court appearance since he was released on a record $250m pretrial bail. Bankman-Fried, 30, entered his plea before US district judge Lewis Kaplan at a court in Manhattan, after spending the Christmas period under house
9:21 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN CINCINNATI — Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin had his heartbeat restored on the field after suffering cardiac arrest during the team’s game Monday night against the Bengals, and he is currently in critical condition at a Cincinnati hospital, the Bills said in a statement Tuesday. The chilling scene midway through the
The health secretary has blamed high cases of flu, COVID and fears about Strep A for the “massive pressure” the NHS faced over the festive period. Several trusts have announced critical incidents in recent days, and ambulances have waited hours outside hospitals to transfer their patients, as the government faces growing questions over what it
Food inflation hit a record annual rate in December as cash-strapped households prepared for Christmas, according to a retail sector report. The latest British Retail Consortium-NielsenIQ shop price index showed typical food grocery costs up 13.3% last month compared with December 2021. The rate had stood at 12.4% in November. The data showed fresh food
Jan 3, 2023 At long last, four years after their second bout, archrivals Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin met for a third time, but the September trilogy fight fell far short of the first two battles. It’s no surprise, of course, after boxing failed to deliver this matchup when both fighters were at their peak.
The coffin of football legend Pele has been carried through the streets of Santos in Brazil as the public paid their final respects to the sporting icon. Thousands of fans gathered to watch the procession to say their last goodbye to the three-time World Cup winner ahead of his private burial. The casket, draped in
A mechanical engineer that designs high performance electric skateboards set his sights on snagging the record for fastest electric skateboard. Not only did he succeed, but he absolutely obliterated the previous record. Australian Raine Kent took his custom-designed electric skateboard up to a top speed of 132.37 km/h (82.25 mph). That’d normally be an eye-watering
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is raising $750 million (roughly Rs. 6,200 crore) in a new round of funding that values the rocket and satellite company at $137 billion (roughly Rs. 11,33,800 crore) from investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, CNBC reported late Monday. Reuters had reported in November that SpaceX was in talks about an offering of mostly
5:50 PM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — Alex Bauman knew right away he had scored probably the biggest touchdown in Tulane history, even after the true freshman tight end’s contested 6-yard catch at the end of the Cotton Bowl was initially ruled incomplete. “I kept my hands under the ball,” he said. The
There is “not a bottomless pit of money” to be spent on increasing workers’ pay, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has warned the RMT union – as rail staff undertake further strike action today. Mr Harper told Sky News “there is a fair and reasonable pay offer on the table” and said it is “deeply unhelpful”
New Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar – seen as a bogeyman by many unionists in Northern Ireland – has said he “understands” and “gets” the concerns that community has about the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol he helped to design. Mr Varadkar, who began his second term as Taoiseach in mid-December, told reporters at a briefing
A long exposure photo shows the path of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as it launched the ispace mission on Dec. 11, 2022, with the rocket booster’s return and landing visible as well. SpaceX Elon Musk‘s re-usable rocket maker and satellite internet company, SpaceX, is raising $750 million in a new round of funding that values
American football player Damar Hamlin is in a “critical condition” in hospital after collapsing on the pitch during an NFL game. Medical staff rushed on to the field in Cincinnati on Monday and gave the Buffalo Bills safety CPR for about 10 minutes after he suddenly fell to the floor when a tackle impacted his
Jeremy Renner suffered blunt chest trauma and orthopaedic injuries following a “weather-related accident” on New Year’s Day, his publicist has confirmed. The Marvel actor underwent surgery on Monday and is now in intensive care in a critical but stable condition. Renner was airlifted to hospital following the incident, which happened while he was “ploughing snow”
Strikes by rail and road staff are set to cause extensive disruption to commuters returning to work after the Christmas break – amid fears that continued walkouts could cause a years-long slump in demand for train travel. About 40,000 members of the RMT union from Network Rail and 14 train operators are taking industrial action