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Andy Burnham has claimed Labour MPs are privately urging him to challenge the prime minister, as he unveiled his “plan to turn the country around”. The mayor of Greater Manchester, who served in Gordon Brown’s cabinet, has been tipped to make a return to Westminster. Speculation has ramped up amid a rough start to the…
No reset necessary. No reason to make more of some rare misfires. After 16-plus seasons, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford knows how to put less-than-efficient performances behind. So the passes he missed in last Sundayβs defeat by the Philadelphia Eagles are not cause for concern as he prepares for Sundayβs game against the unbeaten Indianapolis Colts…
A US vaccine firm has opened the first mRNA manufacturing plant in the UK, against a backdrop of increasing anti-jab rhetoric back home. The new facility outside Oxford is part of a Β£1bn investment in the UK by Moderna, which specialises in mRNA. The novel vaccine technology delivered some of the most effective and fastest-to-develop…
Proposition 50, the California-slaps-back initiative, is cruising to a comfortable victory on Nov. 4, a slam dunk for Gov. Gavin Newsom and efforts to get even with Texas. Or not. Itβs actually a highly competitive contest between those wanting to offset the GOPβs shameless power grab and opponents of Democratsβ retaliatory gerrymander β with many…
Hardcover fiction 1. The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown (Doubleday: $38) Symbologist Robert Langdon takes on a mystery involving human consciousness and ancient mythology. 2. My Friends by Fredrik Backman (Atria Books: $30) The bond between a group of teenagers 25 years earlier has a powerful effect on a budding artist. 3. Katabasis by…
A charity has been forced to deny Nigel Farage’s claims that swans are being eaten by eastern Europeans in London’s Royal Parks. The Reform UK leader had accused migrants living in the UK of taking both carp and swans – a protected species – from ponds in Britain’s Royal Parks and killing them. He said:…
Cleveland Guardians designated hitter David Fry was hit in the face by a 99-mph fastball thrown Tuesday by Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal at Ohioβs Progressive Field. During a sixth-inning at-bat, Fry was attempting to bunt when the ball missed the bat completely and hit him in the nose and mouth area. He fell to…
For the first time in its history, WIRED is dedicating an issue to politics, citing concerns about the tech industry’s alignment with President Trump. Katie Drummond, the magazine’s global editorial director, explains what this shift means for Silicon Valley and for readers.
A former British Olympic medallist has raised millions of pounds for his digital advertising venture from a prolific backer of UK-based SMEs. Sky News understands that Navigator, which was founded by Steve Rowbotham, who won bronze at the Beijing Games in 2008, will this week announce a Β£4m funding injection from IW Capital. The deal…
Jimmy Kimmel is back, and in his first public words since ABC benched him, he ardently defended free speech, growing emotional throughout the opening monologue of his late-night show. Tuesdayβs episode of βJimmy Kimmel Live!β marked the hostβs return since Walt Disney Co.-owned ABC announced last week that it was suspending his show indefinitely. The…
