Hurricane Laura, currently bearing down on Texas and Louisiana, may bring a 20ft (6m) storm surge that would be “unsurvivable” and capable of sinking whole communities, forecasters have warned. Laura is rapidly gaining momentum and shows no sign of weakening, raising concerns it could come ashore as a Category 4 hurricane – the second highest.
Month: August 2020
Sarah Harding rose to fame as one-fifth of Girls Aloud, who were among the most successful UK pop groups in recent history. After revealing she has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and that the disease has advanced to other parts of her body, her former bandmates were among thousands of people posting messages of support
Harry Maguire is set to have a full retrial after being granted an appeal against his conviction for assault and attempted bribery in Greece. A spokesman for his club, Manchester United, said: “An appeal against yesterday’s verdict was lodged this morning by Harry’s legal team. “In accordance with the Greek judicial process, the filing of
A minister has refused to answer questions about the death of a woman who was found dead next to her starving baby in a Glasgow flat, amid mounting anger over the UK’s asylum system. Mercy Baguma’s body was discovered by police in Govan on Saturday, with her one-year-old son left “crying beside his mother’s body,
The top civil servant at the Department for Education will leave next month after Boris Johnson “concluded that there is a need for fresh official leadership”. Following the controversy over the awarding of A-level grades this month, Jonathan Slater will stand down as permanent secretary at the department on 1 September. He is the second
Gatwick Airport is to axe up to 600 jobs – around 24% of its workforce – due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the travel industry. Gatwick, which is owned by VINCI Airports and Global Infrastructure Partners, said in a statement it was only operating about 20% of last year’s flights and would
7:00 PM ET NORTON, Mass. – What the first week of the FedEx Cup playoffs revealed was it is not the best time to be one of the biggest names in golf. With the exception of Dustin Johnson, who a huge lead at The Northern Trust, the first event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup
7:00 AM ET After Pat Maroon won a Stanley Cup with his hometown St. Louis Blues in 2019, his career was again at a crossroads. The 32-year-old wanted to stay in St. Louis, where, for the first time in his professional career, he was able to live in the same city as his son, Anthony.
Tesla has tweaked the Model Y’s taillight design with small and simple changes that will make a big difference. On Model 3 and Model Y (until now), Tesla was using taillights with both the brake lights and the directional signals being red. Regulations allow this, but it requires that the brake lights be a brighter
When the new Batman trailer dropped, it wasn’t just Robert Pattinson’s take on the Caped Crusader that fans were dissecting. EastEnders viewers were also quick to spot Alex Ferns – also known as the villainous Trevor Morgan, abusive husband of the long-suffering Little Mo in the early noughties – as Gotham Police Commissioner Pete Savage
Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding has revealed she has advanced-stage breast cancer. Posting on Twitter, she wrote: “There’s no easy way to say this and actually it doesn’t even feel real writing this, but here goes. “Earlier this year I was diagnosed with breast cancer and a couple of weeks ago I received the devastating
Two patients in Europe have reportedly been confirmed as having been reinfected with the coronavirus, with scientists admitting it is “not good news”. A patient in the Netherlands said to have caught the virus for a second time is an older person with a weakened immune system, according to Dutch national broadcaster NOS. The other
Three people have been shot – one fatally – as gunfire broke out during protests over the police shooting of a black man in Wisconsin, according to US media reports. It comes on the third straight day of unrest, The New York Times reported, citing officials, after Jacob Blake was shot eight times in Kenosha
Pension scams have cost savers more than £30m since 2017 according to a campaign by regulators targeting middle-aged football fans who are among the typical victims. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and The Pensions Regulator (TPR) said losses range from under £1,000 to as much as £500,000. They said a total of just under £30.9m
CEO of Palantir Alex Karp speaks to the press as he leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 23, 2018, after the “Tech for Good” summit. Ludovic Marin | AFP | Getty Images Data analytics company Palantir Technologies has released its prospectus to debut on public markets. The company aims to trade on the
Boeing said on Tuesday it aims to redo its unmanned Starliner crew capsule flight test to the International Space Station (ISS) in December or January, depending on when it completes software and test hardware production development. If the test mission is successful, Boeing and NASA will fly Starliner’s first crewed mission in summer 2021, with
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