England defender Harry Maguire has said his father suffered suspected broken ribs after getting caught up in the “stampede” before Sunday’s Euro 2020 final. Maguire, who scored during the penalty shootout, said his dad was “scared” as he made his way into the game, which England lost to Italy. “It shook him up,” Maguire said,
Month: July 2021
US President Joe Biden is teaming up with former Disney Channel star Olivia Rodrigo to encourage young people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Singer and songwriter Rodrigo, 18, will meet Mr Biden and his chief medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci later today to film videos promoting the cause. The videos will feature on the White
The long-range weather forecast from meteorologist Mike Everett is bleak: “Places like this could become uninhabitable.” He has spent the last week guiding viewers of NBC News in Palm Springs, California, through its latest record-breaking heatwave. The desert city is used to the heat but things are extreme. It has recorded its hottest June ever,
Rapid lateral flow tests are 95% effective at detecting coronavirus if they are used at the onset of infection or as soon as symptoms start, a new study suggests. Scientists have previously said that lateral flow tests (LFTs) are less sensitive at picking up COVID-19 cases than laboratory tested PCR swabs. But a study of
The Crown has bagged 24 Emmy nominations, as British talent shines through at the set-piece television awards. The Crown bagged several nominations in the main categories – for best drama, stars Olivia Colman and Emma Corrin for best actress in a drama, and Josh O’Connor for best actor in a drama. Emerald Fennell, Helena Bonham-Carter
Boris Johnson has seen off a Conservative rebellion over his plan to cut the UK’s foreign aid spending. MPs voted 333 to 298, a majority of 35, to back reducing overseas aid spending from 0.7% of gross national income to 0.5%. Ministers have insisted the cut – which will see a reduction of around £4.4bn
US inflation revved up further last month partly thanks to the biggest monthly bounce in used vehicle prices for more than 60 years. America’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 5.4% in June compared to a year ago, matching a level last seen in 2008, as the economy continued to rebound from the coronavirus crisis
The 5G rollout across Britain is being held up by owners of phone mast sites who are refusing to accept swingeing rent cuts. Fox Lane Sports and Social Club in Leyland, Lancashire, is one of the landlords being offered around 10% of the current rent it receives, and has responded by refusing to allow mast
Monday night saw the three main US stock indices – the S&P 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average – close at fresh all-time highs for the second successive session. For the most important and broad-based of these, the S&P 500, it was the 39th time this year it has done so. It
Lockdown restrictions in Scotland will be eased from Monday, Nicola Sturgeon has said – but with certain conditions. The First Minister told the Scottish Parliament that the country would move to Level 0 but face masks will remain “mandatory”. She went on to say that it is a time for “continued caution” and that lifting
A few days after delighting fans with behind-the-scenes pictures of his costume for Loki, Richard E Grant is sitting in front of me on a video call to tell me all about his cameo role – although this time there are sadly no green tights or “baggy, yellow Y-fronts”, as he puts it, in sight.
Ten people have been killed in a stampede during a mass looting at a shopping centre in South Africa’s Gauteng province, officials have said. The fresh violence comes amid an escalation of rioting in Johannesburg, which broke out after the imprisonment of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma. Shops and businesses have been looted and
Elon Musk has said he “rather hates” being CEO of Tesla, telling a court that he would rather focus on engineering and design issues. But, he added, he had to remain in charge of the electric car giant “or the company was going to die”. The heated remarks came as Musk took the stand on
Experts have warned that winter could be tough this year with a further surge in COVID-19 cases and other respiratory diseases such as flu. Hospitalisations and deaths from flu during the 2020/21 winter fell dramatically compared with pre-pandemic levels but there are concerns there could be a huge increase this year. Health Secretary Sajid Javid
Few topics cause more aggression between gamers than the relative strengths of console and PC gaming, and now EA has come out firmly for the former. The forthcoming version of FIFA 22 on PC will be missing features available to the latest generation of console players, the company has confirmed, due to differences in specs.
The Bank of England has done away with limits on bank dividends that were introduced during the pandemic, claiming that its stress test shows that banks are in a good position to handle any future turbulence caused by COVID-19. At the start of the pandemic, the central bank said, markets were severely disrupted, and threatened
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