1:11 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — NASCAR’s popular throwback weekend celebration at Darlington Raceway is moving from Labor Day weekend to Mother’s Day. Track officials announced the change Friday for the yearly honoring of NASCAR’s past. Darlington is holding two races next season, including its Southern 500 on Labor Day in September that
Month: December 2020
The first wave of Tier 3 areas in England to receive the government’s community testing have been announced. From Monday, a total of 67 local authorities can begin enhanced testing support programmes to drive down COVID-19 transmission rates. When combined with existing measures, the government hopes the testing initiative will lead to an easing of
Mariah Carey has finally hit the number one slot in the UK’s official charts with All I Want For Christmas – 26 years after it was first released. To reach the top slot, it only had to go up one notch from number two last week, and fend off competition from Wham’s Last Christmas. When
The pound came under pressure and UK banking stocks were sold off in volatile trading on Friday as fears of a no-deal Brexit intensified. Sterling dipped by nearly two cents to just above $1.31 against the US dollar- a four-week low. It was down by more than a cent versus the euro at a little
There is a “long and difficult road ahead” with 12 months to go until the landmark COP26 climate conference hosted by the UK, the UN secretary-general’s special adviser on Climate Action has said. Selwin Hart was speaking ahead of a virtual climate ambition summit on Saturday when around 70 countries will reveal how much they
A £14bn damages claim on behalf of tens of millions of British consumers can proceed against Mastercard following a landmark ruling by the UK’s highest court. If the mass action brought by former financial ombudsman Walter Merricks is successful, it could see more than 46 million people pocket £300 each. Mr Merricks alleges the card
Those who have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus will have to self-isolate for 10 days instead of 14, starting from Monday. Those required to quarantine after returning from countries which are not on the travel corridor list will also see their isolation period reduced the same, in an approach
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the UK and EU “remain apart on fundamental issues” ahead of Sunday’s deadline for a Brexit trade deal. Speaking at a Brussels summit of EU leaders, Ms von der Leyen set out continuing differences between EU and UK negotiators on so-called level playing field provisions and
Michael Phillips, the CEO of Sense, a technology company that makes a home energy monitor (pictured above) to track efficiency, cost, and reliability, told us about his predictions for six 2021 home energy trends. Michael Phillips, CEO, Sense Michael Phillips, CEO of Sense, explained his choices to Electrek: In 2021, home energy will be transformed
UK holidaymakers on the Canary Islands have hit out at new quarantine rules which have disrupted their Christmas plans. Travellers arriving in the UK from the popular Spanish islands from 4am on Saturday must self-isolate for two weeks. Tour operator TUI said it has around 5,000 UK holidaymakers on the islands, with a further 800
A three-year-old boy and seven-year-old girl have died following a fire at a house in Eynesbury, Cambridgeshire Police have said. The blaze broke out at a three-storey property in Buttercup Avenue at around 7am on Thursday. Both children were pronounced dead at the scene. A 35-year-old woman was taken to hospital with life-changing injuries while
The JP Morgan Chase & Co. headquarters, The JP Morgan Chase Tower in Park Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York. Tim Clayton – Corbis | Corbis Sport | Getty Images SINGAPORE — While there’s “nothing new” to sustainable investing, technology has made it easier to state the financial case for considering non-financial metrics, according to JPMorgan.
Death row inmate Brandon Bernard has been killed by lethal injection at a federal prison after the US Supreme Court rejected a last-minute request to delay his execution. Bernard, 40, was just 18 when he took part in the 1999 double murder of an Iowa religious couple, whose bodies he burned in the boot of
A Brexit trade deal is still “a significant possibility” with EU and UK negotiators “90% of the way there” – but it won’t “come at any price”, a cabinet minister has told Sky News. Prime Minister Boris Johnson briefed his top ministers on Thursday and ordered them to “get on and make those preparations” for
Britons should prepare themselves for a bumpy ride on the markets in the coming weeks as the Brexit transition comes to an end, the Bank of England has warned. It said while the banking system was in a good position to withstand even a disruptive no-deal Brexit, it pointed out: “Financial stability is not the
11:12 PM ET The New England Patriots didn’t deserve to win Thursday night against the Los Angeles Rams — they couldn’t score inside the red zone, provide resistance against the run or avoid costly penalties. They looked nothing like the playoff team they hoped to be, and because of that, are on the brink of
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