Government borrowing reached the highest amount for November since records began in 1993, official data shows. Last month, net public sector borrowing – excluding public sector banks – totalled £22bn, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figure was up by £13.9bn compared to November 2021 and nearly £9bn higher than
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CNN law enforcement analyst and former officer who defended the Capitol on January 6, Michael Fanone, discusses potential criminal referrals by the January 6th House select committee to the Justice Department for former President Trump’s role in the insurrection. #CNN #News
Elon Musk has said he will resign as CEO of Twitter “as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job”. The Twitter boss said following that he would “just run the software and servers teams”. It comes after Musk launched a poll asking users for their verdict on his tenure, saying he
4:45 PM ET STARKVILLE, Miss. — Former Mississippi State coach Mike Leach was a luminary and a larger-than-life character in college football. On Tuesday, his impact was spelled out in detail as friends, coaches and players shared personal stories of Leach’s humanity, his sense of humor and the deep curiosity that drove him to the
Electric motorcycles were once a rarity in the two-wheeler industry. But these days there are so many new models from a wide range of manufacturers that you’d have to go out of your way to avoid them. Fortunately for those in favor of progress, we actively seek them out. And these are the electric motorcycle
EPA Administrator Michael Regan gives remarks at an event on new national clean air standards for heavy-duty trucks near the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters on December 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Biden administration on Tuesday announced stricter standards on smog-forming emissions from trucks, vans
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Shares in electric vehicle maker Tesla sank to a new 52-week low on Tuesday, closing around $138 per share, or 8% lower for the day in an otherwise mixed day for stocks. CEO Elon Musk tried to blame the sinking price partly on macroeconomic factors.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to travel to the United States to meet President Joe Biden at the White House tomorrow. The trip would mark the first time the Ukrainian president has left Ukraine since Russia invaded on 24 February. The visit has not yet been confirmed by Washington amid concerns over Mr Zelenskyy’s security and
The London-listed advertising technology company whose directors include Rebekah Brooks, the boss of The Sun newspaper’s publisher, has kicked off talks that could lead to it being sold. Sky News has learnt that Tremor International, whose shares have halved in the last 12 months, is working with bankers at Goldman Sachs to solicit takeover interest.
Thousands of ambulance workers in England and Wales are going on strike today – with NHS leaders warning that they cannot guarantee the safety of patients. Speaking to Sky News, Health Secretary Steve Barclay said the system would be “under severe pressure” due to the strike, and urged Britons to use “common sense in terms
Responding to Rishi Sunak’s plan to tackle illegal immigration, Sir Keir Starmer said “time and time again this government has not provided serious solutions” and accused Mr Sunak of putting forward an “unworkable gimmick”. He called on the prime minister to clear the immigration backlog of 150,000 cases by the end of next year. #skynews
Did you say “park” or “bark”? Dog behind the wheel causes fender bender. CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports. #CNN #News
No stranger to being written about, soon Prince Harry will be setting the record straight in his own words. On 10 January his highly anticipated memoir Spare comes out. Its provocative title alone an indication that the Duke of Sussex hasn’t held back. So what do we know about what he’s written? Well, publisher Penguin
When looking back at the year gone by, it is rather hard to know where to start. The death of a monarch, war in mainland Europe, the shortest running prime minister of all time. It has been an extraordinary 12 months of news, especially for the economy. Rather than running through the whole thing in
Female students have been banned from universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect, the Taliban has said. A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher education ministry, instructed Afghan public and private universities to suspend access to female students until further notice in accordance with a cabinet decision. The United States and Britain have both
Christmas and New Year party season is one of the most lucrative times of the year for nightclubs. But post-COVID pandemic many are continuing to struggle, with a third now being forced to close. Those still open say a perfect storm is making it extremely difficult to operate. Yuval Hen, founder of E1 nightclub in
Dec 20, 2022 Augusta National Golf Club announced Tuesday that any golfer who qualified for the Masters tournament based on its previous criteria will be invited to play in 2023, including 16 players who are currently competing in the LIV Golf League. Six past Masters champions are part of the group that defected from the
Rishi Sunak has repeatedly refused to say whether the UK would have to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to deliver his government’s plan for removing asylum seekers who arrive illegally. Making his debut appearance at the Commons Liaison Committee, the prime minister was asked by the SNP’s Joanna Cheery whether the UK
8:20 AM ET On Dec. 3, the New York Rangers were nearing an abyss. Things came to a pressure point during the home game against the Chicago Blackhawks, one of the worst teams in the league. En route to another loss, captain Jacob Trouba had enough. The defenseman laid out two massive hits, got into