Sky News reader Ian King says Tory tax cut promises are 'rubbish'
Sky News reader Ian King says Tory tax cut promises are 'rubbish'.Source: Sky News
The deputy prime minister has supported Rishi Sunak’s leadership bid in a Times column
‘She will have to live with this for the rest of her life. That’s why she was spared. We understand it already,’ said a sister of one of the victims
A COMMUNITY action group organised a free event in Abingdon where people got their clothes mended to avoid throwing them away.
Nadhim Zahawi will visit Belfast on Wednesday where he is set to take part in a number of meetings.
Sunbathers have an increased chance of catching herpes according to a new study done by online pharmacy Chemist Click.
Donald Trump releases new campaign clip on Truth social in response to FBI raid.Source: Donald Trump
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been shelled in recent days, opening up the possibility of a grave accident just 500 km (around 300 miles) from the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has six Soviet-designed VVER-1000 V-320 water-cooled and water-moderated reactors containing Uranium 235, which has a half life of more than 700 million years. It is Europe's biggest nuclear power plant and one of the biggest in the world.
‘Point-of-care manufacture’ of advanced therapies is already being used in hospitals in the UK, Spain, Switzerland and the US.
Chef and part-time deliver driver Takieddine Boudhane died at the scene of the confrontation in Finsbury Park, north London, on January 3, 2020.
Raid may have been carried out as part of an ongoing investigation into the ex-president’s alleged theft of classified materials and included a search of his safe
Singer Jewel shared images of the damages her bus tour sustained after catching fire in a parking lot on Saturday 6 August. “Nobody got hurt, it happened on an off day in the parking lot of a hotel,” the American star said while sharing footage of the damage. Jewel added the fire was spotted by the hotel’s front desk and that their bus driver had saved a vintage guitar from the blaze.
Actor previously revealed in 2020 that her initial mammogram didn’t detect the illness
Actor Anne Heche remains hospitalized and on a ventilator to help her breathe, four days after she was injured in a fiery car crash
Dominic Raab says Liz Truss' proposed "unfunded" tax cuts would "push inflation up rather than get it down" which would lead to the Conservative Party being "punished politically" in the next general election, The Rishi Sunak supporter says the former chancellor has an effective plan to "give immediate support" to society's most vulnerable amid the cost-of-living crisis. .
“Mr Giuliani could get here without jeopardising his recovery and his health. On a train, on a bus or Uber,” said Judge Robert McBurney
Katori Hall felt her popular play about Black strip club culture could easily become a television series
<p>A retired bank worker is the last person living on 'Britain's loneliest street' which is all due to be knocked down - but he's refusing to move.</p><p>Nick Wisniewski, 66, has no neighbours living beside him in 128 flats after the last of around 200 residents moved out in December.</p><p>The eight blocks of flats and other homes on Stanhope Place are all scheduled for demolition.</p><p>But Nick refuses to leave - despite the council's attempts to buy him out.</p><p>Nick says council officials have offered him £35,000 plus two years' rent somewhere else if he moves.</p><p>They want to flatten Stanhope Place, in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, and redevelop the area - but he is refusing to go.</p><p>He said the area made up of eight blocks used to be buzzing with 200 people.</p><p>But it now lies abandoned and overgrown with empty properties boarded up.</p><p>Nick claims North Lanarkshire Council's offer would not be enough to buy somewhere else.</p><p>Retired TSB bank worker Nick said he is not in a position to buy anywhere else and is too old to get a mortgage. </p><p>Nick said: “The last person left in December, it’s like a ghost town now.</p><p>"It’s so quiet and strange being the only person living here. </p><p>“I’m used to it now, but it can get lonely, there is no one to speak to.</p><p>“There are eight blocks each with 16 flats in them - there used to roughly be 200 people here and you would struggle to get a parking space.</p><p>“Now I am the only one left.”</p><p>Nick bought his flat in 2017 under the Right to Buy scheme which helped council tenants buy their homes at a discounted price.</p><p>Council chiefs offered Nick alternative accommodation in a terraced house for two years rent free which he turned down.</p><p>He said he is worried he doesn’t know where he will end up living – but doesn’t want to leave his home. </p><p>Nick, who retired last year, said: “When people left they just dumped old cookers, mattresses, washing machine outside, it was a mess.</p><p>“The council just left the flats lying empty after people moved out.</p><p>“There is no security and people could get into the empty flats and lots of windows have been broken.</p><p>“Thankfully I haven’t had any trouble.</p><p>“The grass is badly overgrown, it’s ridiculous.</p><p>“I think the council are leaving it unkept to annoy me or in the hope I get fed up and leave.</p><p>“They offered me £35,000 for my flat and two years' rent free somewhere else.</p><p>“But I am not prepared to start paying rent again and £35,000 is not enough to buy somewhere new.</p><p>“You’re talking £80,000 to £100,000 to get somewhere new.</p><p>“I’m worried that I don’t know where I am going to end up living.</p><p>“I didn’t work all my life to have my home taken from me when I am too old to get a mortgage on something else.</p><p>“It would be so hard to leave my home."</p><p>A spokesperson for North Lanarkshire Council said: “We fully understand this is a sensitive issue and are working closely with the resident. </p><p>"It would not be appropriate to discuss the specific financial details, but we are working in accordance with our policies to ensure the resident receives a fair deal and to support him so that he finds suitable alternative accommodation.”</p>
The British-born singer died ‘peacefully’ at her ranch in Southern California on Monday morning, surrounded by family and friends.
Eubank Jr and Benn will have never looked more like their fathers than they will on 8 October. That is not necessarily a good thing
A 5,000-tonne structure was placed on the Bristol Channel seabed as part of works to build the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. The £26b project is the first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK in over 20 years. The work is regarded as one of the world’s most complex marine engineering projects, due to the Bristol Channel’s high tidal range.