The gap between electricity supply and demand is expected to be narrower this winter than last as the country battles an energy crunch but there should be no disruption from the lights or gas flames going out, according to key industry reports. System operator National Grid released eagerly awaited forecasts covering both gas and electricity
At least 20 people have been killed and more than 200 injured after an earthquake in Pakistan. The 5.9-magnitude quake was about 12 miles deep and centred eight miles north-northeast of Harnai in Balochistan province. It hit at about 3.20am on Thursday, when most people were asleep. Image: Many people left their homes after the
A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the enforcement of a near total ban on abortion in the state, calling the law “flagrantly unconstitutional”. Senate Bill 8 has been dubbed the “Heartbeat Bill” because it bans abortion once cardiac activity in a embryo can be detected on an ultrasound scan, often as early as
How do you make the most out of a summer in New York? Happy Hour is a charming ode to the young women traipsing around downtown who always have somewhere to be. The debut novel by Marlowe Granados, written in diary form, takes place in one electric summer in New York, from late May to
It’s an advantage-palooza on Survivor Season 41 Episode 3! Tribe dynamics are settling and the castaways are starting to get a sense of who they want to play with. One thing this season is already proving is just how eager everyone is to play — HARD. How did Brad suddenly find ALL the advantages? It seems
Play video content TMZ.com The wild card for Wednesday night’s ‘Masked Singer’ was able to put together a whole performance in just one day, in part because they’ve got a phone filled with some music biz heavy hitters. The singer will appear as Pepper when they hit the stage, but came on “TMZ Live” sans
Germany’s Benjamin List and David MacMillan of the United States on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction, the jury said. The duo was awarded “for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction: organocatalysis. This has had a great impact on
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and co-founder & CEO of Square, speaks during the crypto-currency conference Bitcoin 2021 Convention at the Mana Convention Center in Miami, Florida, on June 4, 2021. Marco Bello | AFP | Getty Images Twitter on Wednesday announced its decision to sell its MoPub mobile advertising network to mobile game developer
Boris Johnson has branded levelling up “the greatest project that any government can embark on” in his closing speech at the Conservative Party’s annual conference. In his keynote address marking the end of the four-day event, the prime minister pledged that his top team will “get on with our job of uniting and levelling up
Wholesale gas costs reached new uncharted territory on Wednesday as financial markets fret over the impact of inflation on the global recovery from the coronavirus crisis. The gas contract for next-day delivery in the UK breached £3/therm for the first time on Wednesday morning and was as high as £3.20 at one stage. Market experts
The first vaccine against malaria could be rolled out to billions of people after key advisers to the World Health Organisation (WHO) gave it the green light. Experts on the WHO’s advisory bodies for immunisation and malaria concluded the vaccine Mosquirix could save tens of thousands of lives every year. The vaccine is now expected
Facebook has said there was “no malicious activity” behind a widespread outage that knocked all of its services offline for several hours yesterday. The social network – as well as Instagram and WhatsApp – were inaccessible for its 3.5 billion users because of the technical issues. Although the tech giant had previously said that a
Don’t get me wrong, I love a good shopping trip. To me, unbridled luxury is aimlessly wandering with my sister on a sunny day, discovering new brands hidden among the array of New York boutiques, trying on pieces that catch my eye, all to find something that makes my heart sing. But most of all,
Jenn Wasner’s Flock of Dimes has unveiled its new single “Through You,” exclusively for Adult Swim Singles. On the vamping ballad, the singer-songwriter layers her vocals to create transfixing harmonies over the pluck of a steady bass and guitar. “It is hard/ To get sunny/ It is wrong/ To go back,” she croons ahead of
Trivecta has been teasing new music with Wooli for the past couple weeks, and he’s finally revealed the big surprise: Scott Stapp, the singer from Creed, is on the track. The last time Trivecta and Wooli worked together directly was on 2019’s “Island” with Seven Lions and Nevve, and we all know how big that
Naturally, the older a poem is, the more famous it tends to be. Someone like Byron has had centuries for his work to sink into the public consciousness; a poet like Dylan Thomas only a few decades. This is why, when I was researching the most famous poems in order to write this article, they