The economy narrowly avoided recession in the second half of last year, according to early official figures, despite growth going into a sharp reverse in December partly due to the impact of strikes and lack of Premier League football. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that output between October and December was flat at
Month: February 2023
A new Tesla Cybertruck beta prototype has been spotted and this time we get a good look at the front-end, which appears to have been updated, and it still has a monstrous windshield wiper. As we reported last week, we expected to start seeing a lot more Cybertruck sightings as the automaker is testing its
We’re buying 150 shares of Coterra Energy (CTRA) at roughly $23.84. Following Wednesday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 1,650 shares of CTRA, increasing its weighting to 1.32% from 1.2%. One of the biggest commodity stories this year has been the significant decline in the price of natural gas. After peaking at around $10
Jacob Rees-Mogg reimagined as a praying mantis, Priti Patel transformed into a bat and four Vladimir Putins – not many live shows can boast such a cast. But Spitting Image Live: Idiots Assemble has a unique advantage – the lead cast are all puppets. Image: The world premiere of the stage show Comedians Al Murray
A 14-year-old girl who was reported missing in 2021 has been found pregnant in the closet of a Michigan home. A US Marshals fugitive team found the teen – who was in a distraught state – at about 5:30pm on Tuesday in Port Huron, Michigan, Deputy Marshal Robert Watson said. “She was pretty upset, she
A couple of hours before the result of the West Lancashire by-election was declared shortly before 2am, senior Tories at the count were prepared for the worst. Privately, they were predicting a 60% share of the vote for Labour and 25% for the Conservatives. They weren’t far wrong. The Tory vote has indeed slumped from
Labour has held on to its seat in West Lancashire after a by-election victory which saw Ashley Dalton become the country’s newest MP. Ms Dalton secured a majority of 8,326 over Conservative candidate Mike Prendergast, with a 10.52% swing from the Tories to Labour. In her victory speech, she said the people of her constituency
Hester Peirce, commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), speaks during the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hester Peirce of the Securities and Exchange Commission publicly rebuked her agency’s crypto enforcement, calling it “paternalistic and lazy” and asking if a “hostile” regulator is the
An exclusive Sky News/Ipsos poll has found that young people are feeling increasingly lonely – with the cost of living crisis leading many to take on extra work, move in with their parents and cut back on socialising. The poll, conducted in December, found 37% of 18 to 24-year-olds felt lonelier this winter than they
The UK has sent thousands of thermal blankets to Turkey – and is planning to build a field hospital to treat those critically injured after Monday’s devastating earthquake. Rescue teams on the ground are making a final push to find survivors, in what Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described as the “disaster of the
Alec Baldwin is facing a new civil lawsuit from relatives of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Ms Hutchins died in October 2021 after a prop gun, held by Baldwin, went off on set while the film Rust was being made in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Hollywood actor is being sued for alleged battery, intentional infliction of
The US Department of Transportation said on Thursday it is investigating Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink over the potentially illegal movement of hazardous pathogens. A Department of Transportation spokesperson told Reuters about the probe after the Physicians Committee of Responsible Medicine (PCRM), an animal-welfare advocacy group, wrote to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg earlier on Thursday
EV conversion specialist Lunaz Design has debuted an all-electric version of a 1961 Bentley S2 Continental – one of the rarest classic luxury cars on the planet. The company explains that only four examples of this particular car were built, and having the Bentley upcycled as an EV truly makes it one of a kind
Shell recently reported its highest-ever annual profit of nearly $40 billion. Paul Ellis | Afp | Getty Images Shell‘s directors are being personally sued for allegedly failing to adequately manage the risks associated with the climate emergency in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that could have widespread implications for how other companies plan to cut emissions. Environmental
Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts have been restored after he was banned in the wake of the deadly Capitol riot two years ago. Users of the social media sites can again see the former US president’s pages, with the last post on his Facebook made on 6 January 2021, when he wrote: “I am
MPs will get a 2.9% pay increase from 1 April, taking their overall salary from £84,144 to £86,584. It comes as the government is locked in many bitter industrial disputes with public sector workers demanding inflation-busting pay rises which ministers say they can’t afford. MPs’ salaries are decided by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA),
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