John Lennon’s sister is celebrating his 80th birthday with a series of special events in Liverpool. Julia Baird is one of the stewards of the Beatles star’s legacy, which she describes as “anti-war, equality, diversity – all the things that we’ve gotten nowhere with, that we’re still talking about today”. Like Lennon, Ms Baird is
Month: October 2020
Six men have been charged with plotting to overthrow Michigan’s government and kidnap its governor. They are accused of conspiring to abduct Gretchen Whitmer from her holiday home, with one of the suspects saying that he wanted to try her for “treason”. According to a court filing, they plotted for months, consulted and trained with
Donald Trump’s campaign has proposed pushing back the final two presidential debates with Joe Biden by one week. Earlier, the US president said he would refuse to take part in a debate on 15 October that organisers were planning to do virtually in response to his coronavirus diagnosis. In a statement, Trump campaign manager Bill
The UK has recorded 17,540 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours – 3,300 more than yesterday. Nottingham now has the highest weekly rate of new cases in England after more than 2,000 cases were recorded in the city in one week – this is the equivalent of 689.1 cases per 100,000 people A
Theresa May has led a fierce onslaught by Tory ex-cabinet ministers against a housing shake-up proposed by Boris Johnson, which could lead to some building going ahead without planning permission. Backed by her former cabinet allies Damian Green, Jeremy Hunt and Chris Grayling – and several more ex-ministers – the former prime minister demanded a
More than a thousand consultants from Deloitte are now working on Test and Trace, according to newly-released documents that underline the scale of the government’s reliance on the private sector. According to documents released by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) under Freedom of Information rules, there are currently 1,114 consultants from the
Everyone knows about King Henry VIII – we study him at school, and there are countless book and several TV shows dedicated to the events of his life. But the Starzplay TV series The Spanish Princess is trying to give a new perspective to that period, looking at what went on through the eyes of
Films shown at drive-in cinemas will be eligible for the Oscars in 2021, the Academy has announced. The new rule has been approved by its board of governors for the best picture and general entry categories following the closure of movie theatres due to the coronavirus pandemic. Image: Grease is the ultimate drive-in film. Pic:
Donald Trump has thrown plans for his second presidential debate with Joe Biden into disarray after saying he will not take part in a virtual event. The president’s declaration came less than an hour after organisers announced that the debate would be taking place virtually. The Commission on Presidential Debates said the decision was made
US celebrities have stripped off as part of a campaign to urge people to make sure their vote counts in the country’s presidential election next month. Model Naomi Campbell, actors Tiffany Haddish, Amy Schumer, Josh Gad and Mark Ruffalo, as well as comedians Chris Rock and Sarah Silverman are among the famous faces that have
England is expected to be carved into three different lockdown tiers next week, with millions of people facing tougher restrictions as the government tries to get a handle on rising coronavirus cases and hospital admissions. Pubs, restaurants and leisure facilities are expected to be closed in parts of the North put into the strictest tier,
A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton called Stan has sold for £24.5m at auction, breaking an all-time record. Named after Stan Sacrison, the amateur palaeontologist who discovered it in South Dakota in 1987, Stan is 40ft long and 13ft high. It sold for $31.8m (£24.5m) at Christie’s auction house in New York on Tuesday, making it the
Boris Johnson has been condemned by the mayors of northern cities as ministers plan tougher coronavirus restrictions in a bid to stem regional spikes in infections. The prime minister is expected to order tough new curbs next week on pubs in northern England, which could include closing them altogether in Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle. But
Human rights campaigners have made fresh calls for Myanmar to close down Rohingya detention camps where conditions are still “unliveable” eight years after they were set up. Around 130,000 Rohingya Muslims live across 24 camps in Myanmar‘s Rakhine state because they were forced from their homes in what has been described as a government ethnic
Low-cost carrier easyJet said it expects a £845m loss this year due to the pandemic in what will mark the first full-year loss in its history. The company painted a bleak outlook as it forecast a significant drop in capacity for 2021 and called on the Government to help the embattled aviation sector. Sky News
More than 600 reports of romance scams per month were made to Action Fraud during June, July and August, with criminals exploiting victims’ desire for human contact during the lockdown. Police forces and other organisations are running a campaign throughout October to raise awareness of romance fraud, following a 26% increase in reports to Action
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- …
- 29
- Next Page »