Fracking ban could be axed in days in potential boost to our gas supplies, source says British Geological Survey to report on limiting fracking effects like earth tremors Ban imposed in 2019 over earth tremors and net zero emissions target concerns Government source says safety is paramount but Ukraine ‘has shift dial on this’ Tory MP Lee […]

After three days, Deshaun Watson’s NFL disciplinary hearing concluded on Thursday, according to multiple media reports. Independent hearing officer Sue L. Robinson requested post-hearing briefs that are due the week of July 11th, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. A decision on Watson’s discipline isn’t expected until after the briefs are filed. Robinson is expected […]

Is Jacob Rees-Mogg killing off ‘nanny state’ betting review? Last-minute intervention could delay gambling laws overhaul  Last-minute intervention by Jacob Rees-Mogg into review of gambling laws The Bill could now be held back or even neutered after complaints by Rees-Mogg Sources said: ‘unwarranted intervention in people’s lives and should be ditched’ Iain Duncan Smith said […]

THE COLOUR STORM Damian Dibben, £18.99 ★★★★★ ALTHOUGH prodigiously talented, artist Giorgione “Zorzo” Barbarelli has no luck in the art world. Other talented artists in Renaissance Venice include Michelangelo and Leonardo, so Zorzo must set himself apart. When he hears about a new colour being brought to Venice, he wants it – and secures a […]

‘I’d take a bullet for him’: Bernie Ecclestone speaking up for Vladimir Putin in bizarre interview is not the first time he has praised a genocidal despot, writes GUY ADAMS What does Bernie Ecclestone find so attractive about short-tempered, vertically challenged dictators? That was the question left hanging by his defence of Vladimir Putin yesterday […]

Fugitive yoga teacher, 34, ‘who gunned down love rival’ before fleeing to Costa Rica is seen being led to jail cell: Cops arrested her after she cut and dyed her hair and then lied about her name during routine security check at resort Kaitlin Armstrong, 34, was wanted for the murder of cyclist Moriah Wilson, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nipsey Hussle was a hip-hop star who sought to raise up his neighborhood with him until a friend from the same streets gunned him down, a prosecutor said in his closing argument Thursday. “This man was different,” Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney John McKinney told jurors, seeking to humanize Hussle […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell threatened Thursday to derail a bill designed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the United States if Democrats revive their stalled climate and social policy package. The rejuvenation of the Democratic reconciliation package, central to President Joe Biden's agenda, remains a work in progress and is far from […]

Drug driver, 33, who caused motorway crash before pulling over to attempt to rape his passenger is jailed for six years Jason Holmes was jailed for six years and eight months for a string of offences The 33-year-old was high on drugs when he crashed into a car on the motorway He then attempted to […]

Six million Britons say they’d smoke cannabis if it was legalised… and half a million children have already tried it Almost six million Britons would start smoking cannabis if it was legalised, research warns today. Two major surveys found that huge numbers of young adults – including parents of primary school pupils – would be […]