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More than 50,000 migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats since Sir Keir Starmer became prime minister, according to new figures. Home Office statistics reveal that 474 people arrived on Monday in eight vessels – the highest number to make the journey in one day in August. It brings the total to 50,271 since…
First in a series of stories profiling top high school football players by position. Today, Brady Smigiel, Newbury Park quarterback. Honored as the The Timesβ player of the year in 2024. Passed for more than 3,200 yards. Completed 49 touchdown passes. Won a Southern Section Division 2 championship. Committed to Michigan for college. Rated a…
There are people who keep reliving their glory days, and then thereβs Dean Cain. The film and TV actor is best known for his work in the 1990s series βLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.β He was no Christopher Reeve or Henry Cavill. But enough people remember Cain in blue tights and a…
The Galaxy are the worst team in Major League Soccer. Thatβs not subjective opinion, itβs objective fact. Just look at the MLS standings, where the Galaxy are dead last after Sundayβs 4-0 loss to the Seattle Sounders, a game that wasnβt nearly as close as the score would indicate. But the Galaxy are also one…
Over the course of her three-decade career, ChloΓ« Sevigny has built an eclectic rΓ©sumΓ© playing complex women whom she describes as βthe moral compassβ or βthe salt of the earthβ in a story. But in the second season of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennanβs βMonsters,β which reexamines the story of the Menendez family for a…
Former minister Tulip Siddiq has found herself in the spotlight again as she faces a corruption trial in Bangladesh. The former anti-corruption minister’s trial is expected to begin on Wednesday, but she will not be there. A wider trial began on Monday after 27 people were indicted last week by Bangladeshi courts. They include Ms…
Ministers have lined up insolvency practitioners to prepare for the potential collapse of Thames Water, Britain’s biggest water utility. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Steve Reed, the environment secretary, has signed off the appointment of FTI Consulting to advise on contingency plans for Thames Water to be placed into a Special Administration regime (SAR)….
Every week, our Money blog team finds the answer to a reader’s financial problem or consumer dispute. Here’s our latest… My husband is freelance and the breadwinner of the family. He is in hospital for an unknown length of time. Is there any support for us in the short term, so we can keep our…
The rate of wage rises in the UK continued to slow as the number of job vacancies and people in work fell, according to new figures. Average weekly earnings slowed to 4.6% down from 5%, while pay excluding bonuses continued to grow 5%, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the…
The world’s two largest economies, the US and China, have again extended the deadline for tariffs to come into effect. A last-minute executive order from US President Donald Trump will prevent taxes on Chinese imports to the US from rising to 30%. Beijing also announced the extension of the tariff pause at the same time,…
