Biden campaign chief accepts support ‘slippage’ but says he will stay in race
US President Joe Biden’s campaign is insisting anew that he is not stepping aside. Many Democrats at the highest levels want him to consider how stepping aside from the 2024…
Manitoba RCMP continue to search after body of second missing fisherman found
Mounties in northern Manitoba say they’ve found the body of one of two fishermen who were still unaccounted for after going missing on Lake Winnipeg in late June. RCMP were…
In the world of luxury cars, hybrids are the sexiest new thing
(Bloomberg) — Hybrids were supposed to be a way station on the road to electric cars. Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. started pushing them in the late 1990s,…
Bristol Harbour Festival 2024: Absolutely everything you need to know
Bristol’s Harbour Festival is returning this weekend, bringing with it three days of live music, entertainment, food, drink and a celebration of all things Bristol Harbourside. It runs from today…
Amphibious vehicle has final checks in Liverpool with dock tours set to return
An amphibious vehicle has taken to the waters around Liverpool as final checks are carried out before tours return to the city. Splash Tours Liverpool will launch within weeks, offering…
Prince Harry holds ‘lucrative control’ over Spare as hopes for film adaptation are crushed
Prince Harry holds “lucrative control” over Spare, as hopes for a film adaptation have been crushed according to sources. Spare, the Duke of Sussex’s memoir, was released worldwide in January…
Israel sees major progress in destroying Gaza’s tunnel network
(Bloomberg) — The Israeli military says that after nine months of fighting Hamas in Gaza, it’s fracturing the group’s tunnel network through mapping and destroying key underground command-and-control centers and…
IT outage fix deployed but ‘some time’ before all systems restored – CrowdStrike
The chief executive of CrowdStrike, the firm at the centre of the global IT outage, has said he is “deeply sorry” for the incident, but warned it would take “some…
Biden ‘more committed than ever’ as allies see exit inevitable
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden is “absolutely” determined to remain in the presidential race and will resume campaigning next week, a top aide said Friday, even as allies have begun…
Streeting urges patients to ‘bear with’ GPs as outage sparks major disruption
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has urged people to “bear with” GPs amid a major IT outage that has caused “considerable disruption” to appointment bookings and other services. Thousands of GP…