Mel C drew a big crowd when she DJ’d at the Glastonbury Festival on Thursday. The morning after, she told entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson on BBC Breakfast that playing on the Sunday afternoon legends’ slot with the Spice Girls in the future would be “the absolute dream” – and that Victoria Beckham might even rejoin
Getty Images For many, after-work drinks are a common way of relaxing after a busy week. But one worker in Japan could be nursing a protracted hangover after he lost a USB memory stick following a night out with colleagues. Why? It contained the personal details of nearly half a million people. The unnamed man
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Conservative co-chair Oliver Dowden has resigned following two by-election losses for the party to Labour and the Liberal Democrats. The Lib Dems overturned a huge Tory majority in Tiverton and Honiton, Devon, their third by-election victory over
Reuters Nothing reeks of panic quite like a resignation letter at 5.35am. Not just any resignation letter. But the party chairman. Until now, at least, utterly loyal to Boris Johnson. Oliver Dowden manages five paragraphs, not one of which endorses him. “We cannot carry on with business as usual,” he writes, “somebody must take responsibility.”
EPA Ukrainian forces in Severodonetsk have been told to withdraw, according to the top regional official. The city is the focus of Russia’s invasion as Moscow tries to take control of large parts of east Ukraine. “Remaining in positions that have been relentlessly shelled for months just doesn’t make sense,” Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Haidai
Reuters The US Senate has passed a gun control bill – the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years. Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress to approve the measure by 65 votes to 33. It follows mass shootings last month at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and a primary
AFP via Getty Images Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has denied interfering in an investigation into Canada’s worst mass shooting. The head of the RCMP, Canada’s federal police force, has been accused of pressuring local officers to help advance Mr Trudeau’s gun control plans. Commissioner Brenda Lucki has denied any meddling in the investigation. The accusation
Getty Images The rail strikes this week had threatened to bring the country to a halt. But after two days of industrial action – as well as the knock-on impact on services for the rest of the week – there is little evidence this has happened. Empty stations, half-full trains to Glastonbury Festival, and broadly
Getty Images US government lawyers threatened to quit en masse as then-President Donald Trump hounded them almost daily to help overturn his 2020 election defeat, a congressional inquiry has heard. Justice department officials said they told Mr Trump there was zero evidence to his claims of mass voter fraud. The attorneys also testified that the
Conservancy of Southwest Florida Her last meal was an entire white-tailed deer, and she was on her way to a rendezvous with a male snake when the largest python ever found in Florida met her demise. Weighing in at 215lbs (98kg) and nearly 18ft long (5 meters), the female Burmese python was caught after researchers
An upcoming band has landed a headlining spot at Glastonbury festival after Sir Paul McCartney recommended them. Hardwicke Circus, from Carlisle, are set to play the Rabbit Hole stage after the former Beatle personally reached out to organisers to praise their music. The group, who are unaware of how Sir Paul discovered them, say they
Getty Images Hundreds of British Airways workers at Heathrow Airport have voted to go on strike over pay. Unite and GMB union members who are mostly check-in staff backed industrial action on Thursday. A total of 700 workers are set to strike during the summer holidays, when demand from travellers is expected to be near
Getty Images The US Supreme Court has struck down a New York law restricting gun carrying rights. The law required residents who want a licence to prove “proper cause” to carry concealed weapons and that they faced “a special or unique” danger. The 6-3 decision stated the requirement violates the Constitutional right to bear arms.
PA Media Downing Street says it is “unlikely” the UK’s Rwanda asylum policy will come up when Boris Johnson meets the Prince of Wales on Friday. The prime minister had said he would defend the scheme if it was raised, but his spokesman later said it would not be at the forefront of his mind.
Gayan Comprehensive Health Center “Of 500 patients who have come to the clinic since the morning, 200 have died” – that is the blunt assessment of Muhammad Gul, a staff member at a tiny clinic in Gyan, in eastern Afghanistan. The facility has just five beds, but Tuesday’s earthquake left even these meagre resources unusable.
Urban Meyer was the worst head-coaching hire in NFL history. Here’s where some feel the need to point out other bad hires. Yes, Steve Spurrier, Lou Holtz and Bobby Petrino were bad. And none of them, or any other failure you want to name, was worse than Meyer. Meyer was a unique combination: atrocious on