UBER CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company will likely shut down its services in California for several months if it must pay people as employees instead of contractors. "If the court doesn't reconsider, then in California, it's hard to believe we'll be able to switch our model to full-time employment quickly," Khosrowshahi said during an interview on MSNBC. Khosrowshahi's comments […]

A TRUCK teeters over a 330ft drop in an Italian Job-style predicament after a satnav led the driver up a narrow pass. The nail-biting incident happened on New Year’s Day near the city of Changzhi in northern China. Locals said the driver, who was delivering goods, was driving along the narrow mountain road because he was following the directions on […]

It’s WFH (that’s WHITEHALL from home): Thousands of civil servants resist calls to work even PART of the week from office despite calls to ‘lead by example’ and return to desks Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport ‘makes 400 desks available for 900 staff’ since WFH ended Staff urged to ‘book a desk before attending’ ‘department-wide hybrid working’ is […]

Don’t miss a thing by getting the Daily Star’s biggest headlines straight to your inbox! In a series of harrowing 999 calls, a distraught mother can be heard screaming "I'm going to die" as she was forced to wait over an hour for an ambulance. Bina Patel's son, Akshay Patel, 28, had made six calls to the emergency services for […]

Nearly half of Wellington’s children aged 5–11 have received a Pfizer dose in the first two weeks since they became eligible. Data provided by Capital and Coast DHB shows 13,389 Pfizer doses had been administered to 5– to 11-year-olds at the end of yesterday, amounting to 49.5 per cent of the age group. In the Hutt Valley, 45 per cent […]

THE Duchess of Cambridge showed off her bump to school kids today, with just weeks to go before the royal baby arrives. Kate arrived for a visit at Pegasus Primary School in Oxford to learn about the work of the charity Family Links. Pupils waved flags outside the school entrance as she arrived this morning. The visit will focus on the […]

THIS shocking video shows a couple with a baby in the back shaking with fear as they watch men fighting in the street – armed with knives, a hammer and bricks. The fight, which happened in a Birmingham street in broad daylight, was compared to Grand Theft Auto by the terrified family. Believed to be filmed on Sunday, the clip […]

E.ON hounded an OAP with dementia for six months over a £16,000 electric bill for a pub 20 miles away that he had never even been to, it has emerged. Terry Cope from Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, said he was shocked when he started getting demands for money in the post from the energy giant. The 67-year-old told the Stoke Sentinel he […]

‘A coward and a rule-breaker’: Boris Johnson faces opposition demands that he QUIT as Sue Gray report reveals police are probing 12 Downing Street parties and savages booze culture under his leadership Six-page report reveals cops probing gathering in No11 flat on Nov 13, 2020 Mr Johnson has previously told Commons there was no gathering on that date  Police also […]