The UK’s unemployment rate has increased again – to the highest level in nearly five years, according to new official figures. The jobless rate ticked up to 5.2% in December, the highest since the three months up to January 2021, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed. The figure had stood at 4.1%…
PHOENIXΒ βΒ Position players reported to spring training at Camelback Ranch for the Dodgers on Monday, but manager Dave Roberts revealed that the team will be without its versatile second baseman and utilityman Tommy Edman when it opens the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks at home on March 26. The 30-year-old Edman underwent ankle surgery during the…
RoyalΒ MailΒ has warned of potential service delays across more than 100 UK postcodes due to poor weather and staff sickness. The company has listed 38 delivery offices which could be most affected by a slower service. A spokesman for Royal Mail said “adverse weather, including storms Goretti, Ingrid and Chandra in January, alongside higher-than-usual sick absence,…
Frederick Wiseman, a preeminent documentary filmmaker, has died. He was 96. The filmmakerβs death was announced by his family Monday in a statement released by Zipporah Films, Wisemanβs distribution company. In a career that lasted nearly 60 years, Wiseman produced and directed 45 films beginning in 1967 with βTiticut Follies,β a documentary on the the…
The government has changed its mind again. By my count, for the 15th time. The government planned to postpone local elections in 30 areas of England due to take place in May, but after a court challenge from Reform UK, it thought better of it. With government lawyers offering new legal advice saying the proposed…
PHILADELPHIAΒ βΒ A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to restore exhibits on slavery that the National Park Service had removed from the Presidentβs House last month. U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufeβs ruling requires the federal government to restore the site βto its physical status as of January 21, 2026,β the day before the…
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, ItalyΒ βΒ World-class athletes, thrilling events, stirring medal ceremonies, I will remember all of those from the Winter Olympics. But what I experienced Sunday on my 45-minute bus ride from my hotel to Cortina will stay with me longer. There was a young woman sitting across the aisle. She looked to be in her mid-20s,…
The former chief executive of Carillion has been fined Β£237,700 by the City regulator for his role in misleading statements by the βcompany before its collapse eight years ago. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) described Richard Howson’s handling of the construction firm’s communications with the market, ahead of its demise in 2018, as “reckless”. The…
What does one do on the morning of the Academy Award nominations? Wake up early? Try to sleep in? Wait for your publicist to call? Having returned home late from a friendβs dinner the night before, Kate Hudson debated the best course of action ahead of last monthβs nominations β before deciding she needed to…
The government has abandoned plans to postpone 30 local elections in May following legal advice. Labour announced in December it was planning to cancel elections in 30 areas – affecting more than 4.5 million people – to overhaul English council structures. But on Monday, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said it…