Donald Trump has branded the NBA a “political organisation”, as protests intensified over the shooting of a black man by police in Wisconsin. The US president weighed in after players and teams from the top tiers of basketball, baseball, soccer, and tennis refused to participate in games scheduled on Wednesday night. Their actions follow the
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The Home Office has admitted an advert attacking “activist lawyers” who represent people fighting deportation should not have been published – but has so far failed to remove it. The department’s top civil servant, permanent secretary Matthew Rycroft, upheld complaints against the video tweeted out on Wednesday. It sparked widespread condemnation from legal figures and
Halo app and band Source: Amazon Amazon is entering the wearables market in a big way. The company on Thursday introduced a wristband for health and fitness tracking called Halo, alongside a subscription service and smartphone app. The space is currently dominated by the Apple Watch and devices from Fitbit, which is awaiting regulatory approval for
Britney Spears is fighting for details about her conservatorship to be made public, despite her father’s efforts to keep the case sealed. Jamie Spears has had strict control over his daughter’s life since 2008, when the pop star’s very public breakdown led him to take charge of her personal and financial decisions. Britney, 38, is
Britney Spears’ sister has filed a court order seeking more control over the 38-year-old singer’s fortune. Former Nickelodeon star Jamie Lynn Spears has been a trustee of the pop superstar‘s multimillion-dollar estate for the last two years. But the 29-year-old is requesting that assets currently stored in a trust fund set up for Britney’s children
Pret A Manger is cutting 2,800 jobs due to the economic downturn caused by coronavirus. The popular cafe chain said its sales are down to levels around what they were 10 years ago. It follows the announcement that 30 Pret shops across the UK will close permanently. CEO Pano Christou said: “I’m gutted that we’ve
Tesla and the FBI worked together to prevent a group of ransomware hackers from attacking Tesla’s Gigafactory Nevada, according to a complaint from the FBI. The FBI released information this week on the arrest of Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, a 27-year-old citizen of Russia, who they claim was part of a group who attempted to extort
The number of weekly COVID-19 cases in England has declined for the first time since July, new figures show. A total of 6,115 people tested positive for coronavirus in the week from 13 to 19 August, figures from the government’s test and trace operation have revealed. That is 8% lower than the week before and
Sir Ed Davey has been elected the new Liberal Democrat leader following a month-long ballot of party members. The Lib Dems had been without a permanent leader since December’s general election, in which previous leader Jo Swinson lost her seat in the House of Commons. The election was a huge disappointment for the Lib Dems,
A number of chains and independent restaurants will continue to offer 50% off food when the government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme ends. More than 64 million meals have been claimed since the scheme was introduced to help the struggling hospitality industry during the coronavirus pandemic. Diners have enjoyed a state-funded 50% discount on
Rolls-Royce has reported a record half-year loss of £5.4bn after it was “severely impacted” by the coronavirus pandemic – prompting a shake-up that has already cost thousands of jobs. The engine maker’s finances have been battered by a collapse in demand for flights, resulting in a hit to revenues as well as huge write-off and
Hurricane Laura has made landfall in southwestern Louisiana, east of the Texas border, as an “extremely dangerous” category four storm with 150mph winds. Catastrophic storm surges and winds are expected as Laura – the most powerful hurricane to strike the US this year so far – rips towards the coastlines. In just 24 hours the
The Liberal Democrats are about to reinvent themselves yet again. Sir Ed Davey, their fifth new leader in five years, warned in his victory speech that the party needs to “wake up and smell the coffee”. “Nationally our party has lost touch with too many voters,” he said. Image: The 2010 coalition government: Conservative PM
Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Facebook on Wednesday acknowledged that Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 could lead to a more than 50% drop
5:38 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds won’t play their game on Wednesday night at Miller Park, sources confirmed to ESPN. More teams are also discussing the possibility of not playing, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Among those currently discussing: The Seattle Mariners, who have the most Black players of any team in
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