A woman on Twitter named Liz Trussell is having her very own John Lewis moment as people confuse her for Britain’s next prime minister. Ms Trussell appeared to have nabbed the Twitter handle @LizTruss before the Conservative leader (who goes by @trussliz), with rival party leaders and even the Swedish prime minister messaging the wrong
Month: September 2022
Noel Gallagher has told Sky News how David Bowie inspired him to step out of his comfort zone and “put himself out there” with his music, hailing the visionary singer-songwriter as “one of the all-time greats”. The Oasis and High Flying Birds star was among the guests at the premiere of Moonage Daydream, the first
Priti Patel is to resign as home secretary when Liz Truss takes office as prime minister. Writing a letter to Boris Johnson on Monday afternoon, Ms Patel said “it has been the honour of my life to serve our country as home secretary for the last three years”, adding that she will now “champion many
The operator of California’s power grid has asked people to conserve energy for the sixth day in a row as the state swelters in record-breaking temperatures. The California Independent System Operator (ISO) said there could be rolling blackouts in the state if the guidance in the “flex alerts” isn’t followed. During a flex alert, consumers
You didn’t have to wait for the result of the Conservative Party ballot to find out who would be the next prime minister. Liz Truss’s purposeful stride into the hall ahead of the public announcement gave the result away. Her acceptance speech was short and her message was simple: I will deliver for the British
Liz Truss will become the next prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership contest. Ms Truss, who was the favourite to win, will succeed Boris Johnson on Tuesday and become the nation’s third female leader. The foreign secretary used her victory speech to indicate she would not trigger an early general
Adele has won her first Emmy, picking up the prize for a TV concert special that was broadcast ahead of the release of her latest album. One Night Only won the Emmy for best outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) at the Creative Emmy Awards on Sunday night, held ahead of the main Primetime Emmys ceremony next
A TikTok influencer has died while skydiving in Toronto after her reserve parachute did not have enough time to inflate, according to reports. Tanya Pardazi, 21, who had more than 100,000 followers on TikTok, died on 27 August during her first solo dive after completing a course with Skydive Toronto. She had also taken part
Tackling the cost of living crisis, Liz Truss herself has said, is her number one priority once she gets the keys to Number 10. Her victory over Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership race followed a tense five-week debate, dominated by how each would approach getting bills down for households and businesses. After criticism that
A mobile phone app can detect COVID in people’s voices with “potentially high precision” using artificial intelligence (AI), according to researchers. An AI model was said to be 89% accurate and is cheap to use, which means it could be adopted in low-income countries where PCR tests are more expensive. Results can be provided in
Ten people have been killed and at least 15 others injured after stabbings in the Saskatchewan province of Canada. The attacks happened at multiple locations, with police investigating 13 crime scenes, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan said. Officers are hunting for two suspects, Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson, who it is believed are
The Weeknd has apologised for cancelling a concert near Los Angeles on Saturday evening after he lost his voice early into the set. The Canadian musician took to the stage at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California as part of his “After Hours til Dawn Tour”. But midway through the song, Can’t Feel My Face,
On a prime minister’s first day in office, they are taken into a top secret meeting and asked to make a plan in case of nuclear attack. Kate Fall, David Cameron’s ‘gatekeeper’ and deputy chief of staff, remembers that moment because she was firmly ushered out of the PM’s den: “I was told categorically: ‘No.
Either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will be crowned the next Conservative Party leader and prime minister of the UK later today, after a gruelling summer contest. Ms Truss and Mr Sunak have spent the past six weeks battling it out to persuade Tory members that they have what it takes to run the party
Liz Truss has been crowned victor of the Conservative leadership contest and the country’s next prime minister. It follows a gruelling six-week long campaign which has seen the two leadership hopefuls take part in 12 Conservative hustings across all four nations of the UK. But which processes follow the result and what else can we
Irish police have named the three siblings who died in a “violent incident” at a house in Dublin. Lisa Cash, 18, and her twin siblings Christy and Chelsea Cawley, 8, were found at a property in Rossfield Estate, Tallaght, at about 12.30am on Sunday. They were taken to hospital in Crumlin, but were later pronounced
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