Jeremy Corbyn read a list of what he said were Theresa May’s broken promises and asked her to name the “biggest industrial failure of her government”. She accused him of posing for a YouTube clip, and instead gave her list of “what this government has delivered”. She told PMQs she would “never let him destroy […]
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Image copyright PA Image caption Nick Knowles said he now puts his phone in the boot to avoid the “temptation” of using it DIY SOS host Nick Knowles has been banned from driving for six months and fined nearly £1,500 for speeding and using a mobile phone at the wheel. Knowles, 56, previously admitted the
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Richard Yu had been expected to unveil a new laptop at the CES Asia 2019 tech show in Shanghai Huawei has ditched a product launch for the first time since the US placed it on a trade blacklist. It was reported that the Chinese tech firm had intended to
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Olympic canoe silver medalist Jevgenij Shuklin has been disqualified from the 2012 London Games for doping. The International Olympic Committee says the Lithuanian has been stripped of his result in the canoe sprint C-1 200-meter class after testing positive for the steroid turinabol in reanalysis of urine samples taken seven years ago. The IOC’s latest
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U.S. consumer prices increased a slight 0.1% in May, as inflation was tempered by lower costs for gasoline, electricity and used cars. The Labor Department said Wednesday that the consumer price index rose 1.8% during the past year. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices rose 0.1% in May and 2% from a
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Stacey Dooley and Richard Curtis Comic Relief is to send fewer celebrities abroad after criticism that stars like Stacey Dooley were going to Africa as “white saviours”. The charity’s co-founder, screenwriter Richard Curtis, told MPs TV appeals “will be heading in the direction of not using” celebrities abroad. He
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Image copyright Getty Images Discount supermarket chain Lidl plans to open 40 new stores in the south-east of England. The £500m investment will take place over five years and will include a new UK head office in south-west London. The move will create 1,500 new jobs, a boost for the traditional retail sector which has
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FIFA has withdrawn a claim that 1 million tickets have been sold for the Women’s World Cup and now says the total includes people paying nothing to attend games, including VIPs and even medical staff. Interested in World Cup? Add World Cup as an interest to stay up to date on the latest World Cup
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The Latest on the Ebola outbreak in Africa (all times local): 2:10 p.m. The World Health Organization says an expert committee has been alerted for a possible meeting to discuss whether to declare the Ebola outbreak a global health emergency. A WHO spokesman says the director general might convene a third meeting after two previous
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cave posted the letter on The Red Hand Files, a website he uses to communicate with fans Musician Nick Cave has offered lyrics and songwriting advice to a fan suffering from writer’s block. The Australian rock artist provided the support through his online blog after Dave, an American from
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