43 m. ago Britain’s biggest company AstraZeneca pauses £200m investment into Cambridge site

The investment had been set to create 1,000 jobs

Economics

82 m. ago Mississippi sets execution date for man who killed a college student in 1993

The Mississippi Supreme Court has set an Oct. 15 execution date for the man convicted of kidnapping and killing a college student in 1993

Events

88 m. ago Charlie Kirk's killer could be executed by firing squad: Utah is one of only five states to kill convicted criminals by shooting them

Utah governor Spencer Cox had previously vowed to subject the person responsible for the fatal shooting to the death penalty when finally apprehended by law enforcement.

Events

1 hour ago Trump ally Laura Loomer ridiculed for swinging from Charlie Kirk attacks to leading backlash against detractors

Loomer accused TPUSA founder of betraying president in July but now bashes those she perceives to ‘celebrate’ his assassinationCharlie Kirk shooting – follow the latest updatesAs she pushed Donald Trump to “shut down” leftist organizations in the US over Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the far-right influencer Laura Loomer was confronted with a social media post that less than two months earlier lambasted the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) executive director as a “charlatan” who had betrayed the president.“It’s time for the Trump administration to shut down, defund & prosecute every single leftist organization,” Loomer wrote on X after Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. “We must shut these lunatic leftists down. Once and for all. The left is a national security threat.” Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book is a horrifying document | Moira Donegan

Conspiracy theorists wonder about what Epstein and his powerful friends may have done to cover up his crimes. But they barely were covered upJeffrey Epstein had a lot of friends. When his girlfriend-cum-assistant and convicted fellow sex trafficker, Ghislane Maxwell, set out to compile letters, drawings and well wishes from friends in celebration of the pedophile financier’s 50th birthday in 2003, the resulting scrapbook was 238 pages long. The book, titled The First 50 Years, included letters from prominent well-wishers such as former president Bill Clinton and the Bear Stearns executives James Cayne and Alan Greenberg, as well as from the late Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling scout and Epstein’s fellow pedophilic rapist.The lawyer and longtime Epstein friend Alan Dershowitz contributed a mock cover of the magazine Vanity Fair, which was working on a profile of Epstein at the time; Peter Mandelson, until this week the UK ambassador to the United States, wrote that Epstein was “my...

Culture

3 h. ago The Scotsman Whisky Club: First virtual tasting an exploration of regions via Claxton’s drams

The Scotsman Whisky Club’s first virtual tasting took place this month, and was a sell-out success.

Politics

3 h. ago Water bosses ban Trump ally billionaire for sucking up Britain's water supply for lake

Britain’s drippiest water bosses have banned a billionaire ally of Donald Trump from using the UK’s supply to fill his lake

Politics

3 h. ago 'I'm a bargain hunter and one item in charity shop can sell for 80 times more'

A savvy reseller shared the identity of a relatively common item he believes everyone should be on the lookout for in charity shops and car boot sales as it could be highly valuable to collectors

Economics

4 h. ago North Korea executes citizens who distribute foreign TV shows, UN finds

Human rights report highlights crackdown on personal freedoms in most restrictive country in worldNorth Korea has executed people for distributing foreign television shows, including popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on personal freedoms, a UN human rights report said on Friday.Surveillance has grown more pervasive since 2014 with the help of new technologies, while punishments have become harsher – including the introduction of the death penalty for offences such as sharing foreign TV dramas, the report said. Continue reading...

Culture

4 h. ago TikTok's ultimate 'trad wife' Ballerina Farm blasted after opening 'overpriced' store to sell $67 protein powder

Utah residents say they are 'overrun with tradwives' amid complaints that a popular Mormon influencer is putting local merchants selling produce and organic food out of business.

Economics

4 h. ago Inver House Distillers introduces collective bargaining units across areas of Scotland

This comes after the firm reached a mutual agreement with union representatives during recent negotiations.

Politics

4 h. ago Good Morning Britain stars in uproar after ITV budget cuts closes canteen

The GMB presenters are among the ITV staff who are said to have been told that their new studios wouldn't have a canteen as the show relocates to the ITN studios.

Politics

5 h. ago Kim Jong Un orders North Koreans caught watching foreign films to be EXECUTED

A government task force had increasingly been employed to raid houses in search of 'anti-socialist' materials. Those found consuming foreign media can now be executed

Events

5 h. ago Death Row inmate gorges on last meal with 48 seafood items but isn't pleased afterwards

Thomas Grasso was sentenced to death for the murder of 87-year-old Hilda Johnson and was allowed to request a final meal before his execution - but claimed something was missing from the plate

Events

5 h. ago Ranvir Singh 'shows her state of mind' in stunning high street midi that's now on sale

Good Morning Britain presenter Ranvir Singh showed off an outfit that had her feeling conflicted this week as she 'showed her state of mind' - and you can shop her exact dress for less

Politics

5 h. ago New specialist clinic aims to give better access to advanced genetic testing

It comes as scores of people in the region face travel to Great Britain in hopes of finding a diagnosis.

Politics

6 h. ago BBC star Steve Cram's freak family tragedy in Cardiff and famous younger girlfriend now

Steve Cram is one of Britain's greatest ever middle-distance runners, but he has found a kindred spirit in partner Allison Curbishley, who has also enjoyed a successful athletics career

Politics

6 h. ago CCTV shows Neil Canney's killers buying Pringles after executing dad on doorstep

The men who murdered Neil Canney have been captured on CCTV fleeing the murder scene.

Events

6 h. ago The illegal act quietly becoming one of the most dangerous road hazards

In 2020, an estimated 12.6 million people aged 16 and over drove after using illicit drugs

Events

6 h. ago Man who tried to smuggle £1m of cocaine inside wheelchair is jailed

Casimiro De Lemos Francisco, who is not disabled, travelled through Manchester Airport in the drugs-laden wheelchair earlier this year

Economics