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Fuel prices have risen to a new all-time high at the pump in the United Kingdom, putting the squeeze on UK consumers, according to the AA. Petrol touched a new record high of 148.02p per litre over the weekend, while diesel hit a new record high of 151.57p per litre last Thursday. In November, wholesale and retail fuel prices reached new highs, before falling down. The AA's Luke Bosdet said, "The cost of living crisis has been ratcheted up another another notch." The cost of fueling a 55-litre family car is now a "eye-watering" £81.41, according to RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams. "With oil prices teetering on the edge of $100 a barrel and merchants eager to pass on the wholesale fuel price hike as soon as possible," he said, "new records could be established on a daily basis in the coming weeks." Oil prices rose to $95.56 a barrel on Monday, the highest level since 2014. If the situation in Ukraine worsens, oil and gas shipments from Russi

Northern Ireland, Health Minister Robin Swann has received support from other executive ministers to ease Covid-19 limits. Mr Swann wrote to his ministerial colleagues, seeking their input on how to remove the remaining constraints. Although the executive branch of the government dissolved in February, individual ministers remain in place. They have the authority to make decisions as long as the concerns are not judged "significant or contentious." Government lawyers warned Mr Swann that lowering Covid rules would fall under this category, according to his letter to fellow ministers. According to the attorneys, he won't be able to repeal the guidelines on his own because of Stormont's ministerial code. Because of the joint character of the office, the full executive cannot convene because Paul Givan resigned as first minister, requiring Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill to resign as well. Mr Givan's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has been protesting the

Thirteen people were hurt when a mezzanine floor of an east London tavern fell. At around 16:50 GMT on Saturday, emergency personnel were dispatched to the Two More Years bar in Hackney Wick. Seven persons were trapped after the fall and were rescued by firefighters. A total of four patients were admitted to the hospital. After being stuck under the rubble, one of them expressed concern that he thought he would die. "Everything was pressing me, and I was losing my air," James Purdon, 30, said. "I was at a point where I couldn't even scream for help because I was out of energy." "It felt like I only had a few seconds of consciousness left before someone cleared a path for me to escape." He stated he couldn't move after being rescued and that he was "in so much pain." According to the civil servant, he was the most seriously injured of the victims, suffering injuries to his back, knee, and ankle but no broken bones. Tower Hamlets Council sa

According to a prominent lawyer, the Post Office crisis, in which sub-postmasters were wrongfully convicted of fraud, has wrecked lives. Former sub-postmasters and mistresses' stories, according to Barrister Jason Beer QC, should be at the center of any investigation. "Families were torn apart, lives were damaged, and families were made homeless or impoverished," he said. In British legal history, the instances represent the greatest widespread miscarriage of justice. Due to a weakness in the Horizon accounting IT system, more than 700 sub-postmasters were falsely charged of theft, fraud, and false accounting between 2000 and 2014. The investigation, which is anticipated to last until the end of the year, will look into whether the Post Office was aware of IT system flaws and how employees handled the blame. So far, the identities of 72 previous sub-postmasters have been cleared. Sir Wyn Williams, the retired High Court judge who is overseeing the inquiry, thanked the 50

On the fourth anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school shooting in Florida, which killed 17 people and injured 17, the father of a Parkland shooting victim was arrested after ascending a construction crane near the White House in a protest against gun violence. Manuel Oliver, whose 17-year-old son Joaquin "Guac" Oliver was killed in the country's deadliest high school massacre, said he climbed the 150-foot crane "so the entire world will listen to Joaquin today." Oliver unfurled a banner atop the crane that featured a photo of his kid and a message to Joe Biden that read, "45K people killed from gun violence on your watch." The crane was encircled by police, and the 600 block of 15th Street Northwest was shut down. "I went to DC in December and asked to meet with @POTUS. GUAC is here with me today, making [his] own statement! So that the entire country can assess our reality. In front of the [White House], 150 feet high. Acting in a

According to the PM's new senior assistant, the government will take a "step back" from people's lives and pursue "a smaller state." While public health efforts and large sums of money spent on the pandemic were the appropriate judgments, Steve Barclay told the Sunday Telegraph that it was time for "a more enabling approach." Mr. Barclay, a cabinet minister, was appointed as the PM's new chief of staff last week. On a visit of regions of the UK this week, No. 10 says the prime minister will focus on domestic affairs. It comes as Boris Johnson's leadership continues to be criticized and questioned by several Conservative MPs. Mr Barclay's appointment as chief of staff was part of a shake-up at No 10 following civil servant Sue Gray's initial report into Downing Street lockdown parties, as well as the ongoing police inquiry into the events. Mr. Barclay says in his first public comments since then: "The restoration of a smaller st

According to The Associated Press, Biden and Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Saturday in what could be a last-ditch effort to avert a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Putin attempted to schedule the call for Monday, but Biden insisted that it happen as soon as possible on Friday. During the call, Biden was at Camp David. According to The New York Post, Biden and Putin spoke directly for the first time since December on Saturday. Negotiations between US and Russian diplomats in Geneva and at the United Nations have yielded little to no progress in defusing the crisis, and Russia has massed 130,000 troops on Ukraine's border. According to US intelligence sources, Putin may have already given the order to invade. The State Department has recommended all American citizens to leave Ukraine while they still have the opportunity. Putin spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron before the call, and the two met in Moscow on Monday. After the meeting on Monday, Macron told reporters that he h

The New York Times said that American snowboarders Lindsey Jacobellis, 36, and Nick Baumgartner, 40, won gold in the mixed-gender team snowboardcross event on Saturday, an event that will debut at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The two, who have been friends for a long time, were the oldest duo in the medal round. After embracing Baumgartner at the finish line, Jacobellis quipped, "We're the 80s babies." "We came in hot today and we're definitely looking forward to it." Jacobellis claimed Team USA's first gold medal of the 2022 Olympics in the women's snowboardcross event on Wednesday, according to USA Today. In the mixed-gender snowboardcross, Italy got silver while Canada took bronze. According to the New York Times, Baumgartner won the first leg of the final race by a hair "In a final with two Italian teams, Jacobellis soon slipped to third place. She overtook one rider on a tiny jump and then pursued Michela Moioli of Italy down the cours

Biden planned to urge Putin to de-escalate the situation and withdraw the over 100,000 With the threat of conflict growing, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden have ended a phone discussion to discuss the Ukraine crisis, as the White House claims intelligence shows Russia might invade at any time. According to the White House, the call lasted 62 minutes. Russian troops stationed near Ukraine's borders. According to a US official familiar with the results, the US received evidence that Russia is considering Wednesday as a potential date for an invasion. The individual, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to talk publicly, would not specify how conclusive the intelligence was. Russia's buildup of artillery near Ukraine, however, has reached the stage where it might attack on short notice, according to US sources. Prior to speaking with Biden, Putin spoke on the phone with French President Emmanuel Macron, who met with him in Moscow earlie

Jerry Harris could be sentenced to up to 50 years in jail. In a federal sex abuse prosecution against him, Jeremiah "Jerry" Harris, one of the stars of the Netflix documentary series Cheer, has pleaded guilty. Harris, 22, acknowledged to acquiring child pornography and traveling to another state with the intention of engaging in illegal sexual activity. Since his arrest in Chicago in 2020, he has been placed in pre-trial detention. The guilty plea was part of a compromise that allowed him to escape prosecution on five other federal offenses. Cheer is an Emmy Award-winning television show that follows the life of the Navarro College cheerleading team in Texas. Cheer is an Emmy Award-winning television show that follows the life of the Navarro College cheerleading team in Texas. Harris' celebrity earned him an invitation to the Academy Awards, where he interviewed celebrities on the red carpet as a guest of TV host Ellen DeGeneres. He pleaded guilty on Thursday to offering