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NewsSky NewsTop civil servants asked to draw up plans for job cuts of up to 40% in each department amid cost of living crisis
Top civil servants across Whitehall are to be asked to draw up plans for how they would deliver personnel cuts of up to 40% in each of their departments, Sky News understands. Two senior government sources have said the Cabinet Office is poised to write to all permanent secretaries asking them to model what would be required to slash staffing numbers in three different scenarios: cuts of 20%, 30% and 40%. It follows a call from Boris Johnson for a 20% reduction in staff - 90,000 people - across Whitehall.
SportReutersTennis-Wimbledon loses ranking points over Russia, Belarus ban - ATP
Tennis governing bodies have banned Russia and Belarus from international team competitions following the invasion, but allowed players from the two countries to continue competing as neutrals. "The ability for players of any nationality to enter tournaments based on merit, and without discrimination, is fundamental to our Tour," the ATP said in a statement.
NewsThe Daily BeastFox News Rallies to Elon Musk’s Defense Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Fox NewsSeveral Fox News hosts and commentators waved off the sexual misconduct allegations against Elon Musk on Friday, agreeing with the trollish billionaire that the timing of the story was “curious” and politically motivated.Insider reported on Thursday evening that Musk paid a SpaceX flight attendant a $250,000 settlement after she accused him of exposing himself and propositioning her for sex during a massage on a flight. A declaration from the flight attendant’s friend also stated that th
NewsThe Daily BeastLove Rival Accused of Executing World-Class Cycling Star Just Before Texas Race
Instagram/Mo WilsonWhen Anna Moriah Wilson’s friend arrived home to her Austin apartment late on May 11 to find Wilson lying on the ground unconscious and covered in blood, it left the cycling world in shock. The 25-year-old Vermont native, known to her friends as Mo, had only arrived in Texas the day before to compete in the Gravel Locos that weekend, a 150-mile gravel bike race she was favored to win.She had quit her job just weeks earlier to compete full-time, according to VeloNews, who descr
BusinessThe IndependentGerman farmer sues Volkswagen over climate crisis
The farmer is urging VW to end production of combustion engine vehicles by 2030
EntertainmentThe Daily BeastGeorge Miller’s ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ Looks Like a Delightfully Chaotic Romp
MGMRobin Williams and Will Smith are passing down the torch to Idris Elba. In the first trailer for George Miller’s upcoming film Three Thousand Years of Longing, Tilda Swinton meets her very own Genie in total Aladdin fashion—just a bit zanier. Gone are the days of the blue, wise-cracking, fairy tale Genie. This guy has a dark sense of humor and a lot more cynicism—and yet, he’s still got three wishes to offer.“My name is Alithea,” Tilda Swinton’s character intones at the start, as she writes h
SportThe GuardianWimbledon stripped of ranking points over ban on Russian players
Wimbledon has been effectively reduced to an exhibition event after men’s ATP tour said it had ‘no option’ but to act
EntertainmentThe Daily BeastIs Nick on ‘Conversation With Friends’ TV’s Most Boring Character?
Enda Bowe/HuluOf all the conversations in Conversations With Friends—the number of which is ironically slight—there’s one that remains with me. It’s a text exchange, one that references an off-screen, in-person chat between our tortured central lovers. Older, married-man Nick (Joe Alwyn) sends self-described “complicated” college senior Frances (Alison Oliver) a song. It’s Joanna Newsom’s “Peach, Plum, Pear,” the iconic piece of early-aughts freak folk that soundtracked a thousand depressive gir
NewsThe GuardianRussia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 86 of the invasion
Intense fighting reported around Severodonetsk in the Donbas; Russia plans to change law to scrap age limit for soldiers
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Florida appeals court reinstates DeSantis congressional map
A new congressional map drawn by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' staff that could diminish the state's Black representation in Washington was reinstated by an appeals court Friday, a week after a lower court judge said the map was unconstitutional. The 1st District Court of appeals ruled Judge Layne Smith erred when he ordered a replacement map be used for the 2022 election. The DeSantis map would likely boost the number of Florida seats held by Republicans, while also making it difficult for Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Lawson to maintain his seat in a north Florida district where nearly half the voters are Black.
HealthDaily EchoSouthampton expert speaks out on ‘big monkeypox outbreak’
A SOUTHAMPTON expert has spoken out after eleven new cases of monkeypox were today confirmed in the UK.
PoliticsThe GuardianGinni Thomas reportedly urged Arizona Republicans to overturn 2020 result
Wife of supreme court justice Clarence Thomas emailed six days after election already called for Joe Biden
NewsThe IndependentJamie Oliver holds eton mess dessert outside Downing Street during protest
Jamie Oliver held up an eton mess outside Downing Street during a protest against the government's decision to postpone the National Obesity Strategy. The chef said that the dessert was "symbolic of the mess" that the Conservatives have created by delaying the strategy, which would ban multi-buy offers on junk food, by one year.
NewsThe IndependentRed Power Ranger Austin St John arrested for wire fraud conspiracy
Actor played Jason Lee Scott in Nineties kids’ series
NewsEvening StandardBank Governor ‘mis-spoke’ with ‘apocalyptic’ food price warning, minister claims
International trade minister Ranil Jayawardena says he ‘wouldn’t have used’ the language Andrew Bailey did to describe the rising cost of living.
CelebrityThe IndependentMadonna ‘speechless’ after being ‘blocked’ from Instagram Live: ‘I’ve never worn so many clothes in my life!’
‘I haven’t done anything crazy – not this week, anyways,’ singer said
SportThe GuardianSwitching PGA courses after mob rampage a success for all bar Trump
The violent scenes at the US Capitol last year led to the PGA taking its major tournament away from former president’s Bedminster course and awarding it to Southern Hills
NewsSky NewsStanley Johnson: PM's father secures French citizenship
The prime minister's father Stanley Johnson has said he is "absolutely delighted" after securing French citizenship. The 81-year-old, who voted to remain in the EU in the 2016 referendum unlike Boris Johnson who was a figurehead for the Vote Leave campaign, said he is pleased to retain a tie with the bloc. The PM's father, who is also a former member of the European Parliament (MEP), said his son responded to the news with one word: "Magnifique."
BusinessEvening StandardDame Deborah James has rose named after her at 2022 Chelsea Flower Show that will raise money for charity
The Dame Deborah James Rose will be put on display on a stand at the Chelsea Flower Show
NewsEvening StandardMonkeypox: WHO emergency meeting amid ‘largest outbreak ever’ of disease in Europe
The World Health Organization was due to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the monkeypox outbreak after more than 100 cases were confirmed or suspected in Europe. In what Germany described as the largest outbreak in Europe ever, cases have been reported in at least eight European countries – Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom - as well as the United States, Canada and Australia. It comes after the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed on Friday the number of cases in the country had more than doubled from the last count - with the discovery of 11 new cases. Most of the cases are being described as mild.
PoliticsAssociated PressOz, McCormick prepare for recount in Pa. GOP Senate race
Locked in a near tie Friday, celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick began staffing up their campaigns with recount specialists as vote counting entered a fourth day in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for an open U.S. Senate seat. Both campaigns have hired Washington-based lawyers to lead their recount efforts, and both have hired Philadelphia-based campaign strategists who helped lead the operation to observe vote-counting on Election Day for Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2020.
NewsGlasgow TimesMan arrested in connection with death of man in Bellshill
A MAN has been arrested in connection with the death of a man in Bellshill.
SportINSIDERDiana Taurasi joked that her on-court feud with an opponent dates back to their college rivalry
"She's a competitor," the WNBA legend said of her opponent. "We all are. We see each other's faces a lot, and after the game we dap up and move on."
BusinessThe TelegraphRussia could rename McDonald's ZBurger or Rusburger amid rush for last Big Macs
Instead of biting into a Big Mac from McDonald's, Russians may soon be queuing up to enjoy the taste of a patriotic ZBurger.
EntertainmentThe IndependentNetflix releases ‘awesome’ first 8 minutes of Stranger Things season four
The season will be released in part on 27 May