Trump pick Billy Long’s confirmation “signals open season for wealthy tax cheats,” said Americans for Tax Fairness. The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm scandal-plagued Billy Long to serve as head of the Internal Revenue Service, an agency that he sought to abolish during his tenure in Congress. Every Republican senator voted in favor...
Piers Hopkirk & Julia Gregory BBC News, Godstone Stuart Maisner BBC News, South East Getty Images Some 30 families were forced to leave their homes after Godstone High Street partially collapsed Engineers working to repair a giant sinkhole collapse in a Surrey village have confirmed they have discovered a network of Victorian sand mining tunnels...
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Reuters Eddie Howe was nominated after leading his side to victory at Wembley earlier this season Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe’s freedom of the city status has been confirmed by councillors. The Magpies boss was nominated following the club’s Carabao Cup win in March – the side’s first major trophy in decades. Councillors have now...
“The board is prevented from making any further comment on the matter by SPFL regulations but will communicate further with supporters in early course.” An independent disciplinary tribunal found Hamilton guilty of four offences, including the non-payment of players and not acting in “good faith” when dealing with the governing body about the removal of...
A body found in the River Thames is that of 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa who went missing in east London last month, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. In a statement issued through the force, her family said Kaliyah had been attending a birthday party but “never returned home”. Her body was recovered at Maritime Quay on...
So, 10 years on after coming up from League Two under manager Micky Mellon, Shrewsbury head back there under director of football Micky Moore. In the end, hopes of an 11th straight season in League One for English football’s longest occupants of the third tier proved too much. Shrewsbury have spent the past decade competing...
Evangelical Christian and former talk show host Mike Huckabee has been confirmed as the new US ambassador to Israel. The former Arkansas governor has long been a fervent supporter of Israel. He strongly backs Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories, which are considered illegal under international law – though Israel rejects this. “This is a...
Huckabee once said that he believes there’s “really no such thing as a Palestinian.” The Senate has confirmed former Arkansas governor and fervent Christian Zionist Mike Huckabee as the U.S.’s next ambassador to Israel after numerous rights groups called on the Senate to oppose his nomination. Huckabee was confirmed 53 to 46, in what was...
Mehmet Oz, a celebrity doctor and former TV host, has been confirmed by the US Senate to run the agency that oversees the healthcare of millions of Americans. Oz, who has never held public office, was picked last year by President Donald Trump to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). On Thursday,...
McManus is seeking a record fourth victory for an owner in the race with I Am Maximus, and he also has leading hopefuls Iroko and Perceval Legallois. I Am Maximus would be the first runner to carry top weight to victory since triple winner Red Rum in the 1970s, and only one horse – Tiger...
A multimillion-pound hub for health and wellbeing classes at a Devon university is set to open in September. Plymouth Marjon University said the facility, based in a renovated building on its campus, would serve as a “state-of-the-art” home for its courses and community health clinics. The university said the hub had been funded through a...