Liz Truss has said she is ready to take “tough decisions” and “immediate action” on energy bills during her first week in office, if she becomes prime minister. There have been ever-louder calls in recent weeks for the government to intervene to support the most vulnerable, with energy bills set to rise to around £3,500
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Vaping, for teenagers, has become “a route into nicotine addiction, rather than out of it”, an expert has warned. The caution comes after a new study suggested a significant number of teens who try vaping have never smoked. Researchers from the Tobacco Free Research Institute Ireland said the proportion of 16 and 17-year-olds who had
Donald Trump has suggested that he may run again for the US presidency in 2024. The former president was back on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania on Saturday – his first rally since the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago estate last month. He told his supporters: “We are leading Biden and everyone else, including the
“Naked and Afraid” contestant Melanie Rauscher accidentally died from sucking in a lethal amount of compressed air used in cleaning products, this according to her autopsy report. Discovery ‘Naked and Afraid’ Contestant Melanie Rauscher Found Dead 35-year-old Melanie was found dead near cans of dust cleaner in Prescott, AZ, on July 17. The report, obtained
Welcome to Consequence’s live blog of Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins tribute concert. Refresh this page for the latest updates. 3:50 p.m. – Brian May asks the crowd to hold up their lights as he delivers an emotional solo acoustic performance of Queen’s “Love of My Life.” 3:30 p.m. – We’re at the four hour mark
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, which has been exploring our solar system for more than four decades now, was found to be sending distorted data to the mission controllers on Earth. Now, engineers have managed to determine the cause of the problem and have successfully fixed it. The team encountered the issue last year when the
In this article AMZN Jing Gao and Eddie Levine have both worked in e-commerce for more than a decade. Eddie Levine Eddie Levine and Jing Gao first met at an Atlanta e-commerce conference in 2016. Two years later, they shared their first kiss outside an Amazon seller summit in New Orleans. And in 2020, Gao
Thousands of beds in shelters and new supported living accommodation in England will be provided as part of a strategy to end rough sleeping. An extra 14,000 emergency beds for rough sleepers and 3,000 support staff roles will be created this year as part of a three-year £500m plan, according to the Department for Levelling
Britain’s biggest water utility is working on plans to raise additional funding just weeks after unveiling plans to tap shareholders for £1.5bn in new equity. Sky News has learnt that Thames Water has begun debating whether it needs to seek new capital to deliver the transformation plan it has set out under Sarah Bentley, its
The journey north up the Swat Valley in Pakistan is a lesson in just how overwhelming the power of a natural disaster like this can be. Whole villages are swept away, towns are cut in half, a hydroelectric power station is overwhelmed and smashed and roads and bridges along the way are destroyed. Like
A pilot who threatened to intentionally crash into a Walmart in Mississippi faces terror related charges and did not have a licence. A statement put out by Tupelo Police Department (TPD) earlier said at about 5am local time (11am UK time) they were notified in an emergency 911 call that a pilot was making the
Summer’s coming to an end. School is underway. It feels like the parties are slowing down as we enter autumn and becoming few and far between. But if you’re looking to keep the part going across the country or the world, then take solace that their are plenty of music festivals that thrive outside of
On Friday night, Timothée Chalamet stole the show at the Venice Film Festival during the premiere of his new cannibals in love movie Bones and All by wearing a bright red sparkling backless pantsuit. The blood red look came with a matching scarf and was created by designer Haider Ackerman. Chalamet paired the outfit with
Britney Spears is clearly thankful to Elton John for launching her name to the top of the charts once again … gifting him personalized rocket-inspired salt and pepper shakers! Elton thanked Britney on Twitter, Friday, for the special gift. He wrote, “Thank you @britneyspears for the fabulous rocket salt and pepper shakers!! 🚀🚀David and I
Skyroot Aerospace on Friday revealed that it had raised $51 millon (roughly Rs. 400 crore) from a Singapore-based investor, according to a report. The startup will reportedly use the funding to build the country’s first private space launch vehicles (SLV), and accelerate the firm’s plans to launch heavy payloads into low-Earth orbit. It is looking to start commercial
Honor CEO George Zhao launched the company’s Honor 70 smartphone in Europe during a virtual presentation at the IFA trade show in Berlin, Germany. Honor, which was spun off from Chinese technology giant Huawei in 2020, is trying to boost its market share outside of China. Honor Honor, the smart devices company spun off from