Nearly 80 business leaders from the north of England are backing a plea to Boris Johnson from the region’s “Red Wall” Tory MPs for a roadmap out of lockdown and a post-Covid economic recovery plan. In a move turning up the heat on the prime minister as England goes into a four-week lockdown, the business
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12:49 PM ET Associated Press Two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert, who has had multiple horses test positive for medication violations, is taking steps to “do better,” including hiring outside oversight. Baffert said in a statement Wednesday that he is “very aware” of the incidents involving his horses and the impact that it’s had on
Whoever wins this nail-biter of an election, it may spell the end of the world order as we know it. Whatever the outcome, one fact stands out: millions more people have voted for Donald Trump than in 2016, and that is very significant for those outside of America. US election 2020 live: Follow the latest
Nineties sitcom Birds Of A Feather is making a Christmas comeback, but one of the key cast members will be missing from the line-up. Thirty-one years after the first episode aired on the BBC in 1989, ITV have announced the show will be back this year for an extended Christmas special. It will star original
England will enter a fresh month-long lockdown from tomorrow after MPs approved the new shutdown. In a House of Commons vote on Wednesday, MPs supported the new coronavirus measures by 516 to 38, a majority of 478. It means that, from one minute past midnight, pubs, bars, restaurants and non-essential shops will close across England
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta has impressed with its capacity to navigate city streets and it now looks like it can also detect and avoid road debris, according to a new video. Like Tesla Autopilot, the automaker’s new Full Self-Driving Beta requires driver attention at all times since it can encounter things that it doesn’t know
Oil tanks at an oil processing facility of Saudi Aramco, a Saudi Arabian state-owned oil and gas company, at the Abqaiq oil field. Stanislav Krasilnikov | TASS via Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Aramco’s net profit fell 44.6% in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year, reflecting
Giancarlo Esposito has been acting for decades and has over 180 credits to his name. And while he’s best known for playing the quietly terrifying Gus Fring in Breaking Bad, or more recently for his Emmy-nominated role as Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian, his latest part sees him bringing a piece of history – and
Kanye West’s hopes of becoming the next US president have been dashed – but the rapper has assured fans he’ll be back in 2024. West launched his campaign back in July, but had only made it on to the presidential ballot in a handful of states due to a combination of missed deadlines and lack
The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) is cutting a further 1,500 jobs through a shake-up of its head office functions to save cash as the coronavirus crisis continues to take a toll on sales. The employee-owned retailer had already shed 1,390 roles in the wake of pandemic disruption this year that saw eight underperforming John Lewis
The race for the White House is proving to be very close, so how could each candidate make it over the line? A candidate needs 270 electoral college votes to win the presidential election. Each state has a different number of electoral college votes depending on the size of its electorate. US election 2020 live:
The director of the Oxford vaccine trial says there is a “small chance” a jab will be ready before Christmas. Andrew Pollard told the Science and Technology Committee he is “optimistic” the University of Oxford vaccine could present late-stage trial results before the end of the year. Asked if the vaccine would be ready by
Dara Khosrowshahi, chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc., speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Akio | Bloomberg | Getty Images California voters decided Tuesday that Uber and Lyft should be exempt from state labor law that aimed to make its drivers employees rather than contractors, according to projections
The foreign secretary has told Sky News the UK’s relationship with the United States will go from “strength to strength” whatever the outcome of the election. Dominic Raab said the election is still “too close to call” but that he is totally confident the American system “will give us a definitive result”. US election 2020
Diego Maradona has had successful surgery for a bleed on the brain, his public relations team has said. The operation took place at a private hospital less than a week after his 60th birthday. His personal doctor Leopoldo Luque said the Argentine was diagnosed with a subdural haematoma – an accumulation of blood between a
Tesla hacker “green” has found some indications in Tesla’s latest software update that points to the automaker including a 5G modem and hotspot capability in its vehicles. Connectivity has been a flagship feature of Tesla’s offering in the auto industry. It not only enables several fun and useful features for customers, but Tesla has also