Tiger Woods was driving at “excessive speed” when he crashed his car in Los Angeles in February, police have said. The golfer‘s vehicle was travelling at upwards of 87mph in a 45mph zone, according to the LA county sheriff’s office. He was driving at 75mph when he careered into a tree, having possibly hit the
The Co-op Group will risk igniting a reputational row on Thursday when it announces that it will not repay all of the government funding it received during the pandemic – despite its 2500 food stores remaining open throughout. Sky News has learnt that Britain’s biggest mutual will commit to a partial repayment of state support
The use of force against George Floyd should have stopped once he had been arrested and handcuffed, ex-cop Derek Chauvin’s murder trial has heard. Use-of-force expert Jody Stiger, a Los Angeles Police Department sergeant serving as a prosecution witness, said that based on his review of video evidence, Chauvin‘s knee was on Mr Floyd‘s neck
Natural gas stakeholders are beginning to coalesce around the idea that demand for so-called “blue” hydrogen will keep the dollar bills flowing their way for years to come. Well, not so fast. A new report from BloombergNEF suggests that the blue hydrogen moniker is so much dust in the wind, now that green hydrogen technology
Britons aged 18-29 will be offered an alternative to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine where available, government advisors have decided. Currently, the UK is also rolling out the Pfizer jab, and the first doses of the Moderna vaccine were administered today in Wales. The decision from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation follows a review of
Today Electrek turns its spotlight to the up-and-coming EV company, Electric Last Mile (ELMS), which is targeting one of the hottest EV markets: commercial fleets. While most new EV companies are years away from production, ELMS, headquartered in the suburbs of Detroit and solely focused on the commercial space, plans to launch the first Class
A record label home to artists such as Arlo Parks and The XX has changed its name, over its potential links to Armenian genocide. Young Turks, which was founded in London in 2006, will now be known as Young, after re-thinking its name. Speaking on social media, founder Caius Pawson said: “We originally named Young
6:51 AM ET One benefit of all the days blurring together during the pandemic is that it’s already time for spring football, other than the spring football they’re playing over in the FCS, where they’re actually playing real games. But the FBS fellas are back on the field after the strangest, most trying year. We
Music fans have had a disappointing 12 months with festivals and gigs cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. But with the silver lining of lockdown easing on the horizon, many will be hoping they can get back into shows in the near future. Boris Johnson’s COVID-19 roadmap says that from 17 May, fans
In this article LSEG-GB HFG-DE OCDO-GB TKWY-NL DHER-DE DASH AMZN ROO-GB A Deliveroo courier rides along Regent Street delivering takeaway food in central London during Covid-19 Tier 4 restrictions. Pietro Recchia | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images LONDON — Shares of Amazon-backed food delivery firm Deliveroo climbed by around 3% on Wednesday morning
Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has refused four times to say whether he believes Russia was behind the Salisbury poisonings. Mr Salmond, who has formed a new pro-independence party ahead of next month’s Scottish elections, hosts “The Alex Salmond Show” each week on RT – a Russian state-controlled TV network. In 2019, RT –
A 24-year-old carer has become the first person in the UK to receive the Moderna vaccine as it becomes the latest jab used in the country’s vaccination programme. Elle Taylor, from Ammanford in Wales, who is an unpaid carer for her 82-year-old grandmother, received the vaccine this morning. “I’m very excited and very happy,” she
More than 4,000 COVID deaths have been recorded in a single day in Brazil, with one doctor comparing the country’s crisis to a “biological Fukushima”. The outbreak is overwhelming hospitals in the South American nation – and scientists are forecasting that the surge in fatalities will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave
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In this article IYE This handout image supplied by the IIPA (Iran International Photo Agency) shows a view of the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as the first fuel is loaded, on August 21, 2010 in Bushehr, southern Iran. Getty Images The U.S. and Iran are ramping up efforts to resolve
Kim Kardashian has officially become a billionaire, according to Forbes. The reality TV star, 40, saw her net worth soar from $780m (£564m) in October to $1bn (£723m) this month, the magazine reports. Her fortune comes mainly from her two businesses: the shapewear brand Skims, and the cosmetics company KKW Beauty. Image: Kim Kardashian recently