A six-year-old pupil who shot his teacher used a gun that belonged to his mother and was legally owned, police have said. Authorities said there was no fight or physical struggle before the boy opened fire on Abby Zwerner as she taught a lesson at a school in the US state of Virginia. Police chief
Month: January 2023
Ambulance unions placed people’s lives at risk when they refused to introduce countrywide minimum levels of service during strikes last month, the business secretary has said. Grant Shapps hit out at ambulance workers for only agreeing on a local level to minimum service levels after he earlier told Sky News it was a “regional or
Consumer spending failed to keep pace with inflation in December, figures suggest, likely bolstering the view among economists that the UK is in recession. Closely watched data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Barclaycard showed spending rose by 6.9% and 4.4% in value terms respectively in December compared to a year ago. Both readings
8:03 PM GMT Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has poured cold water on the prospect of a World Cup union with Eddie Jones, while revealing his messages to two key squad omissions. A 44-man Australian cast has assembled on the Gold Coast for a four-day camp to begin preparations for this year’s showpiece in France. Rennie
Sir Keir Starmer and Labour have accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations from a wealthy climate activist who has also given money to Just Stop Oil, a group condemned by the party. Ecotricity, a company founded by Dale Vince, gave more than £20,000 to Sir Keir Starmer during Labour’s 2020 leadership contest. Since
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are back in court today, asking to be set free from detention in Romania. Around the world, many will be waiting to see what happens next. The allegations levelled against the pair, along with two women, centre around claims of rape, people trafficking and organised crime. They follow the
Fourteen MPs have been given more than £250,000 each towards their campaigns and causes, analysis for the Westminster Accounts has revealed. The senior politicians – from Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats – were all given between £258,000 and £752,800 from various companies and individuals during this parliament, which started in December 2019. In
In this article AAPL META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The silhouette of Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, during the Apple World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple will unveil its highly anticipated mixed reality headset this spring, with consumer deliveries beginning
The British former boss of McDonald’s has been charged in the US with making false and misleading statements to investors over relationships he had with employees at the fast food giant. Stephen Easterbrook, 56, was sacked as chief executive officer in November 2019 after having an inappropriate personal relationship with a McDonald’s employee in a
A cache of papers from Joe Biden’s time as vice president have been found at one of his old offices. The US Justice Department is reviewing a batch of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of the president’s former institute, the White House said on Monday. Special counsel to the president, Richard
American football player Damar Hamlin is “doing well” and has been moved back to Buffalo, doctors have said – a week after he collapsed and suffered a cardiac arrest on the field. The NFL star, 24, was released from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and flown home to Buffalo, where he will continue his
A five-year-old boy has been swept away by floodwater in severe storms that have seen an entire town in California ordered to evacuate. The evacuation order for Montecito, affecting about 10,000 people, came on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 and destroyed more than 100 homes in the coastal enclave. The town
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (R) talks to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as Representatives cast their votes for Speaker of the House on the first day of the 118th Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 03, 2023 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images House Republicans
A Conservative MP who broke lobbying rules and then suggested the woman investigating him could be swayed with a peerage has been suspended from the House of Commons for five days. MPs have agreed to accept recommendations made by parliament’s standards committee in relation to Andrew Bridgen. The MP for North West Leicestershire was found to
It was once one of Hollywood’s biggest and booziest nights – with the A-list stars who flocked to the ceremony to pick up their gongs, mercilessly roasted for the viewing entertainment of the millions who tuned in to watch. British comedian Ricky Gervais hosted the Golden Globes five times, pushing the boundaries of celebrity mockery
Businesses are set to secure £5.5bn in scaled back government support to help them with their energy bills from the start of April, after the current scheme ends. The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme will reduce rather than cap energy costs for businesses and will last for 12 months. The latest measure replaces the Energy