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New York special election: Tom Suozzi wins seat vacated by George Santos in boost for Biden The Democrat Tom Suozzi won the New York congressional seat vacated by the disgraced Republican George Santos on Tuesday night, in a boost for Joe Biden ahead of the presidential election. The victory narrows the slim Republican majority in the House and gives Democrats a much-needed win in New York City’s Long Island suburbs, where Republican candidates have shown strength in recent elections. The Associated Press called the result after 52% of votes were counted, with Suozzi garnering 59% compared with 41% for Republican…

Tory MP failed to declare wife’s BP shares during oil and gas debates, standards commissioner finds The Conservative MP David Duguid failed to declare his wife’s £50,000 shareholding in BP while speaking in debates about windfall taxes on the oil and gas industry, the parliamentary commissioner has found. The parliamentary commissioner for standards carried out an investigation into the MP for Banff and Buchan and former Scotland Office minister after the Guardian revealed Duguid’s wife’s shareholdings. Parliamentary rules require MPs to declare while speaking in debates the financial interests of a spouse or other family member, where there could be…

Paramount cuts 800 staff two days after Super Bowl was biggest ever TV show The owner of CBS is laying off 800 employees, just two days after its broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII became the most-watched TV program in history. Paramount Global plans to reduce its global workforce by about 3%, according to sources, and informed staff on Tuesday of the job cuts. Bob Bakish, the media giant’s chief executive, announced the move hours after CBS revealed that its broadcast of the Kansas City Chiefs’ overtime triumph over the San Francisco 49ers averaged 123.4 million viewers across television and streaming…

‘Honest, critical, sane’: Jon Stewart’s welcome return to The Daily Show When Comedy Central announced that Jon Stewart would return once a week to the Daily Show desk, left hostless for more than a year since Trevor Noah stepped down and heir apparent Hasan Minhaj became embroiled in fabrication controversies, it seemed to symbolize all the wrong things. A show that was supposed to be charting a path forward had circled back to its own past, unable to offer an option more inspiring than another helping of whatever the public approved of during the Obama years. In the worst-case scenario,…

A row erupted over dinner ahead of the semi-final meeting with Jordan, which South Korea surprisingly lost 2-0.

Moment Christian Horner leads top secret Red Bull F1 test as he awaits decision on ‘inappropriate behaviour’ probe RED Bull Racing boss Christian Horner has been spotted leading a top secret F1 test as he awaits a decision on “inappropriate behaviour” probe. Horner was seen smiling and laughing with the team at Silverstone where Red Bull’s new car soared around the iconic British track. Horner, 50, has been battling to rescue his career during an eight-hour grilling last Friday after he was accused of “inappropriate behaviour” by a former female staffer. The results of the crunch talks have not been…

Erling Haaland played through heartbreak in Copenhagen with Man City star grieving death of nan at weekend ERLING HAALAND played through the heartbreak of losing his grandmother against Copenhagen. The Manchester City striker lost Tone Rasdal, 80, over the weekend. Rasdal, the mother of Haaland’s father Alfie, died peacefully on Saturday. An obituary for Rasdal read: “Our dear mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, grandmother and great-grandmother Rasdal died peacefully today, aged 80.” Norwegian outlet Nettavisen reported that Rasdal passed away at a Sivdaheimen nursing home. It is expected that her funeral will take place next week. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/25929339/erling-haaland-man-city-grandmother-dead/

Vultures – the debut studio album by the rapper with singer Ty Dolla $ign – was supposed to drop on Friday, but still hasn’t appeared, in the latest of a string of delays.

It’s also been called ‘the Cats of superhero movies’, after the stinker of a flop released in 2019, where even Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Jennifer Hudson and Idris Elba’s involvement in the movie adaptation of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s mega musical couldn’t save it.

Wright’s family confirmed his death aged 69 with ‘deep sorrow and profound regret’ in a statement shared on Tuesday, February 13.