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Evening Standard
Oil and gas producers warn windfall tax would do long-term harm to industry
Offshore Energies UK, which represents the offshore oil and gas industry, said the tax would undermine investor confidence.
2 days ago
AFP UK
Shanghai residents out for brief release from Covid lockdown
Shanghai residents gets haircuts and massages on the sidewalk, and wander around mostly-empty roads as they are released briefly from their Covid lockdowns as the city slowly starts to reopen. Some residents are given temporary entry-exit passes that allow them to leave their residential compounds for a few hours in a week, but remain locked down for the rest of the time.
2 hours ago
PA Media: Entertainment
Britney Spears’ lawyers accuse her father of ‘stonewalling’ over deposition
Representatives for the singer continue to request Jamie Spears sit down and give evidence about his conduct during the years of her conservatorship.
2 days ago
The Independent
Documents reveal sea burials for 13 USS Indianapolis sailors
The Navy says newly analyzed documents show 13 World War II sailors previously believed to have been unaccounted for after a Japanese submarine torpedoed their ship were actually buried at sea
15 hours ago
The Telegraph
Henry Kissinger is living in 1938, says Volodymyr Zelensky, as he warns against appeasing Russia
Volodymyr Zelensky has crushed calls for Ukraine to cede some of its territory to Russia, comparing it to the appeasement of Adolf Hitler in the run-up to the Second World War.
a day ago
Bournemouth Echo UK
Emergency repairs to road in Poole will now last up to two weeks
Emergency works in Shore Road originally planned for two days will now last for two weeks.
a day ago
Herald Scotland
Iain Macwhirter: Partygate’s over. It’s time to call it a day
BORIS Johnson is a buffoon and should never have been PM. Just look at him. But partygate has brought everyone involved into disrepute. Following the stunning anticlimax of the Sue Gray report, Labour, the police, Tory MPs and the media are looking as foolish as Johnson.
a day ago
The Guardian
Scottish Labour seizes Edinburgh council with Lib Dem and Tory help
Labour installed as minority administration in capital with Lib Dem and Tory help, to the outrage of SNP
a day ago
The Independent
UK Government has ‘lost critical trust’ in Northern Ireland, says ex-minister
Lord Hain said the Government is no longer trusted in the way it was when led by former prime ministers John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
a day ago
PA Media: Entertainment
Kim Kardashian ‘heartbroken, disgusted and furious’ following Texas shooting
The reality star said US lawmakers should be ‘pushed’ to enact legislation more suited to modern times.
2 days ago
Storyful
Remote-Controlled Tiny Robotic Crab Is Smallest Ever Made, University Says
Engineers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, said on May 25 they have developed “the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot” in the form of a tiny crab.The crab robot measures just half a millimeter in width and can “bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn, and jump,” according to the university.Northwestern said that although their research remains exploratory for the time being, their researchers believe the technology could be used to perform practical tasks in tightly confined spaces.Footage released by Northwestern University shows the tiny robot moving left to right. Images provided give a scale of the crab against the edge of a coin and the tip of a pen. Credit: Northwestern University via Storyful
a day ago
Sky News
Jubilee weekend Tube strikes are suspended after 'significant progress' made over bullying allegations
A planned strike at two London Underground stations over the Jubilee weekend has been suspended. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Green Park and Euston Tube stations had planned to walk out on 3 June in a row over allegations of bullying. RMT added if no immediate improvements are seen and the review does not lead to a just settlement, the strike action will take place on a different day instead.
5 hours ago
PA Media: UK News
First human genome from Pompeii sequenced
The remains belonged to a man who was aged between 35 and 40 years at the time of the eruption that wiped out Pompeii.
a day ago
PA Media: UK News
Commission reveals strategy to cut violence against women and girls in Plymouth
The commission is one of the first of its kind in the UK, and was set up in response to the Keyham shootings and the murder of Bobbi-Anne McLeod.
3 hours ago
HuffPost UK
Workers Aren't 'Envious' Of Their Bosses, They Just Want Fair Pay
Pointing out the widening pay gap between staff and CEOs isn't the "politics of envy" – it's necessary.
16 hours ago
The Telegraph
Bernie Ecclestone arrested in Brazil for ‘carrying gun on to plane’
Motor racing tycoon Bernie Ecclestone was arrested at a Brazilian airport as he tried to board a private plane on Wednesday evening after a gun was found in his hand luggage, according to local police.
a day ago
Echo
'All I have left is a photo and blankets': Mum left homeless after devastating fire
A SINGLE mum and her six-year-old son have been left homeless after a devastating house fire.
2 days ago
The Guardian
Scott Morrison confirms he will remain in politics after election defeat
Former PM says he will back new Liberal leader and downplays loss, saying party ‘will regroup’
2 days ago
Evening Standard
Met Police officer charged with rape of woman in Brighton
Laurence Knight, 33, was arrested in July last year.
2 hours ago
The Independent
Miniature robotic crabs smaller than fleas could be used to perform surgeries
Miniature robotic crabs smaller than fleas could be used to perform surgeries
a day ago

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