Years of austerity left the UK hugely unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. The TUC said funding cuts left health and social care “dangerously understaffed” and reduced its capacity to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Multiple years of pay caps and pay freezes undermined safe staffing levels in health and social care,
Supermarkets are being encouraged to bring down the price of food staples such as bread and milk, as part of a government plan to help with the cost of living. A government spokesperson said it’s not imposing price caps, and that any reduction would be voluntary and at the retailers’ discretion. So could we see
CNN’s Ed Lavandera breaks down the latest developments after the Texas House of Representatives voted to impeach the state’s Attorney General, Ken Paxton. #CNN #News
Big Update here: Luna priced the Talaria XXX at $2995. It is safe to say this is a gamechanger of a electric moto bike. Eric Hicks, the founder and CEO of LunaCycles, went onto Facebook last night to tease the next big (little) electric moto bike from the high-end manufacturer and importer. The “Talaria XXX”
Apple is expected to announce a mixed reality headset – its first brand-new product for eight years – at its annual event for developers. The tech giant’s WWDC showcase is usually reserved for software reveals – notably the next major updates for its iPhones, iPads, and Macs – but this year fresh hardware is on
Associated Press Jun 4, 2023, 12:11 PM ET HAMBURG, Germany — Tom McKibbin held off a German challenge to win the European Open in his debut season on the European tour on Sunday. The 20-year-old from Northern Ireland started the final round as one of six players tied for the lead at 6 under par
A Russian governor has said he is willing to meet with a pro-Ukraine group of Russian fighters who are keeping two Russian soldiers captive. The group – the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) – said it was open to exchanging the soldiers in return for a meeting with the governor of the Belgorod region. “Most likely
Multiple people were shot, including a woman who died later in hospital, at an event being held in Chicago to remember a man who died four years ago in a car crash. A large group of people had gathered at 1am to mark the man’s fatal crash when there was an altercation and shots rang
A 17-year-old boy who died after getting into difficulty in the water off Bournemouth beach on Wednesday has been named by Dorset Police as Joe Abbess, from Southampton. A 12-year-old girl – named locally as Sunnah Khan – also died in the incident, while another eight people were injured. Joe’s family issued a tribute to
A purported arms contract seen by Sky News offers the first hard evidence that Iran has sold ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine, an informed security source has claimed. If authentic, the 16-page document, dated 14 September 2022, appears to be for samples of varying sizes of artillery, tank shells and rockets worth
Siemens, the German-based industrial technology giant, is this weekend leading a last-ditch rallying cry to save the CBI, the ailing business lobbying group. Sky News has learnt that Siemens, which employs 11,000 people in Britain, is coordinating a letter among a group of CBI members to urge them to publicly endorse its survival. The letter,
The last time a senior royal appeared as a witness at the High Court, the Mirror newspaper didn’t even exist. The year was 1891, and heir to the throne Prince Edward was called to give evidence during the Royal Baccarat Scandal – a case about cheating at cards. His mother, Queen Victoria, was angry, embarrassed
Hundreds of migrants have so far been returned to Albania under the government’s “gold-standard” deal with the country, says immigration minister Robert Jenrick. That’s despite more than 12,000 Albanian people crossing the Channel on small boats last year, according to official figures. Speaking to Sky’s Sophy Ridge, Mr Jenrick initially said “thousands” of illegal migrants
White men seeking to join the Royal Air Force were described as “useless white male pilots” in leaked emails that expose the pressure placed on recruitment officers to improve diversity. Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/raf-recruiters-were-advised-against-selecting-useless-white-male-pilots-to-hit-diversity-targets-12893684 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
A mysterious patch of fluorescent green water that appeared in Venice’s famed Grand Canal Sunday was caused by a chemical commonly used in underwater construction to help identify leaks, environmental authorities say. #CNN #News #shorts #venice #venicegrandcanal #venicecanal #veniceitaly #grandcanal
Brit Award-winning pop star Dua Lipa has said the way ministers discuss migrants is “short sighted and small minded”. The 27-year-old, born in London to Kosovar-Albanian parents, called for “more empathy” and said she’d been “hurt” by the way the government had discussed Albanian people. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has previously spoken of “Albanian criminals”
Tesla has reclaimed the production EV lap record on the famous Nürburgring race track with a new Model S Plaid equipped with the Track package. Nürburgring has been a fighting ground for Tesla and Porsche over the last few years. After Porsche brought its brand-new Taycan electric car to the Nürburgring racetrack to break a
Joe Biden has signed a “critical” budget deal to raise the debt ceiling for the US, saving the country from falling into an unprecedented default – the failure to make debt repayments. The US president signed the bill in private at the White House on Saturday. The Treasury Department had warned that the country would
Boris Johnson has been warned he could lose public funding for legal advice if he tries to “frustrate or undermine” the government’s position on the COVID inquiry. Cabinet Office lawyers have told the former prime minister that public money would “cease to be available” if he breaks conditions such as releasing evidence without permission, the
The government could be committing a criminal offence under the inquiries act, if they refuse to release Boris Johnson’s messages and diaries to the COVID inquiry. Human Rights barrister Adam Wagner says criminal proceedings could be taken, adding it is a “wide and unusual request” from inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett. Ministers argue that it could