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πListen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast appπβ―β―β―β―β―β―β― “Education, education, education” was how Tony Blair set out New Labour’s priorities in the early noughties. A quarter of a century on, what story is Sir Keir Starmer trying to tell about schools under his premiership? In this episode, Sam and Anne are joined…
If there’s one thing the past 24 hours has confirmed, it’s that it’s still Donald Trump’s world, and we’re all just living in it. In the aftermath of the Alaska meeting, the US president’s deal-making skills came under question when he seemingly walked away empty-handed. But it was clear he had retained his ability to…
Terence Stamp, the prolific English actor who played General Zod in the βSupermanβ films and earned an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the title character in βBilly Budd,β has died. He was 87. Stamp died of undisclosed causes Sunday morning, his family confirmed to Reuters. βHe leaves behind an extraordinary body of work, both…
Her name was etched in the memory of millions thanks to her role as Gabrielle SolΓs in βDesperate Housewives,β a series that established Eva Longoria as one of the most influential Latina actresses in Hollywood. She went on to become a producer, director, entrepreneur, activist and, in recent years, an investor in the world of…
Twenty-two years ago, Silicon Valley executive Henry Evans had a massive stroke that left him mute and paralyzed from the neck down. But that didn’t prevent him from becoming a leading advocate of adaptive robotic tech to help disabled people β or from writing country songs, one letter at a time. Correspondent John Blackstone talks…
For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring the shrinking glaciers in the rugged North Cascade Mountains of Washington State. He’s been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist Jill Pelto, whose watercolors provide another view of the drastically-changing landscape, as the effects of human-caused climate change on glaciers becomes even more starkly apparent….
A company which makes miniaturised electric versions of classic cars has secured a rescue deal led by an American merchant banking group. Sky News understands that the future of Hedley Studios – formerly known as The Little Car Company – has been salvaged through a pre-pack administration deal. FRP Advisory is understood to have acted…
Sir Keir Starmer will be accompanying Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington tomorrow for his crunch meeting with Donald Trump. He will join European leaders including France’s president Emmanuel Macron, Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni and Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Also set to attend the talk at the White House are NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte…
Two and a half years before he died, Elvis Presley sat on the floor of a walk-in closet at the Las Vegas Hilton and discussed a project that might have changed the course of his life. The meeting, as recounted by Presleyβs longtime friend Jerry Schilling, put the King of Rock and Roll face to…
Fashion brand Topshop celebrated its relaunch with its first catwalk in seven years. The company’s website promised everyone was invited as models strutted down a runway on Trafalgar Square in front of noughties fashion icons Cara Delevingne and Adwoa Aboah and the London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan. The label has been operating on the online…
