The Home Office spent a record £5.38bn over the last year on asylum – more than a third higher than the previous year. Figures released on Thursday showed spending on asylum rose by £1.43bn in the 2023/24 financial year to £5.38bn – 36% higher than in 2022/24 when £3.95bn was spent. The latest figure, covering
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Two police officers have been served with misconduct notices after a teenager with autism escaped from a police car and died on the M5. Tamzin Hall, a 17-year-old from Wellington, Somerset, was being taken into custody when officers pulled over onto the hard shoulder for “safety reasons” shortly before 11pm on 11 November, the Independent
Israel’s military has said it has fired on “suspects” in southern Lebanon who were allegedly violating its ceasefire with Hezbollah. Israeli tank fire hit six areas within two kilometres of a strip of land demarcating the border between Lebanon and Israel, according to state media and Lebanese security sources. It comes after Israel and the
Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr once labelled the agency responsible for vaccine rollouts in the US a “fascist” enterprise and accused it of knowingly hurting children. Mr Kennedy, a vaccine sceptic, also compared what he saw as a widespread conspiracy to hide harms from the US’ child vaccination programme to
Photo: Courtesy of Tesla Inc. Tesla has started offering lease buyouts on all its vehicles, allowing customers who lease a Tesla to purchase their vehicle at the end of the lease term. But this represents a pullback from its previous autonomous vehicle ambitions. In yet another end-of-week (well, at least in the US, due to
In this article BTC.CM= ETH.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ozan Kose | Afp | Getty Images Bitcoin on Wednesday climbed back above $95,000, recovering slightly from a pullback this week that knocked it from record levels. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 5% at $95,886.00, according to Coin Metrics,
👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 Elon Musk and Donald Trump have a plan for America… to get people making babies. The tech billionaire, Donald Trump’s soon-to-be government efficiency tsar, is a proponent of pronatalism, an emerging movement in US politics that says US citizens should be having more babies
Early last month, Tesla unveiled the Cybercab, a 2 door vehicle with no steering wheel and pedals, fully reliant on the future of autonomy. Since then, they’ve put the vehicle on display at a couple Tesla showrooms, most recently at the Meatpacking District location in New York City. I went to go take a look,
Working oil pumps against a sunset sky. Imaginima | E+ | Getty Images Higher fuel prices could be in the cards if President-elect Donald Trump follows through with his tariff threats on Canada, according to industry experts, who are skeptical on whether the new levies will ever be implemented. Trump on Monday pledged to implement
Just Eat has revealed plans to abandon its London stock market listing by the end of the year, dealing a fresh blow to the City. The Netherlands-based food delivery firm said the decision would allow it to cut costs and complexity. It would maintain a single listing in its home market, Just Eat’s statement said,
A police officer is under criminal investigation for potential assault after an actor claimed he was unlawfully arrested earlier this year. Sex Education star Reece Richards said he was unlawfully arrested in September after being mistaken for a suspect he claimed he “didn’t fit the description” of. He claimed he was sprayed with an incapacitating
A UK-based business which uses thermal imaging to detect heat loss from buildings anywhere on Earth will announce this week that it has raised another £10m from prominent backers. Sky News understands that SatVu has secured the funding ahead of two satellite launches scheduled to take place next year. The fundraising is being led by
Germany is drawing up a list of bunkers for a new app to help civilians find emergency shelter amid increasing tensions with Russia. Residents are also being encouraged to turn garages and basements into bomb shelters as part of a new review of suitable locations. Underground car parks, train stations and government buildings could also
In this article RDDT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Reddit logo on website. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Reddit is ramping up efforts to attract more users outside of the U.S., putting countries like India and Brazil in focus as it looks to unlock new advertising opportunities, a top company executive told
The alliance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk framed the 2024 election and their bond has only deepened since. Musk has been a regular fixture at the president-elect’s Florida mansion and the pair have introduced their families. He has been privy to phone conversations with world leaders, consulted with Trump on his cabinet picks and
In this article DELL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Inc., speaks during the Dell Technologies World conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, May 20, 2024. Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dell Technologies forecast fourth-quarter revenue and earnings below Wall Street expectations
Extended-range EVs are having their moment. And now Lotus is abandoning its strategy to become an all-electric brand by 2028 and shifting over to extended-range plug-in hybrid models starting in 2026. Here’s why. Extended-range EVs, or EREVs, have become a siren call to automakers struggling to reach buyers with pure electric vehicles, serving as a
Tesla has boosted its referral rewards to a $2,000 discount on new electric vehicles in the US, even its brand new Cybertruck. In April, Tesla ended its referral program after it became much less popular under its latest “point system” that could be redeemed for only limited features and products. The automaker brought it back in
Representations of cryptocurrency Bitcoin are seen in this illustration taken November 25, 2024. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The price of Bitcoin price retreated further from the psychologically important $100,000 milestone, as investors booked profits from the token’s post-U.S. election gains. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was trading down 5.9% at a price of
A number of drones have again been spotted over three air bases in Britain that are used by the United States Air Force. US military units on Tuesday were still monitoring the airspace over RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, in Suffolk, and RAF Feltwell in Norfolk after the unmanned aerial vehicles were sighted overnight, a
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