Matt Hancock has resigned as health secretary after admitting breaking coronavirus rules, Downing Street says. It comes after leaked CCTV appeared to show him kissing an aide in his departmental office. The images, published by The Sun, show Mr Hancock in an embrace with former lobbyist Gina Coladangelo on 6 May – more than a
A lot has been made of the fact that the infrastructure bill Democrats and Republicans are ready to pass is extremely watered down and leaves out basically all of the priorities of progressive Democrats, including the exciting cleantech and climate provisions we’ve been writing about (such as extension and expansion of the federal EV tax
A Qatari sprinter who won bronze at the 2017 World Championships in London has died at the age of 24, the country’s Olympic Committee has said. Abdalelah Haroun, a former world junior champion, is believed to have died in a car crash, according to World Athletics. Qatar Athletics Federation chairman Mohammed Issa al-Fadala said Haroun
In this article AAPL Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives for Apples “The Morning Show” global premiere at Lincoln Center- David Geffen Hall on October 28, 2019 in New York. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images The training wheels are about to come off for Apple TV+, the company’s streaming video service. Apple TV+ costs
Engineers warned about structural damage to a Miami apartment block three years before its collapse, it has emerged. The Champlain Towers South building in Surfside collapsed on Thursday, killing four people and prompting a search and rescue operation for the 159 people missing. And concern about building safety has prompted an audit, which will take
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks about the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack shut down during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, May 11, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy is asking Congress for $201 million in its budget request for the fiscal year 2022 to address digital vulnerabilities
7:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — National television, National Football League and New England Patriots Super Bowl championship alums. It’s a winning combination, indeed. Life has been good for Willie McGinest, Tedy Bruschi, Rodney Harrison and Rob Ninkovich since they hung up their helmets for the final time, making the transition from being coach Bill
Almost £500m worth of drugs and precursors have been burned by Myanmar’s military authorities. Heroin, cannabis, methamphetamine and ketamine were among substances disposed of in the haul valued at £489m. Stockpiles were set ablaze in Yangon, Mandalay and Tauggyi, on the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Image: Heroin, cannabis, methamphetamine
LadBible Group, the youth-focused digital publisher, is exploring a stock market listing or partial sale that would catapult its co-founder into the ranks of Britain’s super-rich. Sky News has learnt that LadBible, which was founded by Solly Solomou and Arian Kalantari in 2012, is working with Zeus Capital, the investment bank, on a review of
Sir Ringo Starr has dropped a legal case against the makers of a sex toy called Ring O. The Beatles drummer had first challenged the Ring O trademark with US authorities in March 2019, saying it was too similar to his name. However, he has now withdrawn his complaint after reaching an agreement with manufacturers
A Tesla Supercharger station is now getting direct service from a nearby McDonald’s that offer direct delivery to Tesla owners charging their electric vehicles. When charging station operators open new stations, they try to build them near amenities for drivers to use when their vehicles are charging. We are mainly talking about restrooms, coffee shops,
A highly awaited US intelligence report on dozens of mysterious unidentified flying object sightings said most could not be explained, but did not rule out that some could be alien spacecraft. The unclassified report said researchers could explain only one of 144 UFO sightings by US government personnel and sources between 2004 and 2021, sightings
A portrait of Prince Philip will feature on a new special edition £5 coin to commemorate the royal’s life. The Duke of Edinburgh had approved the design before his death, the Treasury said, and the coin is now being launched to mark Armed Forces Day on Saturday. It bears the inscription: “HRH The Prince Philip,
On April 6, NASA’s Perseverance rover took a historic selfie beside the Ingenuity copter on the Martian surface. It used a camera, called WATSON, at the end of its robotic arm to snap the shot. Surprisingly, when the final image was released by the US space agency, the robotic arm was not visible and it
Raheva was only a year old when she died after colliding with a net of power-lines as she was flying through a morning sky from the coastal grasslands of Jakhau towards her natal ground in Naliya, Gujarat. Alfin lived longer, but in melancholy. By the time she matured at the age of three years, her
10:00 AM ET College football’s 2022 recruiting class is a little over halfway through its first month of visits in June after spending the past year sidelined by a dead period. This month will likely help prospects form opinions on top schools and lead to commitments. The visits were much needed for recruits and coaches