A jihadist who plotted a knife and gun rampage at London attractions including Madame Tussauds and the Pride event has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years. Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 29, revealed his plans to undercover officers and bragged about being cleared of a previous sword attack on police outside Buckingham Palace. He was arrested
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Beauty salons, tanning shops and tattooists can reopen in England from Monday, the government has said, while gyms and indoor swimming pools will be allowed to let customers return later this month. In a further easing of lockdown restrictions, outdoor swimming pools can reopen from 11 July and indoor gyms, swimming pools, dance studios and
A “vampire-slaying kit” containing a pocket-sized pistol and a 19th century copy of the New Testament is going under the hammer. The gothic-looking container, worth between £2,000 and £3,000, also comes packed with pliers, rosary and a bottle of shark’s teeth. Also inside the metal-bound box is an ivory-robed wolf carrying rosary beads, as well
There could be mobile phone blackouts across the UK if the government forces phone companies to strip Huawei out of their networks, MPs have been told. BT and Vodafone executives today warned parliament that if the government forced them to completely remove Huawei’s equipment from their networks suddenly, it would cost billions of pounds and
It has clothed generations of Americans for more than 200 years, including 40 of the country’s 45 presidents, but Brooks Brothers has just become the latest US retailer – and probably the most high-profile – to turn up its toes. The company, which for the last 19 years has been owned by the Italian businessman
European hamsters are on the brink of extinction and could vanish entirely within the next 30 years, according to conservationists. The rodent, also known by its Latin name cricetus cricetus, has been named as a critically endangered species in latest listings from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Once a common sight across
8:44 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has twice tested negative for the coronavirus and has been cleared to race Sunday at Kentucky Speedway. Johnson missed the first race of his Cup career when he tested positive Friday. He was tested after his wife received a positive result. Jimmie
The government is to tear up the target for 50% of young people in England to attend university. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said the target, set by former prime minister Tony Blair in 1999, has led to graduates competing for “jobs that don’t exist” and youngsters who do not attend university being “written off”. In
Donald Trump’s tax returns can be seen by a New York prosecutor as part of a criminal investigation into alleged hush-money payments to women who claim they had affairs with the US president, the Supreme Court has ruled. The court rejected arguments by Mr Trump’s lawyers and the US Justice Department that the president is
Britain is betting that satellite operator OneWeb will help it boldly go into a post-Brexit era. But it faces formidable challenges to complete a working constellation and rebuild a collapsed venture that has proved a money pit for investors. The British government and Indian telecoms conglomerate Bharti Enterprises said last week they would together put
A man has been sentenced after he admitted to making and selling fake coronavirus test kits. Frank Ludlow, 59, made around £12,000 from selling the false kits online to people around the world. They went for between £1 and £100, but only cost him £1 to make. Image: Police say the counterfeit kits were sent
A pack of private equity firms is circling Gymshark, the sportswear brand whose spectacular growth has made its founder one of Britain’s wealthiest under-30s. Sky News has learnt that Inflexion Private Equity and General Atlantic are among the investors which have lodged an interest in buying a minority stake in Gymshark. A sale process, which
7:31 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — A prominent Kentucky horse owner and breeder has been banned from racing and sales at Keeneland Race Course after his racist post on social media. Keeneland said Wednesday it was banning Tom VanMeter from the premises, including participation by his sales company, while the Lexington track further
Scotland’s pubs, restaurants and cinemas will be allowed to open fully next week, as the country moves to phase three in its easing of lockdown restrictions. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it marked “the most significant milestone yet in Scotland’s emergence from lockdown”. As well as pubs and restaurants, tourist accommodation, museums and galleries can
Sky – the owner of Sky News – has been given the green light to start building a new “state-of-the-art film and TV studio”, close to the famous Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire. Known as the birthplace of Star Wars, some of the most iconic films in the world have been produced there, including Indiana Jones,
A man in the West Midlands has become the first person to be arrested in connection with an alleged fraud of the government’s furlough scheme. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said the 57-year-old from Solihull was detained on Wednesday in connection with allegations of a £495,000 fraud of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. HMRC said
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