Is Rishi lining up ‘Windfall Tax Lite’? Chancellor ‘examines plans for a one-off hit’ on oil and gas firms in a bid to appease Tory opponents and help ease the cost-of-living crisis Rishi Sunak and the PM ‘privately open-minded about the idea of a windfall tax’ Tory MPs told not to criticise windfall tax online ‘because a U-turn is in the […]

The culture wars have long raged across the Australian media and arts landscape, but the battle appears to have been won by progressives inside the nation’s museums. As the world’s museum directors prepare to make another attempt to come up with the definition of a museum, after years of controversy between conservatives and reformers, the heads of Australia’s museums have […]

Medics are stunned after a little girl’s “incurable” blindness vanished. Evie-Mae Geurts, seven, was registered blind at eight-months-old after being diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a condition causing a build-up of fluid in the brain. Doctors said the pressure in the little girl’s head was 32 times the normal level. Mum Amy, 28, said: "The doctors admitted because of a delay in […]

European restaurants struggle to fill thousands of vacancies for waiters and cooks – as French hospitality bosses blame Macron’s furlough scheme that saw workers sit at home on FULL PAY France has an estimated 250,000 vacancies in restaurants and cafes to fill Europe is struggling to fill hundreds of thousands of staff vacancies  The sector is buckling under pressure from […]

A MAN has been charged following the death of a dad found seriously injured on his doorstep. Sammy Hamilton, 56, was found by his elderly mother badly hurt outside his home on Thorndean Avenue in Bellshill on Wednesday. On Saturday, Police Scotland said a 32-year-old man has been charged and will appear in court on Monday. A Police Scotland statement said: "A […]

Kansas: Tornado rips through the sky across state We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info More than 20 people have been injured and at least one was […]

Howard Dean, the former DNC Chair and governor of Vermont, appeared Thursday on The Beat With Ari Melber and weighed in on Fox News and the backlash the network has received following the mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. Fox News hosts and guests have spent years pushing the racist “replacement theory” conspiracy on the network, a conspiracy the Buffalo shooter […]

Taylor Swift’s hit song “22” takes on a whole new meaning after gracing the stage with New York University’s class of 2022. The Grammy-winning singer and songwriter received a Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, from the Manhattan-based university Wednesday, delivering the commencement speech with atimely joke. “The main reason I’m here is because I have a song called ’22,’” […]

A one-year-old boy has been sickeningly raped by depraved Russian soldiers in Ukraine, according to official sources in Kyiv. According to Ukraine's Ministry of Defence, a total of 10 incidents of rape were reported in the space of an hour on Friday, including eight child victims. In a tweet the ministry wrote: "Today, in just one hour, 10 reports of […]

The remains of a Colorado mother of three have been recovered more than four years after she went missing, the Boulder District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Rita Gutierrez-Garcia was 34 years old when she was last seen near downtown Longmont around 2:30 a.m. on March 18, 2018, at a bar celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day, CBS Denver reported. The investigation into […]