Former Ultravox singer and solo star Midge Ure will perform hit after hit at Little Hadham’s Sign of the Times festival. The writer behind the second-highest-selling single in UK chart history has joined the Friday night line-up for the three-day event at Church End. Ure, currently on the road with his Catalogue: The Hits Tour, will appear on the main stage on Friday, June 20. Egan and Currie persuaded Ure to join an Ultravox reboot after former lead singer John Foxx quit. At the same time, Ure went on tour with Phil Lynnott’s Thin Lizzy and went on to co-write co-writing Lynott's biggest solo hit, Yellow Pearl.

Britain on Tuesday announced the swiftest, most ambitious climate target of any industrial economy. In so doing, it not only laid out the economic case for clean energy, but also sought to chart a very different course from its longtime ally across the pond, the United States. Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain told delegates at the international climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, that his country would aim to reduce its emissions of planet-heating greenhouse gases by 81 percent by 2035, compared with levels in 1990. “The race is on for the clean energy jobs of the future, the economy of the future,” he said. “The economic prize on offer to the U.K. is enormous,” Ms. Clarkson said.

Samantha Harvey , a British writer, won the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel "Orbital." The book tells the story of six astronauts from different countries spending 24 hours on the International Space Station.The £50,000 prize was awarded at a ceremony in London. This year, a record five women were nominated for the prestigious English-language literary award.The Booker Prize recognizes fiction writers of all nationalities. However, their books must be in English and published in the UK or Ireland.Previous winners include Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood.The prize is seen as a talent spotter of names not necessarily widely known to the general public.

Update by the edhat staff10:30 a.m., November 8, 2024As of Friday morning, the Santa Lucia Fire is 70% contained at 130 acres. The southbound transition from Highway 1 at Santa Lucia Canyon Road is still closed due to brush fire activity in the region. The Santa Barbara County Fire Department reported the Santa Lucia Fire has reached 130 acres. Responders received a call around 12:15 p.m. Thursday and arrived at the intersection of SR-1 and Santa Lucia Canyon Road. Nearby Maple High School is currently evacuating students by bus to Cabrillo High School.

Ruud van Nistelrooy will take charge of Manchester United as interim manager for the last time when they play Leicester in the Premier League on Sunday. The Dutchman, who has led Manchester United out four times since Erik ten Hag's sacking, said: 'It was a special period, it is still ... I think we've done very well so far.' Rúben Amorim will subsequently take over as permanent United manager but Van Nistelrooy is keen to stay at the club and work under the new head coach. He added: 'I made a deliberate decision to step into this role for two seasons and take it from there.

“This was a pretty sweeping victory for Trump,” Lauren Gambino, political correspondent for Guardian US, tells Michael Safi. “Some of them are calling for a full overhaul of their brand. Bernie Sanders has said they’re no longer the party of the working class.”Safi also reports from Kamala Harris’s concession speech at Howard University, Washington DC. He speaks to Harris supporters reflecting on what went wrong, and asking: what next? Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/todayinfocuspod

During a visit to Gaza, Egeland said he had seen “scene after scene of absolute despair”, with families torn apart and unable to bury relatives who had died. He said that Israel, with western-supplied arms, had “rendered the densely populated area uninhabitable”. “This is in no way a lawful response, a targeted operation of ‘self-defence’ to dismantle armed groups, or warfare consistent with humanitarian law,” he said. “The families, widows and children I have spoken to are enduring suffering almost unparalleled to anywhere in recent history,” he added. “There is no possible justification for continued war and destruction.”

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury has said he will not vote to change the law on assisted suicide. Darren Jones, deputy to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, said he could not vote in favour, given the lack of scrutiny that Kim Leadbeater’s Private Member’s Bill will face in the House of Commons. Complex issueMr Jones said: “My view is that a Private Member’s Bill is not the right way to try to introduce a change in law on such a complex issue. She wrote on social media: “I do not share the reported enthusiasm for the Assisted Dying Bill. Speaking at the annual Tory party conference last month, Mrs Badenoch said: “On assisted suicide, personally I am sympathetic to assisted suicide but I know how government works.

Siddhartha’s Intent, founded by the revered Bhutanese lama, filmmaker, and author Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, has announced that Rinpoche will live-stream a series of in-person and online public teachings this weekend from Santiago de Chile. Ready for a mental shake-up?” (Siddhartha’s Intent)Siddhartha’s Intent is an international collective of Buddhist groups supporting Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s Buddhadharma activities by organizing teachings and retreats, distributing and archiving recorded teachings, and transcribing and translating manuscripts and practice texts. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche. From Siddhartha’s Intent FacebookBorn in Bhutan in 1961, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche is the son of Thinley Norbu Rinpoche and was a close student of the Nyingma master Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–91). Rinpoche is the author of several books, including: What Makes You Not a Buddhist (2006), Not For Happiness (2012), The Guru Drinks Bourbon?

The leaders of Israel and the Netherlands condemned 'antisemitic' attacks on fans of the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv after a game in Amsterdam, and a leading Jewish group said the Dutch capital should be 'deeply ashamed'. Amsterdam police said on Friday they had launched a major investigation into multiple violent incidents. In a post on X, they said five people had been taken to hospital and 62 arrested. Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, was among senior Israeli politicians who said the violence recalled last year's attack on Israel by Hamas gunmen

Rachel reeves driving up prices with tax and spend budget warns Bank of England on 09:32 - Nov 8 by OldFart71Nope. My concern is that the increase in spending and piling extra cost on to industry doesn't achieve that much and causes more misery to those with mortgages by the cost of them not coming down whilst pay rises are hit by the extra cost of N.I. It could lead to Labour just pouring more money into the so called Black Hole that Labour say the Tories left. Interest rates are currently at a "normal" historical level. And wht happens when the easy solutions don't work?

I was already very shy and insecure, and, though I’ve managed to get on with my life, I now feel even more insecure and a little bit of ashamed of my condition. How can I feel more confident about this new aspect of my life? I hope I can help you access support to enable you to go into your new life with growing confidence and peace. I wasn’t sure where you live but I went to the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, which supports people in the UK who are deaf, or have hearing loss or tinnitus. Michael said he was really nervous when he got his implant, and wasn’t sure if he would feel better or worse.

‘It’s not a race; it’s called a mud trial,’ says Errol Carter, a legend of mud bombing. Mud trials showcase heavily modified two-wheel drive cars built to withstand violent impacts as drivers navigate a series of muddy obstacles. Once a year, the north-east NSW village of Pallamallawa becomes the heart of the mud-bombing world, as competitors vie for the hotly contested title of NSW Mud Bomb of the Year

Unlike their western counterparts, convenience stores – or konbini – are a neat and functional retail institution in Japan. A place where customers can access the daily essentials, from buying breakfast to paying bills. The Guardian's Justin McCurry takes up the challenge of buying breakfast, lunch and dinner – and a nightcap – exclusively from konbini

Ruud van Nistelrooy led Manchester United to a 2-0 victory over Greek champions PAOK in the Europa League. Van Nistelrooy, who is standing in as interim manager before the arrival of Rúben Amorim, will manage his last game for Manchester United on Sunday against Leicester. He said: 'For me, it's important now to carry on and build on results of Leicester, of Chelsea and of PAOK.'