Peter Barrett / BBC Weather Watchers Sunday’s sunrise in Hornchurch, East London Smoke from wildfires across the Atlantic has brought spectacular vivid colours to sunsets and sunrises across the UK this weekend. Fires have blazed across North America this summer, and smoke particles have been carried by the jet stream to the skies above the […]
Getty Images 7-Eleven is the world’s biggest convenience store chain When the owner of 7-Eleven announced this week that it had received a buyout offer from a Canadian rival it triggered shockwaves in Japan. A Japanese company of this size has never been bought by a foreign firm. Historically, companies from Japan were more likely […]
Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks on stage during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The Newsportu Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you the latest on the Democratic National Convention. Former first lady Michelle Obama […]
Getty Images “I didn’t care how expensive it was, I didn’t care if I had any money left – I just wanted to buy it.” Rather than doing school work or spending time with friends, all 14-year-old Ben, whose name we have changed, could think about was trying to get hold of the drug Spice. […]
More than half a million children will go hungry during school holiday periods from the October half-term if the government fails to renew a £1bn local welfare crisis fund due to end in six weeks’ time, charities have warned. English councils last year spent £370m from their household support fund (HSF) allocations on holiday food […]
BBC Swarms of as many as 30 large twin-engine drones will patrol the skies for potential wildfires, researchers hope Drones could soon be working together in swarms to put out flames before they become wildfires, UK researchers hope. A team of firefighters, scientists and engineers are working on a project they say will allow swarms […]
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterAug 20, 2024, 03:29 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Jamie Vardy completed his return to the Premier League with a goal to secure a point for Leicester […]
LinkedIn Stephen Chamberlain was previously acquitted with Mike Lynch following a US fraud trial The co-defendant of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch – who is currently missing in Italy – has died after being hit by a car, his lawyer said. Stephen Chamberlain was Mr Lynch’s co-defendant in his US fraud trial in which both […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. IG Group has named Ricardo Ghiglino as the Head of Europe and Emerging Market Tech Delivery. Ghiglino shared the news in a LinkedIn post. Before this new position, he was the Head of […]
Starmer condemns ‘intolerable, racist’ riots in Northern Ireland Prime minister Keir Starmer has described the race related disorder in Northern Ireland as “intolerable”. He was speaking during a visit to the province and meeting frontline officers who dealt with the violence and members of ethnic minority communities targeted. Starmer noted that many PSNI officers had […]