A former top Post Office lawyer has been accused of telling the Horizon IT inquiry a “big fat lie” over his knowledge of a bug in the system that could have stopped wrongful prosecutions of sub-postmasters in their tracks. Jarnail Singh was a senior in-house lawyer and subsequently head of criminal law at the Post
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has renewed his demand for Rishi Sunak to go to the polls after the prime minister suffered a by-election drubbing and bruising council losses across England. But while Mr Sunak said the the grim early results were “disappointing” for the Conservatives, he insisted he was focused completely on the job
Britney Spears has downplayed concerns about her health, after paramedics were called to the Chateau Marmont, a boutique hotel in LA. The 42-year-old singer shared several posts on social media, addressing the incident in the early hours of Thursday morning at the luxury venue on Sunset Boulevard. Photographs taken by paparazzi appeared to show Spears
Official figures have raised fears of a deepening public sector drag on the the UK’s economic recovery from recession. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that productivity in the public sector, dominated by education and healthcare, deteriorated between the third and fourth quarters of 2023. It measured a 1.0% decline over the
It feels like e-bikes powered by Bosch’s popular mid-drive electric motors have been around in just about every market for as long as many of us can remember. But there are still major markets getting their first taste of the highly-engineered drivetrains. Bosch’s mid-drive motors are now entering Taiwan, rolling in on Tern’s Vektron and
HSBC is set to become the latest major international bank to remove the European Union-imposed bonus cap that had applied to its UK-based workers. The London headquartered lender’s shareholders voted in favour of scrapping the limit at its Annual General Meeting, the company said. The move was recommended by the board after the UK government
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Pro-Palestinian protesters at US universities are getting a message of support from the people they are fighting for – the children in Gaza. To learn more about the recent campus protests read here: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/26/business/campus-turmoil-complex/index.html #CNN #News #Shorts
The Conservatives are on track for their worst local election results ever – as counting continues. In a strong night for Labour, the party has taken control of a string of Leave-voting councils and won the Blackpool South by-election. It’s a bleaker outlook for the Tories, who in some areas have been pushed into third
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People are shopping at a Tesla store in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 17, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images News of electric car giant Tesla’s progress toward rolling out its advanced driver-assistance feature in China isn’t as groundbreaking as investors are treating it, according
On the grass outside the university library, it is as though it never happened. The tents have been removed. The pavements have been sprayed. The graffiti removed. Order and control have been restored. The protest has been silenced. For now at least. A few streets away, at the university police station, an officer calls the
A scuba dive boat captain has been jailed four years for criminal negligence over a fire that killed 34 people. Captain Jerry Boylan was also sentenced to three years supervised release by a federal judge in Los Angeles, California. The blaze on the vessel named Conception in September 2019 was the deadliest maritime disaster in
Block Inc logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, April 10, 2023. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Block reported first-quarter earnings after the bell that exceeded analysts’ estimates. The stock rose 10% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus from LSEG. Earnings per share: 85 cents adjusted vs. 72 cents
David Cameron has backed Ukrainian strikes against targets inside Russia using British-supplied weapons. Speaking in the Ukrainian capital, the foreign secretary said it was Ukraine’s decision on how to use the supplied equipment and Kyiv “absolutely has the right” to strike back. Britain has supplied billions of pounds worth of equipment, and on a visit
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook, right, and Deirdre O’Brien, senior vice president of retail, open the doors during the grand opening of Shanghai’s new Apple retail store, March 21, 2024. Strstr | Afp | Getty Images Apple reports earnings for the second fiscal quarter on Thursday
Chevy Blazer EV 2LT (Source: Chevrolet) Chevy is offering a $4,000 discount for owners and lessees of Teslas and other EVs for the 2024 Blazer EV but with some quirky conditions. Chevrolet’s conquest bonus cash offer doesn’t require a trade-in and can be transferred to household members, so that’s nice. The $4,000 discount applies to
Take That say they are moving their shows in May from the new Co-op Live venue to another Manchester arena. The band wrote on X: “Given the ongoing technical issues around the opening of Co-op Live we have taken the difficult decision to move our May shows to the AO Arena. “This is not a
May 2, 2024, 10:41 AM Open Extended Reactions England will host world champions New Zealand on Sept. 14 ahead of this autumn’s WXV 1 tournament, the teams announced on Thursday. The Red Roses will also face France — who England beat in Bordeaux last weekend to secure their sixth consecutive Six Nations title — at
President Joe Biden has spoken out for the first time following violence and arrests during demonstrations at multiple US universities, saying: “There is a right to protest but not a right to cause chaos.” Tension at universities across America have been building for days as demonstrators have refused to remove encampments and administrators have called
Comedian Dane Baptiste has apologised to the “Jewish community, my colleagues and my fans” following criticism over a now-deleted social media post. The stand-up star, who has appeared on TV shows including 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Live At The Apollo, and Mock The Week, has been dropped by his talent agency Insanity.