Ashley Walters says the TV industry is learning in the wake of allegations of bullying and harassment against high-profile names, including his former co-star Noel Clarke. Last year Clarke was accused of sexual harassment and bullying over a number of years after 20 women came forward to describe abuse to The Guardian newspaper – allegations
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Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has said it is “sheer nonsense” that security advice was overruled to award Lord Lebedev a peerage. Standing in for the prime minister at PMQs on Wednesday, Mr Raab was repeatedly pressed by his shadow counterpart Angela Rayner on Boris Johnson’s decision to award the Russian-born businessman a seat in
Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who interrupted a state TV news broadcast by holding up a sign protesting against the country’s invasion of Ukraine, has been photographed with her lawyer. There were fears that Ms Ovsyannikova had gone missing following her stunt, after a human rights lawyer said she had not been heard from for
Boris Johnson has said Vladimir Putin is like a drug dealer who has got Western nations hooked on Russian oil and gas. “Vladimir Putin over the last years has been like a pusher, feeding an addiction in Western countries to his hydrocarbons,” the prime minister said on Tuesday. “We need to get ourselves off that
More than 100,000 Britons have offered up their homes to Ukrainian refugees, Boris Johnson has said. The prime minister said it was “fantastic” and thanked “everyone across the country who has stepped up to offer their help so far”. A website where people can register their interest in providing a home for at least six
The government is closing in on a multibillion pound investment deal with Saudi Arabia that would provide a backdrop to crucial talks on the Gulf state’s oil production. Sky News understands that ministers have been working for weeks to finalise a new sovereign investment partnership (SIP) with Riyadh that would replicate a £10bn alliance unveiled
The government has overseen a “long-term decline” in critical cancer care and waiting times performance that is dragging “heroic” NHS staff down, MPs have said. The cross-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warned that the waiting list for treatment – currently 6.1m people – is likely to grow for the next few years while performance against
Elon Musk has sold all seven of his homes in California for $128million after vowing to “own no house”, according to US media reports. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, 50, is now residing in a small rental home, believed to be worth $50,000, near his aerospace company in Boca Chica, Texas, after selling his seven
Police in the US have arrested a man suspected of killing two homeless men and wounding three others over the last fortnight. The suspect was arrested in Washington DC, where some of the attacks took place, with others occurring in New York City. One of the victims was found on fire in a tent in
British-Iranian nationals Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori are heading to Tehran airport ahead of leaving the country, their lawyer has said. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker from Hampstead, northwest London, had been detained since her arrest in 2016 on charges of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government, which she denies. Her release comes after her
The UK government has placed an export ban on luxury goods to Russia and hiked up import tariffs from the country on iconic products such as vodka. British vehicles, high-end fashion and art are some of the luxury goods that will no longer be exported to Russia as the UK and other G7 leaders continue
Oscars favourite Jane Campion has apologised for making a “thoughtless” comment about tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams during her acceptance speech at the Critics’ Choice Awards. The Power Of The Dog filmmaker, who was named best director at the awards, said on stage that she was “honoured” to be in the same room as
NASA has insisted tensions linked to the war in Ukraine had no impact on International Space Station operations or the planned return of an American astronaut aboard a Russian capsule later this month. Mark Vande Hei is due to fly to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule with cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov
NASA is set to roll out its Space Launch System (SLS), which will take humans to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, into the public view for the first time on Thursday. The system has been under development for over a decade and is beset by delays and mounting costs. However, the agency hopes once it
After a moderate solar flare shot out of the Sun’s atmosphere several days ago, Earth could be slammed by a series of small geomagnetic storms today (March 15). The US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the British Met Office predicted that the astronomical phenomenon will have an impact on Earth over the next
9:00 AM ET The UFC spotlight will fall on its heavyweights over the next two weeks, as four fighters from the division will headline the promotion’s next two events. On Saturday, England’s Tom Aspinall (11-2) will take on Alexander Volkov (34-9) in the main event of UFC Fight Night in London (1 p.m. ET on
7:00 AM ET FLORIDA STATE DEFENSIVE end Jared Verse owes his future to the transfer portal. It is a simple but truthful statement, one that helps illustrate the positive impact the portal can have for players. “Honestly,” Verse said during a recent phone conversation, “it was life changing.” Verse is not exaggerating. In three short
A three-year-old boy has shot his mother dead in a supermarket car park south of Chicago. The pair were in a vehicle outside a Food 4 Less store in the village of Dolton when the child somehow found the gun and fired it, police said. His mum was pronounced dead at hospital. His father is
Russia is believed to have asked China for military equipment and other support, US officials have said. Sources in President Joe Biden’s government, speaking to NBC News, did not say whether China agreed to it and declined to say what equipment Russia has asked for and whether it is lethal. The request has sparked concerns
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has captured an explosion occurring at the Cartwheel galaxy. The supernova, dubbed as SN2021afdx, has been identified as a Type II supernova. This type of supernova is formed when a large star runs out of the fuel that is required to keep the star from collapsing under its own gravity.