Rishi Sunak appears to distance himself from embattled Nadhim Zahawi amid tax row: PM refuses to back Tory chairman as HMRC is given green light to speak to investigation into MP’s tax affairs PM Rishi Sunak has appeared to distance himself from Nadhim Zahawi  The Tory chair is facing calls to go after a controversial £5 million tax settlement  Rishi […]

AFF-USA/Shutterstock Lance Kerwin, who rose to fame in the 1970s through television series like Salem’s Lot and James at 16, has died. He was 62. Kerwin’s daughter Savanah announced his death in a Facebook post on Wednesday and confirmed that he died the day prior. A cause of death was not provided. “I am so sorry to those we have […]

You might not want to count on getting a Cybertruck this year despite promises to the contrary. During a conference call discussing Tesla's latest earnings, company chief Elon Musk said mass production of the electric pickup won't begin until 2024. He still expects manufacturing to kick off "sometime this summer," but warned that output would be "very slow" early on. […]

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, and wounded several others during a raid in a flashpoint area of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian officials said, in one of the deadliest days in years in the territory. A gun battle broke out when the Israeli military conducted […]

LeBron James had just sat down after leaving the shower when he looked over and saw Rui Hachimura about to leave the Lakers’ locker room to conduct his first postgame interview with the media after a 113-104 win over San Antonio. James smiled and to no one in particular said, “It feels good to have another 6-8 wing in this […]

Homeowners’ fury after ‘delivery drivers leave new £2,000 leather sofa wedged in staircase’ and ‘destroy their bannister’ Luke Ansell’s sofa-bed was delivered to his Bournemouth home on January 19 He has been in a dispute with designersofas4u.co.uk since its botched arrival A homeowner has slammed a furniture company claiming they left his new £2,000 leather sofa wedged in his staircase and […]

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HONOLULU (AP) — On Ian Schweitzer's first morning of freedom Wednesday, he woke up in a hotel room, looked over the balcony at the ocean and took in the beauty of the island he had been away from for over 20 years while imprisoned for a 1991 murder and rape he has always maintained he didn't commit. In an interview […]

Police release CCTV of two young women in hunt for thieves who stole £2,000 lifesavings from handbag of 86-year-old victim while she was out shopping An elderly woman had her lifesavings stolen in a Nottingham in broad daylight The victim has been left distraught after £2,000 was stolen from her handbag  Nottinghamshire Police have released CCTV of two women following […]

Grandfather, 65, says £500,000 lottery win was ‘fate’ because he bought lucky dip ticket after swapping work shifts The  machine setter needed to swap shifts to attend a hospital appointment Jeff Etherington said he must have scanned the winning ticket ‘about 100 times’ A grandfather has thanked ‘fate’ after scooping £500,000 on the lottery after swapping to an early shift […]