NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Down on the bayou, the conservative grassroots are preparing for another epic battle—this time with the titans of technology in Silicon Valley. Alex Marlow, the editor-in-chief of Breitbart News and moderator of a Thursday night panel in Metairie, said: Not only have the handful of unelected Big Tech oligarchs obtained unprecedented…

The worst offending company has a pay gap of 85.2 per cent (Picture: Getty)Nearly eight out of 10 companies and public sector bodies pay men more than women as the deadline passed for organisations to report their gender pay gaps. Businesses with 250 employees or more were required to submit the data on mean and…

Watching the hockey teams warm up you get a sense of their skill level as they keep the ball in possession drills in tight spaces. Every subtle movement stands out as they work the ball out of impossibly tight areas. South Africa (pictured) have it all to do against England, who boast eight reigning Olympic…

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Up to 100,000 children from low-income families will lose out on free school meals because of the government’s method for setting the threshold at which pupils qualify, a new study has found, prompting accusations the Conservatives are “consciously” targeting poor children. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the decision to discount inflation when freezing the…

A terminally ill father whose rare stomach cancer was initially diagnosed as ‘acid reflux’ is on a heartbreaking mission to prepare his six-month-old daughter for life without him. Daniel McGrath, 21, is currently in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridgeshire, being fed through a tube, but he is determined to create a legacy for his little girl. Newlywed…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking personal responsibility for letting third parties access Facebook user data without permission, and says the company will embark on a three-year push to prevent it from happening in the future. « I started this place, I run it, » Zuckerberg said during a call with reporters on Wednesday. « I’m responsible for…