A judge has jailed the Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary for life with a minimum term of 28 years for running a banned terrorist organisation, telling him: “I cannot foresee a time when you will cease to be dangerous.” After a trial at Woolwich crown court in south London, Choudary was convicted last week of having…
In newly uncovered remarks from 2017, Donald Trump’s 2024 vice-presidential pick, JD Vance, said “some people who voted for Trump are racist and they voted for him for racist reasons”. “Race definitely played a role in the 2016 election,” Vance said. “I think that race will always play a role in our country. It’s just…
The winter fuel payment has been scrapped for millions of pensioners. The government announced the change along with a raft of other cuts to fill a £22bn “black hole” in public finances. The payment is aimed at helping pensioners pay for higher fuel bills during the colder months. Wondering if you’re still eligible for the…
‘– Photos © Eurodressage – No reproduction allowed – NO SCREENSHOTS! The German pony team picked up the gold medal at the 2024 European Pony Championships in Opglabbeek, Belgium, on Thursday morning 25 July 2024. Germany has dominated pony sport for years, with occasionally Denmark or Great Britain stealing their thunder, but this year they were back…
Barely a year after returning to diving, Tom Daley completed the full set of Olympic medals by claiming silver in partnership with Noah Williams in the men’s synchronised 10m platform in Paris. And as Daley and Williams produced exceptional dive after exceptional dive, each in seemingly perfect harmony, it made you wonder how they had…
A third child has died, and five remain in a critical condition, after an attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport. Eleven children and two adults were stabbed in what police described as a “ferocious attack” in a studio on Hart Street on Monday morning, 10 minutes before the class was due to…
EXCLUSIVE: Sigourney Weaver will make her West End stage debut as storm-creating sorcerer Prospero in The Tempest and Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell will play sparring lovers Benedick and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing when director Jamie Lloyd returns Shakespeare early this winter to the historic Theatre Royal Drury Lane, a landmark venue in Covent Garden owned by…
What Is Gross National Income (GNI)? Gross National Income, or GNI, refers to the total income earned by the people and businesses of a nation. It is calculated to estimate and compare the wealth in a country from year to year by adding the gross domestic product to the income that the nation receives from…
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (TTWO), a gaming company, reported earnings after the market close on 5 August and beat analysts’ expectations, but was hammered on the 5th of August, after President Donald Trump tweeted that he would be talking with industry regulators about the issue of violent video games potentially being related to some of…