Yahoo NewsPolitics daily briefing: January 7
All the latest political developments in the UK as the Prime Minister holds emergency talks with NHS and care leaders in an attempt to reverse Britain’s winter healthcare crisis.
All the latest political developments in the UK as the Prime Minister holds emergency talks with NHS and care leaders in an attempt to reverse Britain’s winter healthcare crisis.
Joe Biden spoke with the parents of Tyre Nichols ahead of the anticipated release of his graphic bodycam arrest footage.Source: The Washington Post
“AND THE WINNER IS… MODALITY YOUTH CHOIR!”
Sylvia Syms most recently starred in the BBC period drama Gentleman Jack as Mrs Rawson.
The Bank of England looks on course to raise its main interest rate by half a percentage point to 4% on Feb. 2, but economists will be looking keenly for signals that this 10th consecutive rate rise will be one of the BoE's last. The BoE was the first major economy central bank to begin tightening after the COVID-19 pandemic, lifting rates from a record-low 0.1% in December 2021. But Britain's inflation rate hit a 41-year high of 11.1% in October, driven in large part by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The jury in the trial of a North East teenager accused of murdering a man with a homemade shotgun has been discharged.
Actress Sylvia Syms, best known for the films Ice Cold In Alex and Victim, has died at the age of 89.
He called in to a phone-in segment on the healthcare crisis, and offered to pay for people’s medical scans
Comedian Jason Manford will present 'The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals’ for a second year running, which celebrates the very best in musical theatres.
CITY GUIDES: Athens’ quirky little sibling is an underrated place in which to while away a long weekend, says Athina Kontos
LONDON (Reuters) -Retail group Bestway, the owner of Costcutter, has built a 3.45% stake in Sainsbury's, describing the move as an investment and not a step towards making a takeover offer for Britain's second largest supermarket group. Sainsbury's shares were up 4.5% on Friday, hitting their highest since April and leading gainers on the FTSE 100 index. Bestway, which bills itself as the seventh largest family-owned business in the United Kingdom with turnover of about 4.5 billion pounds ($5.57 billion), said it intends to hold its shares and looks forward to supporting Sainsbury's executive management team.
Faced with accusations it has lost vital time dithering over tanks for Ukraine, Germany put on a military show and fought back against its critics. Puma armoured fighting vehicles raced through the freezing fog of the Altengrabow training base in eastern Germany and fired 30mm live rounds at imaginary enemies. Boris Pistorius told Sky News there had been no hesitation over sending the Leopard 2 tanks as he arrived.
The TV favourite has been snapped up by a Hollywood star.
I often get asked to name my favourite meals from my trips around the world. I’ve eaten lots and forgotten a great many, but I do remember the good ones – especially if I’ve recreated them and added them to the recipe bank on my iPad. That’s the useful thing about food writing.
The Loose Women presenter will front the Oscar winner’s first UK production
2/5 Smith’s voice remains a remarkable instrument but it is asked to carry songs that feature little else of interest
The pair previously worked together on sketch shows Little Britain and Come Fly With Me.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are inviting people to join them in February to celebrate LGBT+ History Month.
A vehicle attempted to gain unauthorized access to Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California, one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the United States, on the evening of Friday, January 27, the base said.The Camp Pendleton press office said the attempt was made at around 6:30 pm, and the Marshall Office deployed “final denial barriers," and disabled the vehicle.Video shows a car burning at a security barrier at Camp Pendleton main gate, which was temporarily closed.Local media reported everyone in the car was taken to the Palomar hospital in Escondido. Credit: NotInRegz via Storyful
A far-Right journalist with links to the Kremlin organised the Quran-burning stunt that has threatened Sweden’s attempt to join Nato.
Extreme weather filled the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides roughly a third of the state’s water supply