'Most of my pension has gone on home heating oil' 07. March 2026 (01:01) Rising heating oil prices are hitting Northern Ireland harder than the rest of the UK - here's everything you need to know.(BBC News)
After Iran, will Trump turn his eyes to Cuba? 07. March 2026 (00:30) During a White House event with the Inter Miami CF soccer team, the US president said the island was “ready to fall”.(BBC News)
Trump administration’s embattled FDA vaccine chief ousted for the second time 07. March 2026 (00:15) Vinay Prasad to leave in April after decisions involving vaccine reviews and specialty drugs for rare diseasesThe top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration, Dr Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency – the second time in less than a year that he’s departed after decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs for rare diseases.FDA commissioner Marty Makary announced the news to FDA staff in an email late Friday, saying Prasad would depart at the end of April. Makary said Prasad would return to his academic job at the University of California, San Francisco. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Boston Symphony Abruptly Ends Andris Nelsons’ Contract 07. March 2026 (00:03) The orchestra’s leadership announced on Friday that it and the conductor Andris Nelsons “were not aligned on future vision.”(New York Times)
ICE arrests US Spanish-language news outlet reporter without warrant 07. March 2026 (00:02) Estefany Rodriguez Florez of Nashville Noticias, who had produced reports that were unflattering to ICE, was arrested during traffic stopUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Spanish-language Tennessee news outlet’s reporter who had done stories critical of the agency – but agents didn’t have a warrant, according to court documents filed recently by her lawyer.A court filing Friday by ICE disputes the assertion that the reporter was arrested without a warrant. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Jesse Jackson hailed as ‘ambassador of hope’ at memorial attended by Clintons, Obama and Biden 07. March 2026 (00:01) Thousands in Chicago honored civil rights ‘champion’ who ‘stepped forward again and again’, Obama saidAt the longtime civil rights activist’s memorial celebration on Friday, the Rev Jesse Jackson was remembered as a “champion” for the “poor and the dispossessed” – as well as “one of the most effective community and political organizers of our time”.Such tributes came from past Democratic US presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden, along with former vice-president Kamala Harris, who received cheers and applause while they joined thousands of others in a Chicago church for a celebration of life for Jackson. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
A Royal flush! Kurt Russell reveals King Charles, Diana, William and Harry all stayed in his home for family holiday - and Goldie Hawn 'got talking' to Fergie
Read all the Daily Mail reporting that sealed Cowgirl Kristi Noem's fate. Plus, my own nasty run-in with her alleged paramour... and gift he left on my doorstep: KENNEDY