‘Thank you, Wrexham AFC’: Hollywood owners join fans to celebrate promotion
Read More Hollywood celebrities and fans have been celebrating Wrexham AFC’s glorious return to the English Football League in a comeback story that has captivated people across the globe. The club’s co-owner, Ryan Reynolds, paid tribute on social media to his beloved team, which will be returning to the EFL after a 15-year absence. “Everything […]
UK public assured they can ‘swipe away’ emergency alert test
Read More The UK public have been assured they can “simply swipe away” a test of a new public alert system when it emits a loud alarm on millions of phones on Sunday. Oliver Dowden, the newly appointed deputy prime minister, said no action was needed – but in the future it might be the […]
London Marathon 2023: Sifan Hassan and Kelvin Kiptum win elite races – live
Read More Jess Ennis-Hill visits Luke and Sophie, whose son Huxley was born with undiagnosed down’s syndrome and passed away aged just three days. They then had another baby, Ralphie, who had leukaemia, and both boys were treated at Great Ormond Street; he was discharged in March, and I’m sorry but I’m in absolute bits […]
Dominic Raab faces campaign to sack him as MP
Read More Parliament’s standards commissioner is facing demands to open an inquiry into Dominic Raab’s conduct, while a local campaign has been launched calling for the former justice secretary to step down as an MP. The Observer understands that a complaint is being filed with Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, arguing that the […]
Diane Abbott loses Labour party whip after letter suggesting Jewish people do not experience racism – live
Read More From 1h ago The Labour party has removed the whip from Diane Abbott over a row about a letter she wrote to the Observer newspaper that appeared to compare the prejudice faced by Jewish people to that faced by people with red hair, and which also sought to set apart “prejudice” against Irish […]
Biden EPA to Issue Power Plant Rules That Lean on Carbon Capture
The U.S. government may soon require natural gas-fired power plants to install technology to capture carbon emissions, sources said, as President Joe Biden’s administration enacts new rules to help decarbonize the power sector in 12 years. The Environmental Protection…
Homeowner heist? Supreme Court to decide limits of property seizures to satisfy tax debts
It sounds like a Big Brother nightmare: The home of a 94-year-old grandmother is seized by the state for unpaid taxes, and all the sale proceeds — far above what she actually owed — go to public coffers. Now the U.S. Supreme Court will debate and decide a tricky property rights case involving a legal […]
Canadian official says government would ‘work to provide’ abortion pill to Americans if banned in US
A Canadian official said the country’s government “would work to provide” Americans access to abortion drugs that could be banned in the U.S. Families Minister Karina Gould said in an interview that the Canadian federal government would attempt to assist American women gain access to the abortion pill mifepristone, in line with Canadian laws, in […]
Biden official advising president on Big Tech has extensive Big Tech ties
A top Biden administration official responsible for advising the president on policy toward Big Tech companies spent years working in senior positions for Google and Google-backed groups, which critics say raises questions about a potential conflict of interest and the prevalence of the so-called “revolving door” of Washington, D.C. elites shuttling between government and outside […]
Trump, addressing Iowa evangelicals, touts ‘pro-life’ credentials after slap by major anti-abortion group
Former President Donald Trump – days after being heavily criticized by a leading anti-abortion group – spotlighted his past and potentially future efforts to restrict abortions, as he addressed an influential crowd of social conservative leaders and activists in Iowa, the state that leads off the GOP presidential nominating calendar. Trump touted that he was […]