PA Media Shona Robison is expected to announce massive cuts to public services Cuts to the Scottish government’s budget will have a “profound effect” on its ability to deliver services, the finance secretary has warned. Shona Robison also claimed the UK is entering a “new era of austerity” under the Labour government at Westminster, ahead […]
Group’s armed wing Qassam Brigades issues statement, two days after bodies of six captives are recovered from a Gaza tunnel by Israeli forces. The armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas says captives held in Gaza would return to Israel “in coffins” if Israeli military pressure continues, warning that “new instructions” had been given to […]
Not only did the event host over 300 guests worldwide, but they were also joined by some special guests from the PUMA Fam including Theo Hernández, Christian Pulisic, Chanté Dompig, Laura Giuliani and Nesrine Bahlouli. The star players were joined on track by Scuderia Ferrari Academy Drivers Oliver Bearman and Dino Beganovic for a race […]
Getty Images X was suspended in Brazil during the early hours of Saturday Brazil’s Supreme Court has upheld a ban on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. A majority of three out of five justices have already voted in favour of the measure, meaning the ban will stay in place even if the […]
Video shows Titanic missing large section of railing It was the image that made the Titanic’s wreck instantly recognisable – the ship’s bow looming out of the darkness of the Atlantic depths. But a new expedition has revealed the effects of slow decay, with a large section of railing now on the sea floor. The […]
The government is being urged to install trade union members on the board of its new £7.3bn national wealth fund to help offset the influence of big banks and ensure that it is geared towards hitting green targets and bringing “shared prosperity” to the UK population. It is part of a wider set of recommendations […]
BBC News Kristy Clayton said plans for cuts at facilities in the Midlands are ‘heartbreaking’ Five hospices caring for terminally ill people have planned job cuts in the past two months due to financial pressures, BBC News has learned. St Giles Hospice, which runs community services and in-patient sites in the West Midlands, has started […]
Reuters (L-R) The crew of Polaris Dawn includes Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis SpaceX has postponed its attempt to launch an expedition featuring an all-civilian crew that is aiming to carry out the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens. The mission, known as Polaris Dawn, had been scheduled to take off from […]
Aug 31, 2024, 07:12 PM ET The transfer deadline may have passed across Europe’s top five leagues but there is still business to be done this summer. And, with only four months until the January window opens, the rumour mill keeps on turning! Transfer Talk brings you all the latest, and you can check out […]
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is under fresh pressure this weekend over controversial plans to limit winter fuel allowance to the poorest pensioners, amid claims that it will cause “severe hardship” to millions of elderly people. The Observer has learned that the country’s leading charity for older people, Age UK, has written to Reeves with a […]