Heathrow Airport is closing all day Friday due to a large fire that broke out at a nearby electrical substation in Hayes, Hillingdon. The airport is experiencing a “significant power outage,” a statement from Heathrow said. “To maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow will be closed until 23:59 on 21 March,” it...
McLaren’s Lando Norris set the pace from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in Friday practice at the Chinese Grand Prix. Norris was 0.454 seconds quicker than Leclerc with a lap right at the end of the only session before sprint qualifying later on Friday. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was third fastest despite running wide into the gravel at...
Heathrow Airport is closing all day Friday because of a large fire at a nearby electrical substation that supplies it. The airport is experiencing a “significant power outage” because of the fire, a statement from Heathrow said. “To maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow will be closed until 23:59 on 21 March,”...
Ana Faguy BBC News, Washington DC Watch: President Trump signs order to shut education department ‘once and for all’ US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, fulfilling a campaign pledge and a long-cherished goal of some conservatives. Accusing the agency of “breath-taking failures”, the Republican president vowed...
Hundreds of schools and hospitals across the UK are set to receive £180 million for solar panels from the government’s new state-owned energy company. The first major investment from Great British Energy was announced on Friday as part of government efforts to reduce the country’s planet-warming emissions. The move was welcomed by the school leaders...
BBC/Comic Relief/Hearst Magazines UK/ITV Studios/Freemantle Rylan Clark, Alison Hammond, AJ Odudu, Davina McCall, Joel Dommett, Alesha Dixon, Jonathan Ross and Tom Allen will present the live show Red Nose Day is celebrating 40 years of comedy and entertainment this year, marking the occasion with a night of live TV. Broadcast on Friday night from Salford,...
Live coverage from day one of the 2025 World Indoor Athletics Championships in China. Source link...
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired the head of the nation’s security service over its failure to anticipate the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas. The Israeli cabinet met on Thursday evening to formally approve the early dismissal of Ronen Bar, who was appointed in October 2021 for a five-year term as the Shin...
Daniel De Simone Investigations correspondent Family handout/PA Stephen Lawrence was murdered in a racist attack in 1993 Reports suggest that one of Stephen Lawrence’s murderers now accepts being involved in attacking the black teenager, the Parole Board has said. David Norris was jailed for life in 2012 after he had denied being part of the...
Several of Friday’s front pages cover plans for a future military deployment in Ukraine. “Starmer threatens Putin” is the i Paper’s headline, after the prime minister warned of “severe consequences” for the Russian president if UK troops were attacked, the paper reports. It comes as Sir Keir “steps up plans” for a “31-nation military force”...
Hanley’s been doing it for a while now. Before Scotland’s double-header against Croatia and Portugal in mid-October, he had played two minutes of club football – against Derby in a 3-2 defeat – in the previous six weeks. He played 90 against Croatia in a 2-1 loss and another 90 against Portugal in 0-0 draw....
Teenager Luke Littler hit a nine-darter and averaged a stunning 112.5 to beat Michael van Gerwen and win night seven of Premier League Darts in Cardiff. The 18-year-old was unsure if the final dart on double 15 was in and hesitated before celebrating in vociferous style when the referee called it. It is his third...
Sonja Jessup Home affairs correspondent, BBC London Reuters The Met’s V100 programme uses data to identify and target men who pose the highest risk to women A data-driven approach to tackling violence against women and girls has led to more than 100 of the “most dangerous offenders” in London being convicted, according to the Metropolitan...
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One-off drama telling the story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise’s formative years. Read full article at source...
