Humza Yousaf has won the SNP leadership contest and is set to be named as Scotland’s new first minister, replacing Nicola Sturgeon. The explosive leadership contest was sparked following Ms Sturgeon’s shock resignation last month. Lorna Finn, the SNP’s national secretary, stated that the total turnout in the leadership election was 70% with 50,490 of
The home where Awaab Ishak died still has problems with damp and mould more than two years after his “tragic and preventable” death. A new report into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) paints a “disturbing picture” of life on the estate where the toddler died after being exposed to extensive mould in his family’s flat. RBH
Prince Harry has arrived at the High Court as legal proceedings begin in a phone-tapping and privacy case involving Associated Newspapers. He is among a group of claimants in accusations against the publisher of The Daily Mail newspaper. Associated Newspapers denies the allegations and a preliminary High Court hearing starting today, will consider legal arguments
Humza Yousaf’s leadership win is a big victory for the SNP establishment. A close ally of Nicola Sturgeon, he was branded the “continuity” candidate – pledging to build on the former first minister’s work. The losers in this contest had planned a more radical overhaul of both policy and party. There is no doubt this
2:46 AM ET Former Formula One world champion Jenson Button said that he suffered heat exhaustion and nearly retired from the race before finishing 18th at his NASCAR debut in Texas on Sunday. The 43-year-old Briton, who won the F1 world championship in 2009, said he feared fainting while driving his Ford Mustang during the
Tesla Gigafactory Berlin has finally reached its goal to produce 5,000 electric cars in a single week, which is considered achieving “volume production”. When ramping up a new vehicle to volume production at a new factory, Tesla generally considers 5,000 units per week to be the goal. After starting production late in 2021, Tesla originally
Lindsay Lohan attends/performs during a photocall for “Speed The Plow” at Playhouse Theatre on September 30, 2014 in London, England. Tim P. Whitby | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission has unveiled fraud and unregistered securities charges against crypto founder and Grenadian diplomat Justin Sun, alongside separate violations against the celebrity backers of his
A pause – not a halt After hours hidden out of sight and in emergency negotiations with his coalition partners, Benjamin Netanyahu eventually bowed to the inevitable. As the sun was going down on an extraordinary day in Israel, news emerged that a deal had been struck. The party of Itamar Ben-Gvir said he would
Nigerian politician Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice and a medical “middleman” have been found guilty of conspiring to traffic a market trader to the UK to harvest his kidney. It was alleged that the 21-year-old street trader was to be rewarded for donating the organ to his 25-year-old daughter Sonia Ekweremadu, in an £80,000 private
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander retired Gen. Wesley Clark, and Executive Director at the McCain Institute, Evelyn Farkas, discuss Ukraine’s choices as they eye a counteroffensive against Russia in the besieged city of Bakhmut. #CNN #News
The White House has urged Israel “to find a compromise as soon as possible” after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his defence minister for objecting to judicial reforms, triggering widespread protests. Mr Netanyahu fired Yoav Gallant on Sunday – a day after Mr Gallant broke ranks as an increasing number of Israeli Defence Force
Elon Musk Twitter account seen on Mobile with Elon Musk in the background on screen, seen in this photo illustration. On 19 February 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Pieces of the computer code used to run Twitter were leaked online, according to court filings, marking the social media site’s
The gruelling contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon as the leader of Scotland’s biggest political party reaches its crescendo later when the winner is announced. Humza Yousaf, Ash Regan and Kate Forbes have spent weeks battling to become the new SNP leader and, ultimately, the next first minister. The party will reveal the results of the
A major incident has been declared after a leak from an oil field in Dorset. The leak has come from the Wytch Farm facility in the Purbecks which is one of the largest onshore oil fields in Europe. Philip Broadhead, the leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, has said oil has escaped into the
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Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. Stocks rise Thursday Citi upgrades Pioneer Macau data helps Wynn 1. Tech leads market higher All three major U.S. stock indexes rose Thursday, led by the technology-heavy Nasdaq , which
10:56 PM ET What were the biggest moments from the first UFC event in San Antonio since 2019? Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim offer up their final thoughts after the 10-fight card at the AT&T Center. It was trendy a few years ago to call Cory Sandhagen a future UFC bantamweight champion. After back-to-back jaw-dropping
As day breaks in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, the chirping birds in the blue skies above cut through the eerie quiet. Occasionally, a car passes with the front window rolled down as people take phone pictures and videos of destruction on a film-set scale. A lone figure is plotting a path between mounds of wood and
ACCRA, GHANA — Block CEO Jack Dorsey and his top brass descended on Accra for the inaugural Africa Bitcoin Conference in December to talk about one of the most potentially disruptive and transformative alternatives to the continent’s existing financial system: bitcoin. Since its inception in 2008, this unfamiliar form of money has alternatively been disdained
Delays linking up HS2 and Euston will mean extra costs and potentially even higher spending, the public spending watchdog has warned. A near-50 page report by the National Audit Office (NAO), examining Euston and the much-delayed high-speed line, concluded that a “reset” in 2020 was unsuccessful. It found that by the end of December last