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Drake has posted a video that appears to show part of his Toronto home submerged in flood waters.The rapper shared a video on Instagram, joking that the murky-looking water had “better be espresso martini”. Canada’s largest city has been hit by storms that have cut power and stranded motorists.Toronto police said part of the Don Valley Parkway was closed due to flooding.They also said part of Lakeshore Boulevard, which runs along Lake Ontario, was flooded and closed. At the heart of the downtown core, flooding was reported at Union station, a key transit terminus. Image: Drake poses at the Billboard…

There has been no change to the rate of inflation which remained at 2%, the target rate for the Bank of England, according to official figures.It means prices in June rose at the same rate as in May, data from the Office for National Statistics showed. Money latest: Number of people claiming non-dom status risesInflation was unchanged as hotel prices rose strongly while second-hand car costs fell at a slower pace.Clothes sales also brought costs down, the ONS said, while raw material costs also fell. The figure is higher than expected, economists had forecast a slight fall to 1.9%.The absence…

Elon Musk has said California’s new gender identification law was the “final straw” and that he is moving the SpaceX and X headquarters to Texas.The billionaire posted on X on Tuesday that he plans to move SpaceX from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas, and X to Austin from San Francisco. The new law, signed on Monday by California governor Gavin Newsom, bars school districts from requiring staff to notify parents of their child’s gender identification change.”This is the final straw,” Mr Musk wrote”I did make it clear to Governor Newsom about a year ago that laws of this nature would…

A “mega den” of as many as 2,000 rattlesnakes can now be viewed online thanks to a round-the-clock webcam.Not everybody will be glued to the footage – but it is expected to be a must-watch for scientists and other snake enthusiasts who are helping to broaden understanding of these unusual reptiles. The remote site on private land in northern Colorado is on a hillside full of rock crevices where the snakes can keep warm and hide from predators. Image: Pic: Project RattleCam via AP “This is a big, big den for rattlesnakes. This is one of the biggest ones we…

A quick and easy cervical screening test women can do at home could be rolled out on the NHS in a move described as a “game-changer”.The self-testing kit detects human papillomavirus (HPV), a group of viruses that cause no symptoms but can lead to cervical cancer. About 13 high-risk types of HPV are known to cause 99.7% of all cervical cancers.The kit could lead to about 400,000 more checks each year and NHS leaders said they are looking at making it available in England.The biggest trial to date, known as the King’s College London YouScreen trial, shows the DIY kit…

A US country singer has apologised and admitted she was drunk when she performed an off-key version of the national anthem.Ingrid Andress’s rendition at a baseball game was widely panned and drew gasps from the crowd after one particularly shaky high note. She was opening the show at Monday’s Home Run Derby in Arlington, Texas, and it didn’t take long for people to express their shock on social media.”I’m so sorry, I’m sure Ingrid Andress is a wonderful person, but that was one of the worst national anthems I think I’ve ever heard in my whole life,” said Sports Illustrated…

A rush of promotional activity to lure football fans to supermarkets has played a role in pushing grocery inflation to its lowest level since September 2021, according to industry data.Kantar Worldpanel – which tracks supermarket till prices, sales and market share – said its measure of grocery inflation slowed to 1.6% in the four weeks to 7 July from 2.1% the previous month. That left the figure at its lowest level since September 2021 and marked the 17th consecutive decline in the monthly rate following the peak seen in the months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Kantar said prices were rising…

The Scottish government has announced plans for a multi-million-pound package of support to help secure the future of the beleaguered Ferguson Marine shipyard.Up to £14.2m will be invested over two years if the proposal passes detailed legal, financial and commercial scrutiny, which is expected to be completed by the autumn. The support comes as a “competitive” process is now under way to award a contract to replace CalMac’s ageing fleet of small ferries.Publicly-owned Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (FMPG) is nearing completion of MV Glen Sannox and sister ship MV Glen Rosa.The ferries are some six years late and estimated costs…

Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate will not be able to leave Romania while he prepares to stand trial accused of human trafficking.It comes after a court of appeal in the capital Bucharest overturned an earlier ruling which granted the self-proclaimed misogynist and three other suspects – his brother Tristan and two Romanian women – freedom of movement within the European Union. The Tate siblings were charged in June 2023 with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.The two Romanian suspects also face charges as part of the case and all four deny the allegations…

One of the world’s most prolific investors in technology companies is in talks to lead a new investment round at Revolut, the British-based fintech.Sky News has learnt that Tiger Global Management is one of several parties which have expressed interest in acquiring more shares in Revolut. Tiger Global, which is a shareholder in Facebook-owner Meta, Microsoft and the semiconductor behemoth Nvidia, jointly led Revolut’s $800m primary funding round in 2021.The latest deal will not involve the issuance of new shares but will see many of the digital bank’s employees selling their existing holdings – known as a secondary offering.Money latest:…