Britain’s best-known film studio is to deliver a boost to the country’s embattled movie and tourism industries by unveiling expansion plans that will include a blockbuster visitor attraction. Sky News has learnt that Pinewood Group, which has played host to many instalments of the James Bond and Star Wars franchises, will announce proposals on Thursday
Month: September 2020
Kim Kardashian West is shunning the social media site that helped make her a star, freezing her Instagram account for the day. She is one of a group of celebrities who have paused their Insta and Facebook feeds for 24 hours, protesting against the spread of “hate, propaganda and misinformation”. Kardashian, who has over 218m
Donald Trump has claimed he “up-played” the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic – despite admitting earlier this year he had “wanted to always play it down”. The US president was answering questions at an ABC News event in Philadelphia when he was asked why he would “downplay a pandemic that is known to disproportionately harm
Perfectly preserved sperm dating back 100 million years has been found trapped in amber. The sperm – roughly 50 million years older than the previous oldest fossil record – belonged to an ostracod, a class of small crustacean that has been in existence for 450 million years. It was found in modern-day Myanmar. Based on
Schoolchildren and their parents could be prioritised for coronavirus tests – after hospitals and care homes – as the government deals with “real challenges” in the system, a cabinet minister has told Sky News. The government has come under growing pressure over a lack of availability of COVID-19 tests in some areas – blamed on
Inflation fell to 0.2% last month as the Eat Out To Help Out scheme pushed down prices in restaurants and cafes, new figures show. It was the lowest level of Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation since December 2015 and a sharp drop from the 1% rate recorded in July. Falling air fares – the first
Boris Johnson’s moonshot testing programme “can be done”, according to a Chinese company which has developed a new 30-minute COVID-19 test. The firm’s founder told Sky News it could provide the capacity to test one million people in the UK each day within a month. Sabrina Li, the founder and chief executive of biotech company
Barbados has announced its intention to remove the Queen as its head of state and become a republic next year. The Caribbean island said it wants “full sovereignty” by the time it celebrates its 55th anniversary of independence from the UK in November 2021. A speech written by Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley quoted its
An Uber safety driver who was behind the wheel of a self-driving car that struck and killed a woman in the US has been charged over the death. Rafaela Vasquez pleaded not guilty to negligent homicide on Tuesday following the 2018 crash that resulted in the first recorded death involving a self-driving vehicle. Elaine Herzberg,
A man who had a pint of sulphuric acid thrown in his face has told Sky News he is “sickened” after learning his attacker has been moved to an open prison – less than six years after the assault took place. Andreas Christopheros was left blind in one eye and is scarred for life following
Madonna is set to co-write and direct a film about her life and career, Universal Pictures has announced. Madonna has said she wants the film to “convey the incredible journey that life has taken me on as an artist, a musician, a dancer – a human being, trying to make her way in this world”.
Rapper Cardi B has filed for divorce from her husband Offset, whom she has been married to for the past three years. Cardi B, real name Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar, married the Migos singer Offset, real name Kiari Cepheus, in a secret ceremony in September 2017. The 27-year-old singer made the filing on Tuesday in Atlanta
The family of Breonna Taylor, an unarmed black woman shot dead during a US police drug raid, is to receive $12m (£9.3m) from the city of Louisville in Kentucky. As part of the financial settlement over a civil lawsuit brought by her mother Tamika Palmer, there will also be policing reforms, including how warrants are
Peers have been warned by the government not to block its controversial bid to override the Brexit deal, as an ally of Angela Merkel branded the UK a “despot” like North Korea. Downing Street turned the heat up on the House of Lords ahead of it debating and voting on the legislation that passed a
Ireland’s entire cabinet has to self-isolate and the country’s parliament is closing for a week after the health minister felt unwell and was tested for coronavirus, it has been reported. Stephen Donnelly began to feel unwell this afternoon and contacted his doctor for a coronavirus test, according to broadcaster RTE. The speaker of house told
Apple has launched a range of new products in its September event, but – for the first time in years – it has not released a new iPhone. Three new Apple Watches were shown off, as was the updated version of watchOS. The marquee new feature is a pulse oximeter which allows the wearable to
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