Conservative members are facing delays in receiving their postal ballots to vote for who they want to be the party’s next leader due to security fears. In a letter sent to Tory members seen by Sky News, the Conservative Party’s head of membership confirmed postal ballots will arrive “a little later than we originally said”
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China has warned the United States it is performing a “highly dangerous trick” over Taiwan and “those playing with fire will get burned”. Beijing’s ambassador to London – one of his country’s most senior diplomats – made the comments in a press conference, hastily convened, to respond to the arrival of top US politician Nancy
The James Webb Space Telescope has peered through time and huge amounts of dust to capture a new image of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing the spinning ring of colour in unprecedented clarity, NASA and the European Space Agency said Tuesday. Located around 500 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Sculptor, the Cartwheel gained its shape
The “big four” supermarkets and several other retailers are failing to reduce petrol prices in line with falling wholesale costs, the RAC has warned. The roadside recovery firm said the wholesale cost of petrol has fallen by 20p since early June. However, UK retailers continued to increase their prices in June and only dropped their
“I don’t wear hyper revealing outfits anymore…Or if I do, you can guarantee that I’m in a gay club.” Despite spending over three decades working as a DJ, and even longer in the dance music scene, DJ Paulette tells Sky News her experience of sexual abuse at work has not only led her to modify
If you drive in London, chances are a camera will see you. The city uses a network of Automated Number-Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras to scan the roads for vehicles entering and leaving its road-charging zones. The UK road system is carpeted with these cameras. Every day, around 13,000 capture 55 million “reads”, as number plate
The Bank of England has imposed the biggest interest rate hike since 1995 in a bid to tackle inflation, but is adding significant costs to borrowers in the process. Consumer finance experts told Sky News there were significant savings to be had by switching to a fixed rate mortgage deal and shopping around for higher
Looking to buy an electric vehicle right now? So is everyone else, apparently. In-stock dealer inventories of EVs are sparse at best, if not completely decimated, despite a lofty average transaction price north of $66,000. But don’t lose hope – there are relative bargains that price below $66,000, sell at close to MSRP, and are
In this article 1CO1-FF 1COV-DE Covestro’s headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany. The company has adjusted its full year guidance for 2022, citing a number of factors. Ina Fassbender | AFP | Getty Images German materials giant Covestro warned Tuesday that the rationing of gas could see some of its sites shut down, as its CEO stressed
Archie Battersbee’s life support is set to be switched off at 11am today, pending another last-ditch attempt by his family to postpone the move. The parents of the brain-damaged 12-year-old had said his treatment would be brought to an end on Wednesday morning after they lost a Supreme Court bid to keep it going. But
In this article UBER Uber reported a second-quarter loss on Tuesday but beat analyst estimates for revenue and posted $382 million in free cash flow for the first time ever. Shares of Uber were up 14% after markets opened. Here are the key numbers: Loss per share: $1.33, not comparable to estimates. Revenue: $8.07 billion
A man has been charged with intending to injure or alarm the Queen under the Treason Act following an incident at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day last year, the Metropolitan Police said. Officers were called at around 8.30am, and a man was arrested in the grounds of the castle on 25 December 2021. Jaswant Singh
4:00 AM ET As is often true during the ceremony when a club unveils its new signing, the most interesting thing said when Barcelona paraded Jules Kounde at their training ground on Monday wasn’t uttered by the player. Instead, it was said about him. It came when Mateu Alemany, Barcelona’s new director of football and
The US has no DNA confirmation of the death of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul – but has verified his identity through “multiple” other sources, the White House has said. Al-Zawahiri, one of the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks, was killed in a US drone strike on his home in the Afghan capital
Communications Workers Union General Secretary Dave Ward said that BT’s Chief Executive is “ripping off” workers and customers at the same time. He spoke from the picket line as thousands of BT and Openreach staff walked out over a pay dispute. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who is one of two Republicans on the Jan. 6 committee, responds to GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy’s claim that he doesn’t remember telling Cassidy Hutchinson to not let Trump go to the Capitol on January 6. #CNN #News
YouTube star Jamal Edwards died after taking cocaine, a coroner has concluded. The 31-year-old music entrepreneur died at home in Acton, west London, on 20 February, and a full inquest into his death has now taken place at West London Coroners’ Court. In his report, assistant coroner Ivor Collett said Edwards had returned home at
Liz Truss has U-turned on her latest leadership policy pitch to “wage war on Whitehall waste” after a Tory backlash over its impact on public sector pay. On Monday night, the foreign secretary said she would save £8.8m by introducing regional pay boards instead of national ones to set salaries for civil servants, reflecting where
Developing a method to observe the movement of atoms in a liquid, scientists from the University of Manchester have captured — for the first time — images of single atoms swimming in liquid. When a solid and a liquid come in contact with each other, both substances tend to change their configuration. This solid-liquid atomic-scale interaction governs the behaviour
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to arrive in Taiwan later today amid escalating tensions in Beijing over the impending visit. While there has been no official announcement, local media in Taiwan has reported that Ms Pelosi will arrive in Taipei on Tuesday. The US airforce jet that Ms Pelosi flew on to Malaysia