Kneecap will face no further action over Glastonbury performance, say police pred 2 urama in 2 minutama Avon and Somerset force says it is ending investigation into rap group ‘on the grounds there is insufficient evidence’Kneecap will face no further action over their Glastonbury performance last month, Avon and Somerset police have said.In a statement, the force said: “An investigation has been carried out into comments about a forthcoming court case made during Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury Festival on Saturday 28 June. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Suspect charged in killing of American Idol supervisor and her husband pred 2 urama in 3 minutami Officials believe Raymond Boodarian was burglarizing home when Robin Kaye and Thomas Deluca returnedA 22-year-old man suspected in the shooting deaths of a longtime music supervisor for American Idol and her husband at their home in Los Angeles was charged with two counts of murder Thursday.Police said officers conducting a welfare check Monday at a gated house in the Encino neighborhood found the bodies of Robin Kaye and Thomas Deluca, both 70. The victims both had gunshot wounds, investigators determined. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump calls Fed chair ‘a numbskull’ who ‘makes it difficult for people to buy a house’ pred 2 urama in 14 minutami In new attack, US president accuses Jerome Powell of preventing central bank from lowering interest ratesBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has renewed his attacks on Jerome Powell, calling the US central bank chair a “numbskull” and accusing him of “making it difficult for people, especially the young, to buy a house”.The US president accused Powell of preventing the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates to make housing more affordable. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump threatens to sue WSJ over Epstein sketch claims – US politics live pred 2 urama in 21 minutami Move comes as president finally says he will seek release of grand jury testimony over caseTrump requests release of grand jury Epstein transcriptsIt was a friendship that spanned three different decades. To Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein was a “terrific guy”. Epstein believed himself to be Trump’s “closest friend”, and praised the future president as “charming”.The relationship would eventually break down, the men falling out over a bidding war on a property in Florida. And after Epstein was convicted of child sex offences in 2008, Trump distanced himself from the financier, claiming he was “not a fan” and wondering, in recent days, why his supporters would “waste time and energy” on demanding that FBI and Department of Justice files on Epstein be released. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ofwat to be abolished as ministers look to create new water regulator pred 2 urama in 43 minutami Exclusive: Watchdog has faced intense criticism over sewage spills, shareholder payouts and ballooning debtsSerious pollution incidents by English water firms rose 60% last yearEngland and Wales’ embattled water regulator will be abolished under recommendations from a government-commissioned review due out on Monday, the Guardian understands.Ministers will announce next week a consultation into creating a new regulator, to coincide with the results of a review into the water industry directed by former Bank of England deputy governor Sir Jon Cunliffe. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Tributes left at school of child who died in Somerset coach crash pred 3 urami in 50 minutami Twenty-one passengers were taken to hospital after coach overturned on way back from trip to zooFloral tributes have been left outside a school attended by a child who died in a coach crash in Somerset on the way home from a trip to the zoo.Twenty-one passengers were taken to hospital, some with serious injuries, when the coach flipped on to its roof and plunged down an embankment in Exmoor on Thursday afternoon on its way back to Minehead middle school. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects pred 4 urami in 12 minutami Exclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party’s deputy leader after his warning to energy firms over new contractsUK politics live – latest updatesA group of nearly 60 Labour MPs has written to Richard Tice challenging the Reform UK deputy leader’s pledge to rip up green energy contracts if his party wins power and questioning if he appreciated the impact this could have on the economy.Led by Polly Billington, the East Thanet MP, and signed by 58 others who have sustainable energy projects in their constituencies, the letter said Tice appeared to have “under-appreciated the growth potential of the green transition” when he wrote to eight leading energy firms warning that to bid for new contracts carried “significant” risk. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Two UK charities donate millions to Israeli settlement in occupied West Bank pred 4 urami in 42 minutami Charity Commission criticised for endorsing transfer of about £5.7m to high school in illegal village of SusyaTwo UK charities have transferred millions of pounds to an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank with the endorsement of the charities regulator, the Guardian can reveal.Documents show that the Kasner Charitable Trust (KCT), via a conduit charity, UK Toremet, has donated approximately £5.7m to the Bnei Akiva Yeshiva high school in Susya, in the Israeli-occupied territory. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Diane Abbott’s Labour suspension must be resolved ‘as swiftly as possible’, says minister – UK politics live pred 5 urami in 3 minutami Treasury minister James Murray said Abbott’s claim that ‘this Labour leadership wants me out’ was ‘absolutely not the case’The number of serious pollution incidents caused by water firms across England rose by 60% in 2024 compared with the previous year, the Environment Agency said.The watchdog revealed consistently poor performance from all nine water and sewerage firms in the country despite expectations for incidents to decrease, PA reported. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Devastating’: US public broadcasters condemn Trump cuts to key programs pred 5 urami in 4 minutami PBS chief says cuts package ‘goes against the will of the American people’ as smaller outlets could face total closurePublic broadcast station leaders are condemning Donald Trump’s latest victory after the Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that will cancel all federal funding for public broadcasting programs including PBS and NPR.Following the Senate’s decision to pass $9bn in spending cuts to public broadcasting as well as foreign aid, PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger saying that the Senate’s approval of the package “goes against the will of the American people”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
