A shadow minister has claimed that Parliament is “not a safe place to work” amid controversy surrounding the resignation of the deputy chief whip over groping allegations. Shadow armed forces minister Luke Pollard told Sky News that “wholesale change” is needed as he called for “higher standards” in politics. The prime minister has been criticised
Holidaymakers are facing more travel disruption as airlines prepare to announce a new wave of cancellations next week and new strikes are planned in Spain. Ryanair crew based in Spain plan to strike for 12 days this month to demand better working conditions, unions have said. The announcement came on the final day of the
Frustrated travellers face more flight cancellations over the coming weeks, as airlines rush to re-work their schedules. The upheaval comes in response to last month’s announcement that an amnesty will allow airlines to cancel flights while still retaining take-off and landing slots next year. Airlines buy slots to operate their schedules but can lose them
Rhode Island has passed a law requiring all of the state’s electricity to be offset by renewable energy by 2033 – the fastest timeline of any state in the US. July 1 update: Governor Daniel McKee (D-RI) has now signed historic legislation into law that will require all of the state’s electricity to be offset
An oil and gas drilling platform stands offshore as waves churned from Tropical Storm Karen come ashore in Dauphin Island, Alabama, October 5, 2013. Steve Nesius | Reuters The Biden administration released a five-year offshore oil and gas drilling development plan on Friday that would block all new drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
A week has passed since the decision which altered this country forever, and small-town America is organising. In Owensboro, Kentucky, home to 60,000 people, a group of around 200 marched down the main street, past a donut shop and bourbon bar. They were mostly women and they were furious about the constitutional right to choose
10:00 AM ET Ian ParkerESPN With the playoff seeding set for four of the six weight classes in the PFL, all eyes turn to welterweight and women’s lightweight divisions. Both weight classes will have their second and final regular-season fights of the year this Friday at PFL 6 (main card on ESPN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m.
In this article META The logo for Diem, formerly known as Libra, is seen is displayed on a smartphone screen with a Facebook logo in the background. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Meta plans to shutter its Novi digital wallet on Sept. 1, just eleven months after the company formerly
In this article GOOGL Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google Anindito Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google said late Friday that it will work to quickly delete location history for people going to abortion sites and other medical sites following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade last week. “Today, we’re announcing that if
Two police officers have been killed and five injured after a man allegedly opened fire on them as they tried to investigate a domestic violence complaint. A police dog – K9 Drago – was also killed in the shoot-out, which lasted for hours, according to John Hunt, sheriff of Floyd County, a rural area in
An employee arranges Apple iPhones as customer shop at an Apple store. Mike Segar | Reuters The last time Apple faced an inflationary environment like this, it had been a public company for less than a year and its best-selling product was the Apple II home computer. In May, the annual inflation rate in the
Pincher: the name sounds like a character from a Jeffrey Archer novel or the TV drama House of Cards. There have also been, inevitably, some wry smiles and giggles among MPs about the former deputy chief whip’s unusual surname and the groping allegations against him. But in all seriousness, as Mr Pincher faces up to
Scott Mills is to step down from his BBC Radio 1 weekday show after 24 years at the network – and will take over Steve Wright’s slot on BBC Radio 2 in a few months’ time. The 49-year-old DJ has hosted various shows on Radio 1 since 1998. But it was announced that Mills will
Tom Glick, a former executive at Manchester City FC’s parent company, is to take over the day-to-day running of Chelsea Football Club in the wake of its £2.5bn takeover. Sky News has learnt that Mr Glick’s appointment could be announced within days by Chelsea’s new owners, although it remained unclear on Friday whether he would
Tesla has filed with the city of Austin to expand Gigafactory Texas with a giant new 500,000 sqft building at the site. Now Gigafactory Texas is already giant. It’s already one of the biggest buildings on Earth. The current building is equivalent to about 15 city blocks or three Pentagons as CEO Elon Musk said
In this article DTG-DE U.K.-based startup Tevva on Thursday launched a hydrogen-electric heavy goods vehicle, becoming the latest company to make a play in a sector attracting interest from multinationals like Daimler Truck and Volvo. According to Tevva, which says it has raised $140 million in funding, its vehicle will have a range of as