Harvey Weinstein has been stripped of his CBE following his conviction for rape and sexual assault earlier this year. The disgraced producer, 68, is currently serving a 23-year jail sentence after being found guilty of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006 and raping former aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013. More than
Month: September 2020
People in the US will be banned from downloading TikTok from this Sunday. The US commerce department said that starting 20 September, Americans will not be able to get the popular video-sharing app. The ban will also cover the messaging app WeChat. Image: Chinese messaging app WeChat is also covered by the ban President Donald
Britain’s biggest banks are in talks to set up a new vehicle that would take charge of recovering tens of billions of pounds of COVID-19 debts as lenders seek to avoid a public relations crisis when the emergency loans fall due next year. Sky News has learnt that the main banking lobby group, UK Finance,
The UN Secretary General has told Sky News that goals set five years ago to help tackle global problems such as poverty, inequality and climate change have been “dramatically derailed” by the COVID-19 crisis – as a new film highlighting the biggest issues facing the world today is released. Antonio Guterres said the coronavirus pandemic
Parts of the North West, West Yorkshire and the Midlands have been placed under further localised coronavirus restrictions. The new measures, prompted by a fast rise in COVID-19 cases, have been confirmed by the Department for Health following consultation with local councils and MPs. Live coverage of the latest coronavirus news and updates Lancashire, Merseyside,
Tighter restrictions will be imposed in Dublin from midnight tonight in response to growing concern over the spread of coronavirus. The Irish government will move the capital to “risk level three” restrictions of its COVID-19 response plan. Prime Minister Micheal Martin is about to address the nation. He is expected to say that food venues
Boris Johnson has said the long-feared second wave of the pandemic has arrived in the UK, with new cases of coronavirus in England estimated to have doubled over the past week. The prime minister said he does not want to put the country in another national lockdown but warned the government may need to “intensify
Boris Johnson has said he does not want to put the country in another national lockdown but warned the government may need to “intensify things to help bring the rate of infections down”. He added: “We’re now seeing a second wave coming… clearly we are going to keep everything under review. “As the disease progresses
Retailers continued their slow recovery during August, as sales volumes increased by 0.8% compared with July, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figures show August was the fourth consecutive month of growth, also showing a 4% increase compared with February, before the country faced the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has not ruled out a second national lockdown, telling Sky News: “We’ll do what is necessary to keep people safe.” It has been reported that scientists advising the government have proposed a two-week national lockdown in October to try to tackle the rising number of coronavirus cases. Live coverage of the
Tributes have been paid to Forrest Gump author Winston Groom, who has died aged 77. Groom’s novel about a slow-witted but kind-hearted man from Alabama was adapted into a Hollywood film in 1994. Tom Hanks won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Gump, and the film itself won six other Oscars – including best
A former White House aide who helped co-ordinate the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has heavily criticised the president and said she plans to vote for Democrat Joe Biden. Olivia Troye, a one-time aide to Vice President Mike Pence, said in a video released by the group Republican Voters Against Trump that the
A man has been caught asleep behind the wheel of a self-driving Tesla car that was travelling at 150km/h (93mph). Police in Alberta, Canada, received a call about a 2019 Tesla Model S speeding on a motorway near the town of Ponoka. Officers said the car appeared to be in self-drive mode, with both front
In scenes of “absolute pandemonium” and “chaos”, drivers queued for hours as they tried to get a coronavirus test only to be turned away – as the system struggled to cope with soaring demand. At a site in Lewisham, south London, lots of “very angry” people were shouting at each other to move, and also
Filming has resumed on the movie “The Batman”, after a two-week shutdown caused by a member of the production who tested positive for coronavirus. Robert Pattinson, 34, who plays The Caped Crusader, was widely reported to be the person who was diagnosed in early September, but Warner Bros never confirmed or denied this. In a
Yemen is in a “desperate situation” as it stands on the brink of famine and hundreds of thousands of people face starvation, the UN secretary general has warned. António Guterres told Sky News he was “extremely worried” by the situation in the war-torn country, and urged nation’s across the world to show international solidarity with
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