The government’s woken up to quite the new year hangover with the publication of 2025’s small boat data – which reveals the number of migrants crossing the Channel increased by more than 4,500 people compared to 2024. For a prime minister who made “smashing the gangs” such a central pledge during the general election campaign,…
The fiery debate about a proposed ballot measure to tax Californiaβs billionaires has sparked some soul-searching across the state. While the idea of a one-time tax on more than 200 people has a long way to go before getting onto the ballot and would need to be passed by voters in November, the tempest around…
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Rachel Reeves is “quietly hammering” workers with stealth taxes as a result of her budget last year, a think tank has said. While the chancellor did not increase income tax, national insurance contributions for employees or VAT, avoiding a manifesto breach, her November statement did see her extend a freeze on the first two until…
This article contains spoilers from the series finale of βStranger Things.β At this moment, somewhere on the internet, βStranger Thingsβ fans are rabidly and rapidly giving their feedback on how the series resolved the years-long plight of horrors faced by their favorite ragtag troop from Hawkins. But for Noah Schnapp, it didnβt matter how the…
A double murderer has been awarded Β£7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, was moved to a close supervision centre (CSC) – a special unit for dangerous prisoners – after helping to take…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., ended the first year of President Trumpβs second term with a record of rulings that gave him much broader power to control the federal government. In a series of fast-track decisions, the justices granted emergency appeals and set aside rulings from district judges who…
Jerry Neuheisel is leaving home to go work for someone familiar. The longtime UCLA assistant who was born at the schoolβs medical center, played quarterback for the Bruins and rose to de facto offensive coordinator last season will rejoin former boss Chip Kelly in a new role at Northwestern. Neuheisel has agreed to become the…
Britain’s biggest private hospital operator has handed prospective suitors a deadline to pursue a takeover of the company amid shareholder pressure on it to explore a sale. Sky News has learnt that advisers to Spire Healthcare have told parties including private equity firms to register their interest by 20 January. The date is not a…
Last year, women made up just 13% of directors working on the top 250 films. That level represents a 3-percentage-point decline from 2024, when women led 16% of the top-grossing movies, according to a San Diego State University study released Thursday. The troubling tabulation comes as Hollywood seeks to turn the page from a gut-punching…