6 hours ago About sharing The expert team found the risks of RAAC concrete had been underestimated By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent Tens of thousands of government and privately owned buildings should be safety checked because of crumbling RAAC concrete, experts say. The team that alerted the government to the problems posed by the concrete…
3 hours ago About sharing Watch: Freddie Mercury’s home recreated for auction By Paul Glynn BBC News A Yamaha baby grand piano used by late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury to compose some of the group’s most iconic hits sold at auction for £1.7m. The final sale came slightly below estimates but was nonetheless a record…
1 hour ago About sharing A trial in January will be the second defamation case between Donald Trump and E Jean Carroll By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York A federal judge has ruled Donald Trump is liable for defamatory comments he made in 2019 about writer E Jean Carroll. Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled on…
32 minutes ago About sharing Reza Baluchi calls the contraption his “bubble” By Max Matza BBC News A Florida man was arrested after trying to “run to London” across the Atlantic Ocean in a homemade, human-powered hamster wheel-type vessel. The US Coast Guard intercepted Reza Baluchi about 70 miles (110km) off Tybee Island, Georgia on…
46 minutes ago About sharing CCTV, shared by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, appeared to show the moment of the explosion By Paul Adams, diplomatic correspondent & Sam Hancock BBC News, Ukraine & London President Zelensky has condemned a “deliberate” attack on Ukraine’s “peaceful” city of Kostyantynivka. At least 17 people, including a child, were killed…
Politics / StudentNation / September 6, 2023 Domestic Worker Bills of Rights Have Passed Across the Country. What Has Changed? Around 90 percent of domestic workers in Massachusetts did not seek help when their rights were violated. “If we have a law that nobody knows, that means nobody is using it.” Nicholas Miller Ad Policy…
4 hours ago About sharing By Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News The 52 Wilko shops set to close next week due to the chain’s collapse have been named. Administrators PwC said 26 shops would close next Tuesday, with a further 28 to shut on Thursday 14 September due to the “absence of viable offers”…
Luis Rubiales: Jenni Hermoso files legal complaint over Women’s World Cup final kiss Last updated on 43 minutes ago43 minutes ago.From the section Women’s Football Jenni Hermoso has filed a legal complaint over the kiss by Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales. Rubiales kissed Hermoso on the lips after Spain’s World Cup final win, which…
20 minutes ago About sharing Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Mick Jagger arrived in Hackney at lunchtime on Wednesday ahead of the album launch By Mark Savage and Steven McIntosh BBC News The Rolling Stones have unveiled their first album of new material since 2005, and the first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts….
8 minutes ago About sharing By Sean Seddon and Daniel Sandford BBC News A manhunt has been launched for a soldier suspected of terror offences who escaped from prison on Wednesday morning. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, was awaiting trial after being accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base. He escaped from HMP Wandsworth,…