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Sir Keir Starmer is fighting for his political survival as calls for him to step down grow, after the resignation of his top aide over the Peter Mandelson scandal. The embattled prime minister is expected to face the Parliamentary Labour Party today amid anger over his appointment of Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US,…
How do you find the missing? If you do find them, how can you help? Oakland civil rights attorney James Cook has been on the ground in Minnesota for months figuring out answers to these question as he goes. A fast-talking Minneapolis native who still lives in the Twin Cities part time, Cook is one…
Amanda Staveley, the former Newcastle United Football Club joint-owner, will on Monday be forced to clarify her interest in bidding for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur following veteran chairman Daniel Levy’s unexpected departure last week. Sky News has learnt that PCP International Finance, a vehicle controlled by Ms Staveley, is expected to issue a statement…
When South East Water (SEW) is in the news, the headlines do not generally make for comfortable reading. While the water and sewerage industry and its regulators have little to cheer about, this water-only supplier is now facing calls to be nationalised – such is the strength of feeling over performance as it grapples with…
The chancellor’s spring budget will take place in March, the Treasury has announced. Rachel Reeves will deliver the budget, known as the “spring forecast”, on 3 March 2026. She has asked the independent budget watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), to “prepare an economic and fiscal forecast” for publication on the same day. The…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ When Charlie Kirk was killed by an assassin this fall, Republican leaders credited the organization he founded for enabling President Trumpβs return to power. Now that organization is mobilizing behind Vice President JD Vance. Uninterested in a competitive Republican primary in 2028, Turning Point USA plans to deploy representatives across Iowaβs 99 counties in the…
No role in baseball has undergone more of a transformation than that of a relief pitcher. What once was something a hurler became because he wasnβt good enough to be a starter is now a vital role manned by a succession of the hardest throwers. Anyone who doubts the importance of a quality bullpen hasnβt…
Nancy Guthrie had been missing less than three days when family members and reporters, and even an Amazon delivery worker, could be seen wandering onto her property, with drops of her blood still staining the front entryway. Itβs been nearly two weeks since the 84-year-old mother of βTodayβ host Savannah Guthrie was abducted. With no…
The owner of The Very Group, one of Britain’s biggest online shopping platforms, is to launch a Β£2bn auction of the company just months after taking control. Sky News has learnt that Carlyle, the American private equity giant, is lining up Barclays and JP Morgan to handle a sale of Very, which sells a wide…
What do Dead Kennedysβ Jello Biafra, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and Motley CrΓΌe bassist Nikki Sixx have in common? They all dig Frankie and the Witch Fingers, an L.A.-based band whose irresistible garagey-psychedelic rock sometimes even invokes shades of Oingo Boingo and Devo thanks to a staccato freneticism and pointed lyrics. The diversity of…
