Whole-life prison sentences will become the “default” punishment for “sexual or sadistic” murders, the prime minister has said. Former NHS neo-natal nurse Lucy Letby was told she will never be released on Monday after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others on 18 August. She is only the fourth woman
Month: August 2023
“When the time comes, disconnect the main flex cable.” Besides being a short guy named Tom, I never felt I had any sort of Mission: Impossible credentials until I donned safety googles and got handed a screwdriver and plastic scalpel at what’s thought to be the UK’s biggest phone recycling factory. Fixing the screen on
Three Ukrainian military pilots, including a “mega talent”, were killed when two L-39 combat training aircraft collided over a region west of Kyiv on Friday, the air force has said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is relying on the swift training of crews to fly up to 61 F-16 fighter jets, said in his nightly video
Three black people have been killed in a “racially motivated” shooting in Jacksonville, Florida. Two men and one woman were shot dead in a Dollar General store in the city by a man in his early 20s in what the mayor has called a “hate filled crime”. Jacksonville’s sheriff said that the suspect, an unidentified
Bob Barker, best known for hosting the iconic CBS daytime game show The Price Is Right, has died. According to the New York Post, Barker passed away on Saturday morning of natural causes at his Hollywood Hills home. He was 99. “It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who
Barack Obama‘s kids are just like us — hitting the grocery store on their own to stock up on grub … which is exactly what Sasha Obama was doing this week. The ex-First Daughter — who’s 22 years old now — was spotted out in WeHo Friday doing a little supermarket pop-in at a Trader
There’s nothing more gut-wrenching than ruining a pair of new suede shoes (just ask Elvis). Whether you find yourself stepping into a crater-sized puddle or fall victim to an overly-crowded train, footwear fatalities happen. Good news is, there are plenty of ways to keep your treads box-fresh. I find the most cost-effective (and sensible) method
The solar wind is a ubiquitous feature of our solar system. This relentless high-speed flow of charged particles from the sun fills interplanetary space. On Earth, it triggers geomagnetic storms that can disrupt satellites and it causes the dazzling auroras — the northern and southern lights — at high latitudes. But precisely how the sun
Fidji Simo, chief executive officer of Instacart Inc., speaks during an interview in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, March 3, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Instacart, the grocery delivery company that slashed its valuation during last year’s market slide, filed its paperwork to go public on Friday in what’s poised to
Former Conservative minister Nadine Dorries has announced she is resigning, after months of criticism over her absence from the House of Commons. In her resignation letter, the Tory MP accused Rishi Sunak of “demeaning his office by opening the gates to whip up a public frenzy” against her. The letter to the prime minister said:
The owner of HMV has approached a number of debt providers to back a last-gasp rescue bid for Wilko, the ailing high street retailer. Sky News understands that Doug Putman has sounded out firms including Gordon Brothers and Hilco – from which he bought HMV in 2018 – about helping to finance an offer for
Spain’s women’s football coach has described the World Cup kissing row as “a real nonsense” that has “tarnished a well-deserved victory” for the players and the country. Jorge Vilda told Spanish sports site La Marca: “The events that have taken place since Spain won the Women’s World Cup for the first time in its history
Two people have been injured in a shooting during a baseball game in Chicago. A 42-year-old woman was wounded in the leg and another woman, 26, received a grazed abdomen at the Guaranteed Rate Field Stadium on Friday evening, police said. Detectives are still in the preliminary stages of their investigation. In a statement, Chicago
Ah, as summer comes to a close, so do its flings. Or at least that’s the lesson Bill Murray is learning, according to a new report from The Sun, which claims that the 72-year-old actor has been “dumped” by his 44-year-old summer lover, Kelis. News that Murray and Kelis were dating first broke earlier this
It’s been a while since we last chatted with the venerable Dutch trap duo Yellow Claw. They’ve left an indelible mark on the scene over the past decade and with Jim and Nils taking over Los Angeles this past month, we figured this was the best time to chat with them. They’ve been releasing a
Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View
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