Junior doctors are staging a four-day strike from early on Tuesday 11 April until the early hours of Saturday 15 April. The strikes will bring “immense pressures” to staff and services, NHS England has warned, with people urged to avoid “risky behaviour” that could land them in hospital. When is the strike? Junior doctors will
admin
Thousands of UK Vodafone customers have complained after suffering from a broadband connection outage. Downdetector, a website where people can log outages, reported a peak of 2,820 people experiencing problems on Monday morning. Vodafone said in a post on Twitter: “We’re aware of and investigating an issue impacting some of our home broadband customers since
Donald Trump addressed his supporters in Florida following his court appearance in New York where he pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records. He also claimed he was the victim of election interference and said the case against him should be dropped. #donaldtrump #usa #court SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more
Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, conservative activist Ginni Thomas, have gone on several luxury trips involving travel subsidized by and stays at properties owned by a GOP megadonor, according to a new bombshell report published by ProPublica. #CNN #News
The US Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce sweeping new EPA rules on Wednesday intended to bring EV market share to ~60% in the US by 2030 and 67% by 2032. The rules are a big step forward for electrification, and represent an improvement from President Biden’s previous commitment of 50% electric by 2030.
The Dalai Lama has apologised after footage emerged showing him kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to “suck my tongue”. The Buddhist spiritual leader’s office said he wanted to apologise to the boy and his family “for the hurt his words may have caused”. It said the 87-year-old “often teases people
Spain’s Jon Rahm has won the 87th Masters at Augusta National. Forty years after the late Seve Ballesteros won his second Masters title and on what would have been his 66th birthday, Rahm became the fourth Spanish winner at Augusta National after Ballesteros, Jose Maria Olazabal and Sergio Garcia. The 2021 US Open champion carded
Wizz Air was the worst major airline for flight delays from the UK last year, according to an investigation. The figures, from the Civil Aviation Authority and reported by the PA news agency, found that the Hungarian carrier’s UK departures were an average of 46 minutes and six seconds behind schedule last year. This delay
Emergency and urgent care will be prioritised over routine appointments and treatment during this week’s junior doctors’ strike, NHS England says. The strike will begin early on Tuesday and run through until the early hours of Saturday, bringing “immense pressures” to staff and services, according to national medical director of NHS England Professor Sir Stephen
Rishi Sunak has called for a swift return of the Stormont Assembly ahead of President Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland. “We must get on with the business of governance,” the prime minister said. He will meet Joe Biden when the US president steps off of Air Force One on Tuesday evening – not long after
This is the moment a cat tried to interrupt Taraweeh prayers by climbing on an imam. The prayers occur each evening during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. #shorts #cat #ramadan 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: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews
CNN’s Pamela Brown speaks with Mike Davis, founder and president of Article III project and an ally of former President Donald Trump, about Trump’s arrest and arraignment. #CNN #News
Tesla has announced a new deal to build a Megafactory in Shanghai, China, to build energy storage products in the market. Last year, Tesla launched its first ‘Megafactory’ in California. The plant is dedicated to producing Megapacks, a large battery system used in large-scale energy storage projects for electric utilities around the world. It is
A Tesla Megapack in Moss Landing, California Andrew Evers | CNBC Tesla will open a new Megafactory in Shanghai, China, that is capable of producing 10,000 Megapacks a year, the company announced in a tweet Sunday. A Megapack is a very large battery that stores energy, helps stabilize the power grid and prevents outages. These
Eight people are feared to be trapped under the rubble of two buildings that collapsed following an explosion in the south of France. TV footage showed clouds of smoke rising from the ruins as firefighters tried to douse the flames in Marseille. Sniffer dogs are searching for victims. The cause of the explosion is not
Atom Bank, the app-based lender, has picked advisers to secure a further £100m in capital in what is expected to be its final fundraising before an attempt to list its shares publicly. Sky News understands the Durham-based company is working with bankers at Jefferies on a share sale that will take place in the coming
After receiving a slap down from Tory HQ, Douglas Ross has stood by his controversial statements about tactical voting by essentially saying his comments were taken out of context. Earlier, he urged people to do “what’s best for the country” and support the candidate most likely to beat the SNP in their constituency. That could,
Nearly 20 military ships – about 10 Chinese and 10 Taiwanese – are involved in a stand-off near the Taiwan Strait’s sensitive median line, Reuters reports. China also conducted simulated attacks on foreign military targets off Taiwan’s southwest coast on Sunday, the agency said, citing a source familiar with the situation. It comes on the
Frank Skinner has paid tribute to comedian Gareth Richards as he introduced a special edition of a podcast featuring the best bits of the radio show they co-hosted. Richards’ death was announced yesterday almost two weeks after he suffered brain injuries in a motorway crash. Describing Richards as a “former colleague and dear friend”, Skinner
Travellers are still waiting hours at the Port of Dover. It comes after Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the situation at Dover was “improving”. She also denied that Brexit had played a part in the disruption and urged patience from holidaymakers while travel companies cleared the backlog. Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/port-of-dover-delays-extra-sailings-to-run-overnight-to-ease-backlog-12847953 #dover #suellabraverman #skynews SUBSCRIBE