Senior Tory MP Sir Bob Neill has submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson’s leadership as the number of Conservatives calling for the prime minister to go ramps up after the Sue Gray report. Sir Bob, who chairs the Justice Select Committee, said Ms Gray’s report into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street has
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said he will not be silenced by the far right after a “vile racist” was found guilty of sending the MP a death threat. Glenn Broadbent sent the Labour Tottenham MP a Twitter message that said: “Are you hanging off a tree monkey boy? You will hang from a
The mass graves in the city of Lysychansk are an indication of the slaughter that’s gone on in the Donbas. And the long freshly-dug, empty trenches are testament to where locals fear the war is headed in eastern Ukraine – and what terrors are yet to come. The deaths are mounting up, the Russian troops
It was the “wrong decision” not to storm the classroom where a gunman was holed up killing primary school children, a Texas official admitted. The extraordinary admission came on Friday at a highly-charged press conference in Uvalde, Texas, where parents have been demanding answers about why 19 students and two teachers lost their lives in
Tesla appears to have a serious supply issue when it comes to its charging port electronic control unit (ECU) since many owners are reporting delays in deliveries due to the missing part. Compared to the rest of the auto industry, Tesla has faired quite well amid the global supply issues, especially the chip shortage. While
In this article AF-FR AIR-FR A model of one of Airbus’ ZEROe concept planes, photographed in November 2021. The firm has said it wants to develop “zero-emission commercial aircraft” by the year 2035. Giuseppe Cacace | Afp | Getty Images Airbus is launching a U.K.-based facility focused on hydrogen technologies, a move which represents the
Johnny Depp has won his multimillion-dollar US lawsuit against former wife Amber Heard after a Virginia jury ruled a 2018 article published in The Washington Post was defamatory. He was awarded $15m by the court – comprising $10m compensatory damages and a further $5m in punitive damages. Amber Heard was awarded $2m in her counter-suit
Shell has said the chancellor’s windfall tax “creates uncertainty” about investing in oil and gas in the North Sea. The tax was announced by Rishi Sunak as part of a £21bn support package aimed at helping people cope with the rising cost of living. The measure will see oil and gas firms pay a 25%
Meteor showers are one of the universe’s most dazzling events that we can see in the night sky without needing equipments like telescopes or binoculars. A meteor is a space rock that enters the atmosphere of our planet. When this rock closes in on Earth, the resistance —or drag — of the air makes it
As we age, the retention power of our memory often degrades. This makes performing everyday tasks difficult. It gets very difficult to remember things. For instance, elderly people could forget by afternoon what they ate for breakfast. They may even find it difficult to recall a conversation they had with someone. One key brain region
A Tory MP has resigned from the government saying he was “shocked and angered” by revelations about partying in Downing Street. Paul Holmes said he was quitting his role as a parliamentary private secretary at the Home Office, saying a “deep mistrust in both the government and the Conservative party” had been created by the
Defence and Security Analyst Professor Michael Clarke analyses the battle for Severodonetsk, an eastern Ukrainian city in the Luhansk Oblast. The city is north east of the Siverskyi Donets river, which causes many problems for Ukrainian forces travelling east into the city, as the remaining two bridges have been taken by the Russian military. #SkyNews
During an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Trevor Reed, an American citizen and Marine veteran recently freed after two years in a Russian prison, vowed to campaign against any lawmakers that slow legislation aimed at helping detained Americans. #CNN #News
Sky’s Ian King unpacks the chancellor’s multi-billion-pound support package to help households with the cost of living. He’ll also speak to the new headline sponsor of this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is being sued by investors in Twitter. :: Listen and subscribe to The Ian King Business Podcast here. Advertisement
The chancellor’s cost of living package lowers the risk of a recession, leading economists have said. In its latest forecast, the Bank of England said that growing pressure on household finances will lead to a deep economic downturn, suggesting that gross domestic product, the most comprehensive measure of economic growth, will contract by nearly a
While statistics show most of America’s “active shooter” incidents are over within minutes, it took police in Texas up to an hour to storm the classroom where gunman Salvador Ramos massacred 19 children and two teachers. At a remarkable news briefing amid growing pressure on the authorities to explain the response time, a top official admitted
Perhaps a show about the founders of punk was never going to be without controversy. Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten, tried to stop the rest of the group using the band’s music in new series Pistol – but the court ruled against him. Guitarist Steve Jones told Sky News he
Rishi Sunak has said cost of living support delivering hundreds of pounds to every household will have a “minimal impact” on inflation – and suggested those who do not need it could give the money to charity. The chancellor told Sky News that the announcement of new measures worth £15bn to ease the burden on
Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Kevin Costner have paid tribute to the “uniquely gifted” Ray Liotta, who has died age 67. The actor died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic where he was making a new film. No foul play is suspected. Liotta is best known for playing real-life mobster Henry Hill in
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