Below the Medway Viaduct on the A21 in Kent, nettles have reclaimed a shrine left in the memory of Azra Kemal. The 21-year-old died there in July 2020 after falling from the dual carriageway bridge. Her car had broken down nearby and caught fire. She was travelling back to London with a male friend. Paramedics
The Empire Cinemas chain has entered administration, leading to the loss of 150 jobs and the closure of six cinemas. Eight of the 14 cinemas in the group – under the Empire Cinemas and Tivoli brands – will remain open. But the locations that have been closed with immediate effect are: • Bishop’s Stortford• Catterick
A teenager who beat his high school Spanish teacher to death with a baseball bat over a bad grade has been sentenced to life in prison. Willard Miller, 17, pleaded guilty to first degree murder in April for his role in the November 2021 killing of Nohema Graber. He and co-defendant, Jeremy Goodale, 18, attacked
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Haitham al-Ghais, secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), speaking at the Energy Asia Summit on June 26, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Country signaled that the influential producers’ alliance is actively open to recruiting new members. Asked if he is trying to
A second eight-year-old girl is in a life-threatening condition after a car crashed into a primary school in southwest London. Tributes have been left at the scene to a “shining star” – also an eight-year-old girl – who died after the crash in Wimbledon on Thursday. A woman, aged 46, was arrested on suspicion of
A man walks past the Samsung logo displayed on a glass door at the company’s Seocho building in Seoul on April 7, 2023. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images Samsung Electronics said it expects a 96% profit plunge in the second quarter of 2023 as weak demand for memory chips persists. The world’s largest
Save the Chimps, a private sanctuary in Fort Pierce, said 28-year-old Vanilla was “awestruck” as she saw open sky for the first time. Before moving to Florida, she lived in a lab in New York before being housed in a “chain-link fence cage” in California, according to the group. #Chimp #sanctuary #Sky SUBSCRIBE to our
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Schools across England are facing widespread disruption today as teachers hold their second strike this week. Members of the National Education Union (NEU) will be heading to the picket line after a similar walk-out on Wednesday resulted in many schools closing entirely or forced to reduce the number of classes held. It comes amid a
Britney Spears has claimed she was hit in the face by a security guard when she tried to tap a 7ft 4in tall NBA star on the shoulder. The singer said she was “back handed” and nearly knocked to the ground after she approached Victor Wembanyama from behind as he walked into a hotel restaurant
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fully approved a drug that slows the progression of Alzheimer’s disease for the first time. The FDA has granted full regulatory approval to Leqembi – a drug by Japanese manufacturers Eisai and US drugmakers Biogen. Up to now, other approved drugs targeted only the symptoms of the
Two new satellite images show unidentified white shapes on top of Reactor 4 at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. The images, taken by satellite imagery company Planet Labs, were captured on 5 July – a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed explosives may have been placed at the plant. There are five white shapes visible
Volkswagen is rolling out an autonomous driving vehicle test fleet with ID. Buzz EVs in Austin. VW is launching its program with 10 ID. Buzz EVs that are kitted out with an autonomous driving (AD) technology platform that the global Volkswagen Group and tech company Mobileye developed. Each of the SAE L4 ID. Buzz EVs
In this article TTE-FR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The chief executive of TotalEnergies defended the firm’s greenhouse gas emissions strategy, saying the company remains committed to oil and gas despite repeated warnings that increasing fossil fuel production will only make matters worse. Speaking to CNBC’s Dan Murphy in Vienna, Austria on the sidelines
The delay to HS2 work at Euston shows ministers do not know what they are “trying to achieve” with the “floundering” station, MPs have warned. Ministers have been told to “finally establish” what their plans are for the central London station after the government paused work due to rising costs. HS2 is a central part
The Indian Space Research Organisation announced on Thursday that the Chandrayaan-3 mission is scheduled to be launched at 2.35 pm on July 14, with the lander expected to soft-land on the surface of the Moon on August 23 or 24. Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Emin Sansar | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Just sixteen hours after launch, Instagram’s text-based social network Threads has already surpassed 30 million signups, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said early Thursday. It was also the top free app in Apple’s App Store as of Thursday morning.
Sir Keir Starmer says he hopes to bring state school standards up to those of their private counterparts within his first term if Labour wins the next general election – though he warned of funding issues due to the state of the economy. Speaking to Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby, the Labour leader said
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy has said his country’s war with Russia will not be over until his forces have re-taken Crimea. Ukrainian troops are currently engaged in a counter-offensive to try to win back territory from Russian forces. Former British Army Intelligence and Security Officer, Philip Ingram, talks about the latest situation on the ground. Read