Archive du mois : janvier 2018

A £300m state contract to pay private firms to arrest people for not settling court fines must urgently be reviewed in the wake of Carillion’s collapse, MPs on an influential committee have said. Both Conservative and Labour members warned the new deal risks creating a “monolithic” nationwide provider, unable to properly monitor staff who will…

Before Friday’s vote, numerous Democrats and Republicans criticized the proposal to extend government funding only temporarily. The minority party also sought an agreement this week on a bill that would shield hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation, while meeting Republican demands for more border security funding and tweaks to the immigration system.…

Mourinho & Wenger on Sanchez latestManchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has agreed to join Arsenal, with Alexis Sanchez set to move in the opposite direction in a straight swap. Armenia international Mkhitaryan, 28, will have a medical on Sunday and Monday, while Chile forward Sanchez, 29, will have his on Sunday. The length of Mkhitaryan’s…

Updated January 21, 2018 11:34:29 Photo: Drew Wilson says his property behind the Tangalooma resort now threatens to bankrupt him. (Supplied: Drew Wilson) Property owners on Moreton Island have broken their silence about a « David and Goliath » dispute with the island’s management, which they say is threatening to send some of them broke and has…

Even without the aid of Hunter S. Thompson’s favorite drugs, CES, held in Las Vegas each January, has always been a little surreal. This year’s bacchanal was crammed with drones, self-driving cars, and internet-connected toilet seats—and the opening keynote speech was stranger than any of that. On Jan. 8, 5,000 ticket holders made their way through a…

Jan 20, 2018 at 11:31a ET Marcus Derrickson notched 27 points to lift the Georgetown Hoyas over St. John’s in a double OT victory, 93-89. Chris Mullin’s Red Storm fall to 0-8 in the Big East while Patrick Ewing’s Hoyas improve to 3-5 in the conference. More College Basketball Videos More College Basketball Videos»

The House and Senate are in session Saturday as lawmakers try to resolve a spending impasse that partially shut down the federal government at 12:01 a.m. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day: McConnell Threatens Early Monday Morning Vote (7:08 p.m.) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor that the…

Agony etched on her gaunt face, the picture of Donna Lowe as she lay dying captured the horrific reality of cervical cancer . Minutes later, the 32-year-old mum died in husband Elliott’s arms, just eight months after being diagnosed. Tragically, she had forgotten to book the smear test which could have saved her. For six…

MoviePass, the startup that is now subsidizing the moviegoing habits of 1.5 million subscribers, is shopping for movies to call its very own. Variety reports that MoviePass, a subsidiary of Helios and Matheson Analytics, is creating a subsidiary, MoviePass Ventures, to acquire films in conjunction with distributors, and is on the lookout at the Sundance…

Obviously, we know he made the cut — as Pacey. But Jackson also auditioned for Dawson. « There was a whole conversation about Josh Jackson being Dawson, » Kevin Williamson told THR. « When you go back and look at the script, Dawson was the underdog, the nerd, the video geek. In what high school do you see…