A set of stamps honouring Dame Shirley Bassey’s 70 years in showbiz has been issued by Royal Mail – its first set dedicated to a solo female music artist. The eight stamps in the main set show the Welsh singer performing during her illustrious music career at venues as diverse as a London nightclub and
Kourtney Kardashian has revealed she is recovering from urgent foetal surgery as she praised doctors for “saving” her baby’s life. The news comes after her husband Travis Barker’s band, Blink-182, announced they were postponing concerts in the UK and Ireland as the singer returned home due to an “urgent family matter”. On Instagram on Wednesday,
Rishi Sunak has sounded a cautious note about the prospects of signing Britain’s biggest post-Brexit trade deal, saying it is “not a given”. Speaking to reporters as he travelled to the G20 in Delhi, the prime minister said he would “check in” with Narendra Modi about the progress towards a free trade agreement. But he
More than 150 people have been injured in violent protests in Tel Aviv between Eritrean asylum seekers and Israeli police. Violence has erupted during a protest in Tel Aviv against an event organised by the Eritrean Embassy. Those injured include at least three people believed to have been shot by police firing live rounds. #israel
Tens of thousands of homes were left without power as Typhoon Haikui made landfall in Taiwan. Haikui is the first typhoon in four years to directly hit Taiwan and is expected to bring heavy rainfall to eastern regions, according to the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau.
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In this article ALK UAL LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A bird flies by in the foreground as a Southwest Airlines jet comes in for a landing at McCarran International Airport on May 25, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images Major U.S. airlines warned about a spike in jet-fuel
Zayna Iman is demanding answers, six weeks after claiming on Sky News she was raped in a police cell in Manchester. Police statements released since the report was broadcast appear to contradict things officers have said previously, and crucial footage of Zayna’s time in custody remains missing. A Sky News report in July featured three
In this article APX-AU MSFT NVDA GOOGL AMZN AAPL META ADBE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Mike Monegan saw the writing on the wall in January. For weeks, he’d had difficulty sleeping. As vice president of product management for Australian artificial intelligence software vendor Appen, Monegan and
A former member of the British Army has escaped from Wandsworth prison while on remand facing trial for terror and Official Secrets Act offences. The Metropolitan Police have issued an urgent appeal to trace Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, who is believed to have made his getaway on Wednesday morning. He was last seen wearing a
The governor of the Bank of England has told MPs that interest rates may not rise much further amid expectations that inflation is set to fall “markedly” by the end of the year. Andrew Bailey said rates were “much nearer now to the top of the cycle” following a 14th consecutive hike – to 5.25%
A former YouTuber who gave parenting advice online has been charged with six counts of aggravated child abuse after two of her six children were found to be abused and malnourished. Ruby Franke, whose now-defunct 8 Passengers channel chronicled her family life, was arrested last week in US state of Utah at the home of
Associated Press Sep 2, 2023, 10:20 PM ET DEL MAR, Calif. — Arabian Knight held off Geaux Rocket Ride to win the $1 million Pacific Classic on Saturday, giving Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert his seventh victory in the race at Del Mar. The victory earned Arabian Knight an automatic entry into the $6
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) of the American space agency NASA has captured an image of the Chandrayaan-3 landing site. The spacecraft is currently near the moon’s south pole since its successful soft landing on August 23. The Chandrayaan-3 landing site is located about 600 kilometers from the Moon’s South Pole. The camera attached to
The Rolling Stones have unveiled details of their much anticipated new album, Hackney Diamonds – and lead single Angry – at a star-studded press conference in London. Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards shared details at an event on Tuesday hosted by US presenter Jimmy Fallon in Hackney, east London – after many hints
Rick Haythornthwaite, the City grandee who has chaired companies including Centrica and Network Rail, is being lined up as the new chairman of NatWest Group in the wake of the row about the de-banking of Nigel Farage. Sky News has learnt that Mr Haythornthwaite, who currently chairs Ocado and the AA, is expected to be
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A group of Ukrainian soldiers have completed training to operate US-supplied tanks, some of which are set to arrive in the country by mid-September. Officials hope that the M1 Abrams battle tanks will help Ukraine achieve a breakthrough in their counteroffensive. Looking at the latest, military analyst Sean Bell has said that the tanks are
At least 74 people have died and dozens more were injured after a fire tore through a five-story building in central Johannesburg which had been turned into informal housing. #CNN #News #Johannesburg #SouthAfrica