A price cap will be placed on pet prescriptions, the Competition and Markets Authority has announced following a three-year investigation. Pet owners will pay a maximum of Β£21 for their first prescription and Β£12.50 for any other medicines within the same consultation under the changes, after the CMA found some were being overcharged for commonly…
Tech moves fast, regulation doesn’t – that’s what the prime minister is now having to contend with.Β People invent new technology like AI, new social media features designed to draw you in, new ways to interact online – and in the background, the authorities scramble to keep up. The prime minister is trying. Today, he…
A Reform UK councillor has defected to the Tories after becoming “uncomfortable” with Nigel Farage’s party. James Buchan said he wanted to be able to “look my family in the eye and say, ‘that’s not who I am’” after his former party announced plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain. The Dartford Borough councillor, who…
Sir Keir Starmer is to chair a COBRA meeting on Monday morning, Sky News understands. Ministers and officials will discuss the cost-of-living impacts of the ongoing Iran war and plans to help households. COBRA meetings are the government’s regular way to respond to a national emergency. Politics Hub: Follow all the latest news The prime…
Thereβs an intriguing story unfolding at Los Angeles Wilson High, where the girlsβ flag football team has thrust itself into the mix to compete for a City Section Open Division title after an upset win over previously unbeaten Eagle Rock last week. Wilson is 23-1 and has clinched at least a tie for the Northern…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week over whether the Trump administration may revoke temporary protected status for about 350,000 Haitian and 6,100 Syrian immigrants. TPS allows people who are already in the United States to legally reside and work here if they are unable to safely return to their home country because of…
Green MPs have written to Ed Miliband demanding he set out plans to decouple electricity prices from gas, after Sky News revealed he was “looking into” the policy. The letter calls for the government to fully commit to the measure, arguing it could knock hundreds of pounds off household energy bills by ending the “rigged…
FOXBOROUGH, Mass.Β βΒ The MVP chants for the second-year quarterback of the New England Patriots rang throughout Gillette Stadium on Sunday night. The Chargers, meanwhile, were haunted by their own echoes. Another playoff game. Another one-and-done exit. The gutty season of quarterback Justin Herbert again ended with a whimper, a 16-3 loss on a night when the…
Weβve seen animated animals belt out tunes in the βSingβ movies. Weβve learned about βThe Secret Life of Petsβ (twice). And weβve visited them in βZootopiaβ (also on two occasions). Now we get to see them play basketball. βGoat,β produced by Golden State Warriors prodigy Stephen Curry, is yet another underdog story about following your…
Itβs been eight years since The xx performed together as a band, but it sure didnβt feel like it when the U.K. trio took the Main stage on Friday. For one, the members havenβt exactly disappeared. Producer/drummer Jamie xx is a festival mainstay and one of the most sophisticated, exultant DJβs working. Romy Madley Croft…