Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has revealed the mystery note she was passed in the Commons on 8 September told her the Queen was unwell, and she had to discreetly persuade her boss to immediately leave the chamber. Speaking on the News Agents podcast, Ms Rayner said when Nadhim Zahawi handed it to her, and
Kwasi Kwarteng will promise a “new era for Britain” with a major package of measures to “turn the vicious cycle of stagnation into a virtuous cycle of growth”. The chancellor is set to announce tens of billions of pounds both of increased spending and of tax cuts when he delivers his mini-budget at around 9.30am
Self-confessed Pokemon obsessive Ed Sheeran has teamed up with the makers of the video game series on his new single. The track is entitled Celestial and is out on 29 September, with the accompanying video having been animated by Pokemon creatives. Sharing a sketch showing him with the Pikachu character from the games, Sheeran wrote
Astronomers said Thursday they have spotted a hot bubble of gas spinning clockwise around the black hole at the centre of our galaxy at “mind blowing” speeds. The detection of the bubble, which only survived for a few hours, is hoped to provide insight into how these invisible, insatiable, galactic monsters work. The supermassive black
A top executive at Morrisons is in talks to leave, days after it emerged that the Bradford-based grocer had been displaced as Britain’s fourth-biggest supermarket chain. Sky News has learnt that Trevor Strain, Morrisons’ chief operating officer and previously its finance chief, is close to finalising his departure. Mr Strain, who has frequently been touted
The foreign secretary has called on countries to reject the “charade” of referenda to be held in Russian-controlled regions in eastern and southern Ukraine. Speaking at the United Nations Security Council, James Cleverly said Vladimir Putin plans to fix the results of votes on becoming parts of Russia. It comes as a prosecutor at the
AirPods Pro (2nd generation). Sofia Pitt I’ve been testing Apple’s new $249 AirPods Pro (second-generation) for a few weeks. They are available to order now and will hit stores on Friday. Out of all of the things Apple unveiled earlier this month, these excite me the most. I love my old set of Pros, but
9:06 AM ET Conor McGregor has not stepped into the Octagon in 14 months, yet hardly a day goes by without his name being brought up in an MMA conversation. As the starry Irishman’s return from a broken leg draws nearer, there is speculation about who might be next to step under the brightest of
Sep 22, 2022 Every word written to describe Roger Federer‘s incredible game was true, every misguided attempt at prose forgivable. He glided around the court, feet seemingly leaving the ground at his serve and not touching again until the point was over. He boasted the game’s best and most precise serve for nearly 20 years.
Defence and Security Analyst Professor Michael Clarke details the troop mobilisation of both Ukrainian and Russian forces. He mentions unconfirmed reports that Russian forces in the north are out of ammunition and are beginning to negotiate local surrenders. #Russia #Ukraine #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews
Abbas Gallyamov, who was a speechwriter for Russian president Vladimir Putin, predicts Russia’s elites will begin looking to replace Putin within the next several months. #CNN #News
Tesla (TSLA) has had a sudden drop in wait times for deliveries on new orders on some of its electric vehicle models, and some are reading into it as demand falling off, but there’s more to it. In recent weeks, industry watchers have noted that Tesla’s delivery wait times have dropped significantly. Some models that
The derrick is seen behind anti-fracking banners at Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site. Christopher Furlong | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. government lifted its ban on fracking Thursday, citing the need to increase domestic energy supply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In her first major address on Sept. 8, new Prime Minister Liz Truss
7:50 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Shakur Stevenson puts his WBC and WBO junior lightweight world titles on the line against Robson Conceicao at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday (ESPN/ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET, with prelims at 5:55 p.m. ET on ESPN+). Stevenson (18-0, 9 KOs), of Newark, returns home as a
Before we get on to the Bank of England’s decision today we urgently need to clear something up. There’s a misconception which sometimes floats around at times like this, that while interest rates are on the rise, the fact that they’re so low compared with historical standards means there’s no reason to be concerned. You’ve
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first image of Neptune, revealing the clearest view of the distant planet’s rings in more than 30 years, NASA said. The most striking feature in the image is the crisp view of the planet’s rings — some of which have not been detected since NASA’s Voyager 2
Five Britons released from Russian detention in Ukraine after a prisoner swap have arrived back “safely” in the UK. One of the men, Shaun Pinner, has been pictured with his family after they were reunited. “If you thought COVID highlighted the importance of family, this is even bigger,” his sister, Cassandra, told Sky News. Aiden
The European Space Agency announced a team of seven astronauts on Wednesday to train for NASA’s Artemis mission to the moon — but only one will have the chance to become the first European to walk on the lunar surface. The candidates — France’s Thomas Pesquet, Britain’s Tim Peake, Germany’s Alexander Gerst and Matthias Maurer, Italy’s
In this article GOOGL AMZN MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The probe will focus on so-called “hyperscalers” like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, which let businesses access computing power and data storage from remote servers. Chesnot | Getty Images British media regulator Ofcom is investigating Amazon, Microsoft and Google’s tight grip on
A Florida highway was forced to temporarily close after a multi-vehicle crash caused thousands of cans of beer to cover the road. The semi-trailer had been carrying cases of Coors Light when it crashed and spilled its load all over the busy road. All lanes of Interstate 75, which is around 30 miles north of