Day: July 22, 2024
Kamala Harris backed to be president by Nancy Pelosi as endorsements for her White House run grow
July 22, 2024US Vice President Kamala Harris won the support of key Democrat Nancy Pelosi on Monday in her bid to succeed President Joe Biden in the White House. Her campaign gathered momentum as she won the support of one of America’s longest-serving and best-known Democrats. Ms Pelosi. Ms Pelosi said she was lending her “enthusiastic support” […]
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Rwanda scheme has already cost taxpayers £700 million, Cooper reveals
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Ladbroke Grove: Boy, 15, ‘assassinated’ by gunman at family fun day in west London park named as Rene Graham
July 22, 2024A gunman “assassinated” a schoolboy after firing into the air to clear crowds at a London park’s family fun day, a witness said on Monday — only hours before a crime thriller was due to start filming. Families were enjoying a day out when the killer blasted a shot into the sky before firing at […]
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Wakefield crash horror: 11-year-old girl’s family wiped out in A61 road smash that left six people dead
July 22, 2024An 11-year-old girl’s entire family has been wiped out in a horror crash which also killed two motorcyclists. Shane Roller, his partner Shannen Morgan and their daughters Lillie and Rubie died on the A61 near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, at around 3.54pm on Sunday when their Ford Focus was in a collision with a motorbike. A […]
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Braverman calls for end to two-child benefit cap ‘in spirit of compassion’
July 22, 2024Suella Braverman has said parties should “come together in the spirit of compassion and common sense” as she called for an end to the two-child benefit cap. The new Labour Government has faced pressure from charities, opposition parties and some backbenchers to abolish the limit. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said there is “no silver […]
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Tempest fighter is ‘expensive but vital’ to UK defence and jobs – BAE boss
July 22, 2024The chief executive of BAE Systems has told Sky News that, while the programme to build the UK’s planned sixth-generation fighter jet is expensive, it will be vital for the country’s future defence requirements and for creating tens of thousands of skilled jobs. Charles Woodburn was speaking on day one of the Farnborough Air Show […]
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Police call off search for remains of Muriel McKay 55 years after her murder
July 22, 2024The police search for the remains of murdered Muriel McKay has been called off. In a letter to her family, Katherine Godwin, Detective Superintendent in the Met Police, said: “We have now completed the search of the area set out in the agreed parameters, along with an additional strip which we identified was not covered […]
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Physics pioneer, 98, finally honoured 75 years after major discovery
July 22, 2024Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter A 98-year-old pioneering physicist who gave up her PhD 75 years ago to have a family has received an honorary doctorate from her old university. In 1948 Rosemary […]
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Brazilian artist swaps historical coin in British Museum for a fake
July 22, 2024An artist took a historical coin from its display case in the British Museum and deposited it in a donation box in the museum’s lobby as part of an art project – less than a year after hundreds of items were found to have gone missing from the museum. Last month, the Brazilian conceptual artist […]
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LeBron James selected as Team USA male flagbearer for Paris Olympics opening ceremony
July 22, 2024For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails LeBron James wasn’t totally sure what the opening ceremony was all about when he was picked for his first Olympics in 2004. This time, he’ll be one of […]
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