BBC Leaseholders and some renters currently pay a service charge Ministers have outlined plans to abolish the leasehold system in England and Wales. Proposals to change the law would ban the sale of new leasehold flats. Under the leasehold system, third-party landlords known as freeholders own the building and a leaseholder buys the right to […]
BREAKINGBREAKING, The attack took place in a bus station, police said, killing a 70-year-old man and injuring four others. A 70-year-old man has been killed and four others wounded in a stabbing attack in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, officials said. The attack took place in a bus station on Monday, Israeli police said, […]
Tom Gerken Technology reporter PA Media The UK data watchdog has launched what it calls a “major investigation” into TikTok’s use of children’s personal information. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will inspect the way in which the social media platform uses the data of 13 to 17-year-olds to recommend further content to them. John Edwards, […]
BBC As a Ryanair flight from London approached Vilnius, Lithuania, on 17 January, its descent was suddenly aborted. Just minutes from touching down, the aircraft’s essential Global Positioning System (GPS) suffered an unexplained interference, triggering an emergency diversion. The Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 had already descended to around 850ft (259m) when the disruption occurred. Instead […]
Luis Suárez scored a goal and assisted on three others to lead Inter Miami to a dominant 4-1 victory over the host Houston Dynamo on Sunday night. Inter Miami (1-0-1, 4 points) picked up its first victory of the MLS season despite the absence of superstar Lionel Messi, who remained in South Florida as the […]
Kelly Ng & Juna Moon Reporting fromSingapore and Seoul NEWS1 Park Han-shin, who lost his brother in the Jeju Air crash, has been accused of being a “fake bereaved family member” A plane crash in South Korea last December left Park Geun-woo an orphan. The 22-year-old had barely found space to mourn his parents when […]
Jim Marquardt was 16 and seeking some privacy. He had an important letter to write and his short attention span couldn’t compete with the TV in the living room, so he retreated upstairs to his sister’s bedroom. He shut the door and started scribbling. It was a Saturday night, and while his brain was telling […]
A former boss of Barclays, who was ousted from the bank over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will seek to clear his name in court this week. Jes Staley was forced out in November 2021 after UK regulators ruled he had failed to accurately disclose the nature and length of his relationship […]
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Every once in a while, Derek Bender will send a text to one of his former teammates. Or he’ll call, and leave a voicemail. But, after what happened on Sept. 6, he has not received one text back. Not one call. He’s been left on read, a ghosted pariah to a team […]
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has told his players to expect a number of departures at the end of the season as part of an overhaul of the squad. United’s financial position means any new signings in the summer will have to be funded by outgoings. And Amorim says he’s ready to be “honest” with […]