The Conservatives will put their offer to pensioners at the heart of their election manifesto when it is published tomorrow. The manifesto will reiterate already-announced pledges to introduce the so-called “triple lock plus” for pensioners – which will create a new “age-related” tax-free allowance – as well as promises not to increase major taxes. Its
Platform Eureka, an offshore oil and gas platform operated by Beta Operating Company LLC, off the coast of Long Beach, California, US, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Tim Rue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Crude oil futures rose slightly on Monday as analysts see summer fuel demand pushing the market into a supply deficit in
Jun 10, 2024, 08:28 AM ET PERTH, Australia — After booking its place in the final rounds of World Cup qualification for the first time, Palestine‘s men’s national team are hopeful that a peaceful resolution to the Israel-Hamas conflict will allow them to return to playing in their home nation once again. Palestine play Australia
As US consumers await deliveries of the first Emeya hyper GTs from Lotus, the supercar developer is touting its quick expertise in the BEV segment with impressive charging times. Lotus is hailing the Emeya’s charging speeds from 10-80% as a record breaker, but whether that’s true or not, there’s no denying the new hyper GT
The detective who led the hunt for the killers of Shawn Seesahai said his experienced team were left in shock when two 12-year-old boys were identified as suspects. Warning: This story contains details readers may find distressing Mr Seesahai, 19, died after the attack on 13 November last year. He was struck on his legs
An aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others has gone missing. According to the president’s office, Saulos Klaus Chilima was on board when the flight “went off radar” after leaving the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning. Rescue operations are ongoing, it added, after efforts to “make contact” with the plane failed. “The public will be
Erik ten Hag is to stay as Manchester United manager, Sky News understands. The Dutchman has been the subject of intense speculation over his future at the club after a disappointing Premier League campaign, which saw United finish eighth. However they beat rivals Manchester City – the Premier League champions – to win the FA
In this article OKTA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT This photograph shows a screen displaying the logo of Bard AI, a conversational artificial intelligence software application developed by Google, and ChatGPT. Lionel Bonaventure | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — Microsoft is handing over the development of all of its best artificial intelligence tools
A football club has come under fire for axing its entire female section, with Lioness Beth Mead saying she is “disgusted” by the decision. The controversial move by the committee of Teesside-based Thornaby FC has left more than 100 women and girls without a football club. The women’s section, writing on Facebook, said the club’s
Jun 8, 2024, 08:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Hall of Fame forward Chet Walker, a seven-time NBA All-Star known as “The Jet” for his speed, has died at the age of 84, the NBA announced. A member of the Chicago Bulls Ring of Honor, Walker was taken by the Syracuse Nationals in the 1962
In Europe, where modern politics sometimes moves slowly, shocks don’t come much bigger than this one. Emmanuel Macron dissolving parliament and calling elections, leaving one huge question hanging in the air – what happens next? Macron is a man used to success. He started a political party in his 30s, won the presidency, and then
French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved France’s National Assembly and called a snap election after his party suffered a calamitous result in elections to the European Parliament. Marine le Pen’s hard right National Rally party won about 32% of the vote – a 10 point increase on the last EU election in 2019. It is
Jun 9, 2024, 01:01 PM Open Extended Reactions England fly-half George Ford will miss the upcoming summer tour of Japan and New Zealand to recover from an achilles injury, the RFU confirmed on Sunday. Ford helped club side Sale Sharks to reach the Premiership Rugby semifinals, where they were knocked out by Bath, who lost
Associated Press Jun 8, 2024, 07:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — During his playing days, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, he would not have volunteered to be interviewed on live television in the middle of a major league game. But he doesn’t fault Los Angeles third baseman Kiké Hernández for making an
ESPN News Services Jun 9, 2024, 01:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Seattle Mariners placed first baseman Ty France on the 10-day injured list with a right heel fracture Sunday while calling up prospect Tyler Locklear to make his major league debut. France suffered the injury after being hit by a pitch during Friday’s
Tory HQ has released pictures of Rishi Sunak on the campaign trail after media minders sought to shield the embattled prime minister in the wake of his D-Day departure gaffe. Journalists were kept away from the Tory leader for a second day as he canvassed support in Bedale, Yorkshire. With just weeks to go before
Politicians should stop tying themselves in knots in promising not to raise taxes, the head of an influential thinktank told Sky News – warning it could lead to something worse. Speaking to Sky News’ Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips show, Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, argued neither of the main parties
Associated Press Jun 7, 2024, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jontay Porter, the former Toronto Raptors forward who was given a lifetime ban by the NBA because of a sports betting scandal, was “in over his head” with a gambling addiction, his lawyer said Friday. Jeff Jensen, a government investigations attorney in St. Louis,
Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 8, 2024, 04:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd attempted to throw a stick of dynamite into the middle of the Celtics locker room by declaring – twice – that Jaylen Brown is Boston’s best player Saturday afternoon. But when Brown and Jayson Tatum were separately
The King is “doing fine” but “won’t slow down and won’t do what he’s told”, the Queen has said. The royal was speaking to novelist Lee Child, who appeared at the second annual Queen’s Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace in Surrey on Saturday. The author of the Jack Reacher crime thriller series said