A’s, White Sox hoping to improve playoff positioning
2021-09-07 00:51:49 GMT+00:00 – The Chicago White Sox could play a role in determining a future playoff opponent when they kick off an important six-game sequence with…
JCB heir launches £1bn fund to put Britain at forefront of hydrogen revolution
Jo Bamford, the heir to JCB, is setting up a £1bn fund aimed at putting the UK ahead in the global race to manufacture environmentally friendly hydrogen….
Mystics visit Storm with postseason aspirations at stake
Aug 12, 2021; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Seattle Storm forward Breanna Stewart (30) drives against Connecticut Sun forward Kaila Charles (left) in the first half during the Inaugural…
Restaurant spending edges higher as consumers splash out on socialising and staycations
Restaurant spending edged higher for the first time since the start of the pandemic in August according data from Barclaycard pointing to a bumper month for the…
Raducanu’s dream U.S. Open run continues with Rogers thrashing
NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – British teenager Emma Raducanu continued her dream run at the U.S. Open on Monday by overwhelming American Shelby Rogers 6-2 6-1…
Tory MPs need ‘Covid passport’ to meet Boris Johnson at No 10
Boris Johnson has ordered Tory MPs who want to meet him in 10 Downing Street to bring “Covid passports”. An invitation to drinks on Tuesday night with…
Migrant crisis: Record number tried to cross Channel to UK today, say witnesses
A record number of migrants have attempted to cross the English Channel today, according to witnesses. It’s thought at least 1,000 men, women and children were spotted…
Tennis: Losing is bad enough but it now comes with death threats, say players
NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – As if a fourth round 6-2 6-1 thrashing at the U.S. Open was not hard enough to deal with, American Shelby…
Economical Zverev rolls into U.S. Open quarters
NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Alexander Zverev eased past Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-4 7-6(7) and into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Monday as the…
National Insurance: Why the rumblings of an all-out Tory rebellion are growing louder
It was the moment when months of secret talks about how to fund a new deal for social care finally blew up in the public, prompting a…
Tennis-Harris wins battle of big servers to reach U.S. Open quarters
NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Unseeded South African Lloyd Harris stormed into his first Grand Slam quarter-final with a crushing 6-7(6) 6-4 6-1 6-3 victory over…
Michael K Williams: The Wire and Boardwalk Empire actor found dead aged 54 at his New York home
The Wire actor Michael K Williams has died at the age of 54, police in New York say. Williams, who was known for his role as Omar…
Boris Johnson to raise tax to pay for clearing the NHS backlog
Boris Johnson will announce a tax rise on Tuesday to pay for the cost of lockdown on the NHS, facing down Tory rebels angry over the manifesto-breaking move….
Boris Johnson pledges to end ‘catastrophic costs’ of social care with national insurance rise – but faces Tory mutiny
Boris Johnson is expected to raise national insurance by about 1.2% to pay for a pledge to end the “catastrophic costs” of social care, a move Tory…