Rick Haythornthwaite, the City grandee who has chaired companies including Centrica and Network Rail, is being lined up as the new chairman of NatWest Group in the wake of the row about the de-banking of Nigel Farage. Sky News has learnt that Mr Haythornthwaite, who currently chairs Ocado and the AA, is expected to be
Grant Shapps has defended his appointment as defence secretary – saying the department “needs highly experienced cabinet ministers”. There was a backlash after Rishi Sunak’s ally was moved into one of the top roles in government amid a war in Europe – despite having no military experience. Critics claimed the prime minister had chosen appearance
A flight to Mallorca was hit by severe turbulence after getting caught up in a powerful storm. The pilot said the plane was thrown around by cross winds of 80mph as it approached the Spanish island. #storm #plane #turbulence SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us
At least 74 people have died and dozens more were injured after a fire tore through a five-story building in central Johannesburg which had been turned into informal housing. #CNN #News #Johannesburg #SouthAfrica
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Liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage units at Grain LNG importation terminal, operated by National Grid Plc, on the Isle of Grain on August 22, 2022 in Rochester, England. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images The looming threat of strikes at Australian natural gas facilities will keep global gas markets on tenterhooks, energy
ITV show This Morning lost the title of best daytime show at the National Television Awards on Tuesday night. It is the first time in 12 years the show has left empty-handed from the awards as the shadow of the Phillip Schofield scandal lingers. This Morning was beaten by BBC‘s The Repair Shop with its
Russian mercenary group Wagner will be declared a terrorist organisation, the Home Office has said. A draft proscription order will be laid in parliament on Wednesday, which will make it illegal to be a member of, or support the Russian group in the UK. Certain proscription offences can be punishable by up to 14 years
It was billed as the March of the Red Shirts. On a motorway overpass, on the edge of Orlando, there was a gathering of around 50 neo-Nazis. They were members of two antisemitic, white nationalist groups – Blood Tribe and the Goyim Defense League. Those present, all male, were dressed in red and black and
Karina Canellakis leading the Juilliard Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall on Thursday night, May 22, 2014. Hiroyuki Ito | Getty Images Apple has acquired BIS Records, a 50-year-old Swedish record label with a focus on classical music, as part of its continuing efforts to attract classical music fans. BIS Records founder Robert von Bahr said
Singer Joe Jonas has reportedly filed for divorce from Sophie Turner, court filings show. The pair got married in 2019, after eloping in Las Vegas following an awards show and have since had two children together. Jonas filed the papers at the Miami Dade County Court on Tuesday, with reports saying they recently sold their
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has come under fire from colleagues for her “unilateral” decision to determine which school buildings need to close as part of the concrete crisis, Sky News has learned. Ministers elsewhere in Whitehall fear she has opened a “Pandora’s box” by setting a more cautious than necessary standard that could affect a
The UK has been “underinvesting” in its infrastructure and the crisis surrounding concrete defects in schools and public buildings was “foreseeable”, a former Bank of England chief economist has told Sky News. Andy Haldane told the Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge show that schools, hospitals, road, rail and digital infrastructure across the UK had all
The price of petrol in the UK could soon rise further after the cost of oil jumped to its highest level this year. Brent crude climbed to more than $91 (£72) a barrel on Tuesday afternoon, a price not seen in the market since November 2022. It later fell back slightly by the evening to
The Spanish women’s football team manager, Jorge Vilda, has been sacked in the wake of the Rubiales kiss furore, Reuters reports. The former coach led Spain to World Cup victory when his side beat England 1-0 in the final. But he faced scrutiny after he applauded RFEF President Luis Rubiales’ controversial speech at the RFEF
Police say 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young was suspected of shoplifting and was shot when she accelerated her car towards an officer, killing her and her unborn daughter. Read more 👉 https://trib.al/YW8Czoq #ohio #policebrutality 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:
A new video published by a pro-Wagner PMC Telegram channel appears to show Yevgeny Prigozhin claiming to be in Africa shortly before his death. CNN’s Fred Pleitgen has the details. #CNN #News #Prigozhin #Wagner #Russia
Today, we get a close look in person at the Tesla Model 3 refresh – aka Model 3 Highland – in Munich for IAA. The update was officially launched in Europe and Asia last week. It is not yet available in North America as Tesla is right now only producing it out of Gigafactory Shanghai
The Arm website on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chip design firm Arm on Tuesday submitted an updated filing for its upcoming blockbuster initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, setting a price range between $47 and $51. The
VC Pines is baring not just his soul, but his brain. Black and white skeletal images showing the inner workings of his grey matter illustrate his music, as do the harsh, eerie pulses of MRI bleeps and buzzes that have soundtracked a huge part of his life. The alt-soul singer-songwriter, real name Jack Mercer, has