Judge Grants Musk Request to Halt Twitter Trial Until Oct. 28 to Allow Parties to Close $44 Billion Deal

British Gas' owner has warned it has just 'nine days' left of supply as the organisation reopened its mega site ahead of winter shortage fears. The energy company announced today that it is reopening its Rough gas fields in a move to increase the UK's gas capacity by 50%, reports the Mirror.

Callander residents are being urged to donate Christmas presents, as well as essential items to be delivered to Ukrainians living in Slovakia as they flee the Russian invasion

Popular show I Can See Your Voice is back for a brand new series and the first episode sees a Scots couple take on the challenge.

Morrisons café in Bathgate is offering free hot meals to customers.

An exhibition to celebrate the landscape design of East Kilbride as part as part of the Women of the Welfare Landscape project is hosting a ‘show and tell’ event.

King Charles is considering breaking royal tradition to hand the Princess of Wales an "unprecedented" royal role to help him with official business.

Kettle and microwave use in council buildings could be monitored as part of a drive to slash soaring energy bills.

Trevor Noah’s days as host of The Daily Show are coming to an end but he still knows how to cause a stir.

EXCLUSIVE: Other Angle Pictures has picked up international rights to the stacked ensemble erotic horror Alone At Night (previously known as 18 & Over).

ALISON Hammond looked incredible as she showcased her recent weight loss at a glitzy awards bash on Thursday night. The 47-year-old stunned in a black gown embellished with black and gold diamanté jewels.

SINCE shooting to fame on Big Brother 20 years ago, Alison Hammond has become the darling of daytime TV.  But there’s one particular role she’s thrilled could be on the horizon — that of grandmother.  Alison’s teenage son Aiden, 17, has begun to bring girls home to meet the This Morning presenter, 47. She said: “There’s been a couple of times with his girlfriends — friends who are girls, so he says.

OLIVIA Attwood has revealed what she'll miss most after landing in Australia ahead of I'm a Celebrity. The 31-year-old is the first-ever Love Island star to do the show and she gave a typically cheeky answer when quizzed on how she'll cope being apart from her footballer fiance Bradley Dack.

ALISON Hammond has broken her silence on the rumours of a feud with her This Morning co-star Dermot O'Leary. The much-loved telly star is baffled why people think they don't get on, despite viewers pointing to times the former X Factor presenter has appeared to snap at her on air. Speaking to GKBarry on the Saving Grace podcast, she said: “I can’t tell you how wrong they actually are.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Right-wing conspiracy figure Alex Jones’ company has already filed for bankruptcy protection, and it’s not clear how much of the staggering $965 million verdict reached Tuesday he’ll actually wind up paying to the 15 plaintiffs in the defamation case about his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. Jones plans to appeal the massive monetary damages that a Connecticut jury ordered him to pay, which comes after a judgment against him in August awarding $49.3 million to the family of a Sandy Hook victim in a separate case in Texas. But legal experts say Jones, founder of Infowars — which has been banned by all major internet services — is almost certainly ruined financially.

Elon Musk, who is a father of 10 – nine living – said recently he may have more children in the future but said he believes there are "no other babies looming."  Musk has five living children with his first wife Justine Wilson (their first child died of sudden infant death syndrome), two children with ex-girlfriend singer Grimes and it was revealed this year he had twins with executive Shivon Zilis who works at his company Neuralink.  "I’m pretty sure there are no other babies looming," he joked to the Financial Times after the interviewer asked about potential pending pregnancies.  He said as a 51-year-old "autumn chicken" he would consider having more kids if he feels he can be a good father to them.  Elon Musk and son X Æ A-12 on stage TIME Person of the Year on December 13, 2021, in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIME) The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has said one of his biggest concerns is underpopulation and in June he joked on Twitter of his growing brood: "I mean, I’m doing my part haha."  He admitted that some friends have said he should have as many as 500 children but that would be a "bit weird." Most of his kids were conceived via in vitro fertilization.  He also opened up about his estrangement with his transgender daughter Vivian, blaming "communism" in the education system for her reportedly not wanting anything to do with him.

Tune in to "Tucker Carlson Tonight," Tuesday at 8pm ET for Tucker's interview with Tulsi Gabbard. Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo said Tuesday it's bad news for the Democratic Party that former Rep.Tulsi Gabbard announced she's exiting the party. Arroyo said on "Outnumbered" that this shows there is no "fully functional Democratic Party today." RAYMOND ARROYO: I thought of Ronald Reagan, Elon Musk -- from time gone by and now – saying they didn't leave the party, the party left them.

Elon Musk, who is poised to take control of Twitter, has raised a new round of questions about how the climate of social media could change with his revelation that he reached out to Kanye West after the rapper’s anti-Semitic tweets.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Tito Puente, the influential Nuyroican musician and entertainer, is being honored in a new animated Google Doodle. The animated doodle highlighting Puente’s musical career, illustrated by New York-based Puerto Rican artist Carlos Aponte, will be visible on the main page of the search engine throughout Tuesday (Oct. 11). The doodle coincides with U.S. Hispanic Heritage Month and also comes on the one-year anniversary of the unveiling of the Tito Puente Monument in New York City’s East Harlem. Puente was a percussionist, composer, songwriter, recording artist and bandleader whose career spanned five decades. Puente has been called “El Rey de los Timbales” and “The King of Latin music,” having recorded some 118 albums and being credited on dozens more — more than any other timbales bandleader to date.

Elon Musk says he has spoken to Kanye West following a series of antisemitic posts the rapper made over the weekend.On Sunday (October 9), West had both his Twitter and Instagram accounts suspended after posting antisemitic comments. Twitter locked West’s account on Sunday and the social media platform later removed the tweet before locking his account.A spokesperson from Twitter told BuzzFeed News that “the account in question has been locked due to a violation of Twitter’s policies”.After welcoming Kanye back to Twitter earlier last week, Musk said he spoke to the rapper about his conduct, tweeting: “Talked to ye today & expressed my concerns about his recent tweet, which I think he took to heart.”Talked to ye today & expressed my concerns about his recent tweet, which I think he took to heart— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 11, 2022Following the comments, Ye has been widely condemned by many figures in the entertainment world, as well as several political figures and organisations that represent Jewish communities.Last night on stage in Missouri, Jack Antonoff became the latest musician to address West’s behaviour directly.

Elon Musk is convinced his teenage daughter Vivian is estranged from him because she's been taught to despise the wealthy. The billionaire tech mogul's eldest daughter is now 18 and he has opened up about their rocky relationship in a new interview with the Financial Times insisting she thinks he's "evil" because of her schooling. He told the publication: "It's full-on communism and a general sentiment that if you're rich, you're evil.

A difficult relationship. Elon Musk opened up about his tension with daughter Vivian, claiming that she has been brainwashed into thinking that he’s “evil.”

Elon Musk says his poor relationship with his trans daughter is due to… communism?!

Kanye West's Twitter and Instagram accounts were restricted over the weekend, with the social media platforms saying they removed the rapper's posts after online users condemned them as antisemitic. West, who has legally changed his name to Ye, had his Instagram account suspended after a since-removed post in which he allegedly invoked antisemitic tropes, accusing a musician of being controlled by "the Jewish people".

Elon Musk is sharing what he feels is to blame for his daughter disowning him. In a recent interview with, the Tesla CEO and billionaire says his 18-year-old daughter Vivian, has been poisoned against him by «neo-Marxists» and the allure of communist influences in elite educational institutions.«It's full-on communism and a general sentiment that if you're rich, you're evil,» Musk said, alleging that this mentality is why his daughter has wanted to distance herself from him.Musk did not specify which college Vivian is attending, or where the creeping, sinister influences of socialism may have begun to take root in her young mind. However, Musk added that it's possible their relationship «may change» sometime in the future. Although it doesn't seem like he's overly concerned whether or not he is ever able to reconcile with his child.«I have very good relationships with all the others,» said Musk, a father of nine children.

Kanye West is facing consequences for his anti-semitic posts.

Kanye West’s Instagram account is under restriction after the rapper violated the social media platform’s policies.

Instagram has restricted the account of rapper Kanye West, saying he violated the service’s rules and policies.

Elon Musk says he has played “the fool” and landed himself in “all sorts of trouble” on Twitter. He added his epic on-off £40 billion bid to buy the platform may prove he is a “masochist” but said he is driven to create a “trusted” and “transparent” ideas and news-exchange forum to avoid the further rise of the likes of Donald Trump’s Truth platform, which he described a “right-wing echo chamber”. The world’s richest man said when asked by the Financial Times about his antics on Twitter: “Aren’t you entertained? I play the fool on Twitter and often shoot myself in the foot and cause myself all sorts of trouble.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Twitter at long last will give users in the U.S., its biggest geographic region, the ability to edit their tweets. However, for now, the company will limit access to the “Edit Tweet” feature only to subscribers of Twitter Blue, its service with enhanced features for power users that costs $4.99 per month in the U.S. The tweet-editing function will roll out to Twitter Blue users starting Thursday, according to the company. That came after it opened up the option to edit tweets on Oct. 3 for Twitter Blue members in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The Edit Tweet button, which for years has been the most-requested feature among Twitter users, will let you edit tweets a few times within a 30-minute window after they’re posted. Twitter said it is limiting the ability to make edits to only the first 30 minutes to “help protect the integrity of the conversation and create a publicly accessible record of what was said.”

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Elon Musk are feuding over how the United States should handle Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. And the result of their disagreement could prompt a shift in U.S. policy, the lawmaker suggested.

A deal for the billionaire Elon Musk to buy Twitter is back on it has been announced - just weeks before a court case over his first bid for the company earlier this year was due to begin.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Elon Musk looks ready to get his hands on Twitter: The world’s richest person has agreed to his original $44 billion acquisition of his favorite social network, after a three-month legal fight trying to nix the deal. And that has renewed worries among some that he’s going to make drastic changes to Twitter’s content-moderation policies — and unleash a flood of right-wing misinformation and harassment. Musk informed Twitter on Oct. 3 that he will go forward with the takeover at $54.20 per share. The deal could close as soon as Friday, CNBC reported. When he announced his $44 billion deal for Twitter, Musk said he was primarily interested in protecting “free speech” on the platform, and he has criticized the company for allegedly having a left-leaning political bias.

Elon Musk is unveiling a new Tesla invention. Named Optimus, this new humanoid robot has been introduced as a creation that could be part of our everyday lives in the future, and potentially available to purchase in 2027.“Our goal is to make a usable human robot as quickly as possible,” Musk revealed, explaining that his invention will be available for $20,000 but could fall below the starting price.