The acquisition by Morrisons of McColl’s, one of Britain’s biggest convenience store chains, has edged closer to being given the go-ahead by the competition watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority has said it is “minded to accept” proposals from the retailers. A total of 28 McColl’s stores could be offloaded as part of the proposals
Mortgages continued to become more expensive despite the number of products on the market gradually increasing. The average mortgage interest rate on a two-year fixed term mortgage is now 6.3%, according to data compiled by financial information company Moneyfacts. A similar rise has taken place in the average five year fixed term mortgage, which has
The Bank of England has announced it is doubling the value of UK government bonds it can buy up as it enters the final days of its emergency bond buying programme in an effort to support the pension market and allay fears of a cliff edge ending. The Bank said it was now ready to
The eastern Donetsk town of Lyman is a husk of its former self, pummelled to bits with the heart ripped out of it and the few residents still there living beneath ground ‘like moles’. #Donetsk #Ukraine #SkyNews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook:
CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh visits Lyman in eastern Ukraine hours after Ukraine regained control of the city from Russian forces. #CNN #News
A two-year-old boy has been safely reunited with his family after their car was stolen with him inside. He was taken in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as his parents were putting another child on a bus – and it was school bus drivers who helped find the boy. Dave Skinner was on his route last Tuesday
Amazon announced that it will spend €1 billion to electrify its delivery fleet in Europe over the next five years, according to Reuters. The company currently has around 3,000 zero-emission last-mile delivery vans in Europe. Amazon doesn’t say what percentage of its vans are electric, but does say that these zero-emission vans delivered 100 million
Heidi Gutman | CNBC Ahead of the release of the latest consumer price index reading this week, Allianz Chief Economic Adviser Mohamed El-Erian told CBS’ “Face The Nation” Sunday that he predicts headline inflation “will probably come down to about 8%,” but that core inflation “is still going up.” Core inflation is what measures the
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
Scottish independence will create a partnership of equals in the UK, Nicola Sturgeon will say in her speech to the SNP conference in Aberdeen today. Ms Sturgeon will bring the three-day event to a close by telling delegates that the nations of the UK and the Republic of Ireland, will “always be the closest of
Accusing Ukraine of terrorism after the explosion on the Crimean bridge is “too cynical even for Russia”, an adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. The blast on the Kerch Strait Bridge that links occupied Crimea to Russia caused serious damage and will further squeeze supply lines for Kremlin forces fighting in Ukraine. Nobody has claimed
Anna “Delvey” Sorokin, the con artist who swindled Manhattan’s elite by posing as a German heiress, says she got “exactly what I wanted” after her release from jail. In her first interview since getting out, she told the New York Times she is “really happy” to be out of jail and added that “nothing was
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said the Chancellor’s mini-budget was “incredibly well thought-through”, but the Queen’s death meant the government could not explain their plans to the public. He said Mr Kwarteng’s package would support people and their energy bills but “95% of that was ignored and people were talking about the 45p tax rate”.
Ukrainian forces have pushed toward the occupied city of Kherson and captured the town of Zolota Balka on the western bank of the Dnipro River, according to a regional official and pro-Russian military blogger. CNN’s Fareed Zakaria says he thinks recent gains by the Ukrainian military are turning the tide of the war with Russia.
10:54 AM ET The New York Giants dug deep into their playbook to get into the end zone for the first time Sunday, late in the first half. Tight end Daniel Bellinger scored on a double-reverse from 2 yards out to make it 17-10 in favor of the Green Bay Packers with 1:15 remaining in
This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes new electric bikes from Yamaha and Delfast, test riding the new LiveWire S2 Del Mar and the Polaris RANGER XP Kinetic, new electric motorcycles from Sur Ron and SUPER73,
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. Stocks teeter Selling high, considering buying Quick mentions: LLY, COST 1. Stocks teeter Stocks swayed on Thursday after starting the week with sharp gains that puttered out by Wednesday. The
Just a couple of years ago, it seemed that space mining was inevitable. Analysts, tech visionaries and even renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson predicted that space mining was going to be big business. Space mining companies like Planetary Resources and Deep Space Industries, backed by the likes of Google‘s Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, cropped
Cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi has warned restive Tory MPs that “dither or delay will end in defeat” as he appealed for unity just over a month after Liz Truss took office. Speaking to Sky News, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster stressed the need for party colleagues to “focus” on delivery or face being
A former boss of crisis-hit Wasps is spearheading a takeover bid for the Premiership Rugby club that could save it from the threat of relegation or extinction. Sky News has learnt that David Armstrong, who stepped down as Wasps’ chief executive in 2017, is working with Terminum Capital, an investment firm, on a bid to