Category: Politics

A pregnant cow has had to be rescued by firefighters after she got stuck in a small swimming pool. The 590kg (93-stone) cow was found in the deep end of the pool in two to three feet of water at a house in Ketton, Rutland. Leicestershire fire and rescue service was called to the property […]

Two key rules of politics are to always look ahead, and to understand your opponent. And so it is that just months after crushing the Conservatives in a general election, many Labour MPs are bracing for fresh challenges and a new foe – Reform UK. Nigel Farage’s party is in parliamentary terms a minnow, its […]

Elon Musk has expanded his lawsuit against the ChatGPT maker OpenAI, adding federal antitrust and other claims and adding OpenAI’s largest financial backer, Microsoft, as a defendant. Musk’s amended lawsuit, filed on Thursday night in federal court in Oakland, California, said Microsoft and OpenAI illegally sought to monopolize the market for generative artificial intelligence and […]

In Brian Sørensen’s previous two seasons in charge of Everton, their first win came away against Liverpool, so as his team sit winless after seven games and prepare to host their Merseyside rivals at Goodison Park on Sunday, those derby victories are on his mind. “It’s just unlucky we have them in round eight instead […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature The teams are out and ready for the anthems. Not long to go now. Share I agree. This Pumas side is special. They’ll give Ireland a fright if they click. Really looking forward to Ireland v Argentina. Going to be a […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Tonight’s Scotland XI is infused with a tincture o’Tees: Middlesbrough striker Tommy Conway, with five Championship goals to his name this season already, makes his first start for his country, while in-form club-mate Ben Doak is there from the off for […]

Peers have warned the government is failing to deal with a miscarriage of justice akin to the Post Office scandal, after ministers refused to back legislation that would give new sentences to thousands of prisoners jailed indefinitely. James Timpson, the prisons minister, said the 2,964 people currently serving indeterminate sentences would in future have a […]

Axel Scheffler, the illustrator behind the international children’s bestseller The Gruffalo, has launched a book to help primary school pupils learn German. Wuschel auf der Erde: A New Adventure in Learning German tells the story of a friendly alien called Wuschel arriving on Earth from a distant planet with a mission to learn German. Through […]

Typhoo Tea is to call in administrators, as Britain’s oldest tea brand struggles with more than £70m in debt amid a sales slump in the highly competitive drinks market. The 121-year-old company has filed a court notice to appoint administrators EY to explore rescue options, in a bid to give it some breathing space from […]

Rúben Amorim believes he is “where I am supposed to be” after spending his first week as Manchester United’s head coach. After bidding a final farewell to Sporting with a thrilling 4-2 win at Braga, Amorim checked in at United’s Carrington training complex on Monday. The 39-year-old was greeted by the chief executive Omar Berrada, […]