Suella Braverman has insisted “nothing untoward happened” as she faces questions over whether she asked civil servants to help her dodge a group speeding awareness course. The comments are the first made by the home secretary since The Sunday Times reported that she asked civil servants to arrange a private one-to-one speed awareness course for
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are to carry out new searches of a reservoir, Sky News understands. Officers will start work on Tuesday at the Arade dam, which is located about 50km from where the British toddler went missing in Praia da Luz in the Algarve, 16 years ago. British police will also
Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary have paid tribute to Phillip Schofield on This Morning today, the first show since his departure after more than 20 years. Opening the programme on Monday, Hammond said they could not start without mentioning the veteran presenter. O’Leary added: “Everyone on and off screen at ITV and This Morning want
Water firms have apologised for sewage spills and vowed to clean up their act, but why do these spills happen in the first place? Sky News looks at why raw sewage ends up in the river and seas and what water companies are doing about it. Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/why-is-sewage-pumped-into-rivers-and-the-sea-12883507 #sewage #environmentnews #ukseas SUBSCRIBE to our
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) heckled Rep. George Santos (R-NY) after the House voted to refer a resolution to expel Santos from Congress to the Ethics Committee. Bowman then got into an argument with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) outside the US Capitol.
On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss all the news that came out of Tesla’s annual meeting, including Tesla teasing its “$25,000 car,” new Roadster, Tesla Bot, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET
A view of fjords as they melt due to climate change near Svalbard Islands, in the Arctic Ocean in Norway on July 19, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The Norwegian government is calling on energy giants to ramp up oil and gas exploration projects in remote regions like the Arctic Barents
Micron Technology Double-Data-Rate Synchronous Random-Access Memory (SDRAM) chip Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s chip stocks rallied on Monday morning following Beijing’s announcement to bar some purchases of products from U.S. memory chipmaker Micron. China’s Cyberspace Administration barred operators of “critical information infrastructure” in China from buying products from the U.S. chip giant following
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 21, 2023, 06:36 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — In the final round of the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club on Sunday, Brooks Koepka seemed determined to step on the
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 21, 2023, 09:06 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. LAS VEGAS — It wasn’t like the Dallas Stars didn’t address why they lost a second straight overtime game to the Vegas Golden Knights. If anything? There was more of a conversation around the circumstances
Meta is expected to face a record fine later over its transfer of Facebook’s European user data to US servers, according to reports. Reuters news agency cited two anonymous sources familiar with the matter as saying that the penalty from EU regulators will be higher than the previous record – a €746m (£647m) fine for
SpaceX’s second private flight has launched passengers, including Saudi Arabia’s first female astronaut, to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre on Sunday night. The crew will be led by a retired NASA astronaut who now works for the company, which arranged the 10-day trip. It is the
The Prime Minister said the UK would provide Ukraine with new attack drones and air defence missiles as he hosted President Zelenskyy at his country residence at Chequers. Mr Zelenskyy said he wanted Britain to join a “fighter jet coalition”. He is seeking F-16 aircraft to defend his country against Russia, which the UK does
Lyft CEO David Risher tells CNN what business lesson he learned from Jeff Bezos after working at Amazon.
What is it about politicians and driving fines? In 2012 Lib Dem minister Chris Huhne resigned from the coalition government after his then-wife took speeding points for him. They both ended up in prison for perverting the course of justice. In 2019, Labour MP Fiona Onasanya was jailed and ejected from parliament for the same
Meet ChargeX, an EV industry consortium that was announced today by the US Department of Energy (DOE) – and its mission is to improve public EV charging reliability and usability by June 2025. More specifically, ChargeX’s plan is to make sure that customers achieve first-time plug-in success every time they use public EV chargers. The
Getty Images To avoid rising energy costs and benefit from increasing renewable energy incentives and tax breaks, more homeowners may be considering a home solar system. Last year, the growth of residential solar in the U.S. boomed. Even as overall growth of solar installations, including commercial and utility-scale projects, decreased year over year, residential solar
Rishi Sunak will speak to his independent ethics adviser regarding Suella Braverman’s speeding fine, Sky News understands. The prime minister will consult his adviser upon returning to London from the G7 summit in Japan. Ms Braverman, 43, had been caught speeding last summer and opted to attend a driving awareness course rather than accept a
ESPN News Services May 20, 2023, 02:22 PM ET The New York Yankees designated Aaron Hicks for assignment on Saturday and signed fellow outfielder Greg Allen to a major league contract and added him to the roster. Hicks has more than two years left on a seven-year, $70 million contract signed in 2019. He is
Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary will take over presenting duties for Monday’s This Morning following the departure of Phillip Schofield. Schofield, who has been on the morning show for more than 20 years, said on Saturday that he was stepping back because the programme “has become the story” and “I want to do what I