Suella Braverman has encouraged police chiefs to use stop and search powers more often to “seize dangerous weapons and prevent more knife crime attacks”. The home secretary’s letter to 43 chief constables does not have any direct impact on how officers act, as the police are operationally independent of government. But the latest intervention shows
Thousands of jobs could be created in Scotland under a Labour proposal to create a publicly-owned clean energy company with its headquarters north of the border, the leader of the opposition has said. Sir Keir Starmer set out his proposal to launch Great British Energy (GBN) during his party conference speech in Liverpool last year
Pakistan’s prime minister has declared a national day of mourning for those who died when a fishing trawler packed with people sank off the coast of Greece. Up to 750 men, women and children from Syria, Egypt, the Palestinian territories and Pakistan were on board the vessel trying to reach Europe. More than 500 people
A truck driver has been convicted of fatally shooting 11 worshippers at a synagogue in the deadliest attack on Jewish people in the US. Seven other victims were wounded, including five police officers, after 50-year-old Robert Bowers opened fire with an assault rifle and other weapons in Pittsburgh. Bowers was charged with 63 counts, including
Refresh for latest…: Warner Bros/DC’s The Flash sped into 78 overseas markets this weekend, grossing $75M, below the $85M-$95M we saw coming into the frame. With domestic’s slow-crawl three-day included, that makes for a $139M global opening. This is lower than projections, with general audiences not rushing out to see the deeper universe pic. As
It’s been a little over a week since the publication of Elliot Page’s memoir, Pageboy, and the haters have settled in on Goodreads. This isn’t surprising. Page is perhaps the most publicly visible trans celebrity to publish a memoir in recent memory. What’s more, though he does write about his career in Hollywood, the making
Just when we thought the cast of Stranger Things couldn’t get any better. The hit series made an appearance Saturday at Netflix’s Tudum Global Fan Event, and we got an exciting announcement: Linda Hamilton has joined the cast of Stranger Things Season 5 — the hit sci-fi drama’s final season. Sadly, no details about who
Outer Banks season 3 presented more questions than answers as the Pogues fought their way to El Dorado—and fans can rest assured such an ancient discovery is far from the end of their adventures. While celebrating the show’s third installment earlier this year, the cast announced that OBX had been renewed for yet another season
Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images At midnight on Tuesday, the moderators of the Reddit community r/Gaming decided to go dark. Dac Croach, who goes by username Dacvak, and the subreddit’s other leaders hit the private button, initiating a 48-hour shutdown for the group’s more than 37 million members, along with anyone else who
A video showing Conservative Party workers at a Christmas party during lockdown in 2020 is “terrible” and “completely out of order”, Michael Gove has said. The Levelling Up Secretary was reacting to the video, obtained by the Mirror, which showed people dancing and drinking at a gathering – ignoring strict social distancing rules imposed by
It would be “risky” for the government to protect mortgage holders against rising interest rates, according to a former Bank of England deputy governor. Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sky News, Sir Charlie Bean said trying to help those paying off home loans could force the bank to raise the base rate even further. His
A 76-year-old woman who was wrongly declared dead and surprised family members by knocking on her coffin has now passed away. Bella Montoya spent seven days in intensive care but died on Friday evening after suffering a stroke, Ecuador‘s health ministry said. She was under “permanent surveillance” after the bizarre incident in the city of
Former Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson has been charged with reckless driving after crashing a car into a home in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old comedian was contacted by police after the incident on 4 March in a residential area of Beverly Hills. The LA District Attorney’s Office said that it is taking the allegations
Play video content TMZSports.com Lil Dicky‘s “Dave” series recently finished Season 3 with a big bang — A-list cameos from Drake, Rachel McAdams and Brad Pitt, who’s apparently a good rapper, so claims series star GaTa!!! We caught up with GaTa at LAX, where he revealed fans might be getting more from Dicky and Drake
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Foo Fighters are back in action with But Here We Are, their first album since the tragic 2022 passing of longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins. By all accounts, it’s the band’s best work in years, fitting in detours in shoegaze and multi-passage epics in between the band’s classic style of straight ahead rock. At a recent show in