The minimum wage should be raised to £15 an hour, the Trades Union Congress says, as it declares it is “time to put an end to low-pay Britain”. Currently, workers aged 23 and over are entitled to a minimum wage of £9.50 with lower rates for younger employees, but the TUC says all workers should
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Kherson, in southern Ukraine, has been under Russian occupation for almost six months. Information about what is happening there is limited as Russian occupation forces continue to tighten their grip. Sky News spoke to people still inside and others who have recently escaped to understand what’s going on. All described a city, a region, living
Former Trump aide Stephanie Grisham and CNN’s Gloria Borger explain why they believe the former President has not yet released surveillance footage from the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, despite proposals from some of his allies to do so. #StephanieGrisham #erinburnettoutfront #CNN
NATO countries need to spend more on defence as “we live in a more dangerous world” and the alliance continues to support Ukraine against the “brutal aggression of Russia”, the organisation’s head has told Sky News. Member nations have been sending weapons, ammunition, and many types of light and heavy military equipment to Ukraine, including
In this article TWTR Peiter Zatko, who is also known as Mudge poses for a portrait on Monday August 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. Matt McClain | The Washington Post | Getty Images A Twitter whistleblower is alleging “extreme, egregious deficiencies by Twitter” related to privacy, security and content moderation, according to complaints filed with
A former US police officer has pleaded guilty to helping falsify the search warrant used in the killing of Breonna Taylor. Ms Taylor, 26, was killed on 13 March 2020 when officers in Louisville, Kentucky, carried out a “no-knock” warrant and broke down her flat door. Her boyfriend thought it was someone breaking in and
An 80% rise in the energy price cap is expected to be confirmed today, sending an average yearly bill from £1,971 to more than £3,500 from October. The cap has dominated the news in recent months, as consumers watch nervously to find out how much higher their bills can go, but many of the driving
Jennifer Lopez has posted her first picture from her Georgia wedding to Ben Affleck. The couple tied the knot last Saturday in front of family and friends at her husband’s Riceboro mansion. It came a month after they married at a Las Vegas drive-through wedding chapel. The latest ceremony, outside of Savannah, was a somewhat
Aug 23, 2022 Alyssa RoenigkESPN Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). COCO GAUFF IS at a crossroads. She’s sitting in the passenger seat of her first car while her dad, Corey,
A hosepipe ban for 15 million Thames Water customers has come into effect. The water company, which supplies Greater London, Luton, the Thames Valley, parts of Surrey, Gloucestershire, north Wilshire and west Kent, announced the ban on 17 August due to the “unprecedented weather conditions”. The ban will mean people must not use a hosepipe
Two Swedish electric mobility companies are teaming up in the first ever battery deal between an electric car company and an electric boat maker. Polestar’s powerplants will find their way into two models of Candela’s flying electric boats, marking an industry first. Polestar and Candela partner up The Candela C-8 as well as the recently
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments: Stocks slide to start trading week Oil declines after our Coterra sale alert Constellation bucks the market Another Amazon health-care move? 1. Stocks slide to start trading week All three
The arrow of time is a concept that defines the unidirectional flow of time. In simple words, it dictates that time only flows in one direction, from the past to the future. Despite the idea being decades old, scientists are yet to make considerable progress in unravelling the mysteries behind the phenomenon. A new study has
It was a 3am rise for a dawn police raid in Surrey. But the home secretary – a regular at these kind of events – wanted to project a steady hand at the Home Office, getting on with business as usual when everything else is in a state of flux. On this occasion, the raid was a
In this article JD 9618-HK Chinese technology companies including JD.com are facing headwinds from China’s Covid lockdowns and subsequent economic impact as well as the country’s tighter regulatory environment for technology businesses. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images JD.com beat top and bottom line expectations in the second quarter, but posted its slowest year-on-year
The Japanese carmaking giant Nissan is to close its British engine cylinder plant in 2024 when a contract with its only customer expires. Sky News has learnt that Nissan has decided to shut the area of its vast Sunderland factory dedicated to making cylinder heads for Renault combustion engines. The decision will not result in
Putin ally Alexander Dugin has said his daughter told him she felt “like a warrior” and a “hero” before she died in a car bombing Russia has blamed on Ukraine. Darya Dugina, 29, attended a festival on Saturday night before a remotely-controlled explosive device planted in her 4×4 blew up as she was driving on
Pictures of cages to apparently contain Ukrainian prisoners of war during trials in Mariupol have been condemned by the UN. Its human rights office said it was “concerned” they would not get a fair hearing and stressed that POWs cannot be prosecuted for lawful acts of war. Images said to be from the philharmonic hall
Police have described the moment a gunman shot into the house of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, injuring her mother and fatally wounding the child. The primary school pupil was killed shortly after 10pm on Monday night after a 35-year-old man, being chased by another man with a gun, forced his way into her house. Detective Chief
After weeks of blue-on-blue battles, Liz Truss looks set to see off her rival Rishi Sunak to win the Conservative leadership race and become prime minister. But how did the current foreign secretary, who will become only the third female PM if she beats the former chancellor, reach this point? Early life as the eldest