New Look’s biggest landlords will vote against the fashion retailer’s latest rescue plan on Tuesday, throwing its survival into further doubt amid the UK’s deepening high street crisis. Sky News has learnt that British Land, which owns 19 New Look stores, and Landsec, which owns 10, will oppose its planned company voluntary arrangement (CVA) in
Month: September 2020
Scientists have discovered a rare molecule in the clouds of Venus, which suggests colonies of living microbes could be thriving in the oxygen-free environment high in the planet’s atmosphere. While the surface of Venus is far too hot to sustain life, with a mean temperature of around 464C (867F), astronomers have speculated that life could
Microsoft’s bid to take over TikTok’s US operations has been rejected by Chinese owner ByteDance putting Oracle in pole position for a deal with the popular video sharing app. The move comes a week before Donald Trump’s threatened ban on the app – claiming national security risks – is due to come into force. Mr
Two independent laboratories have confirmed German findings that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with novichok. Special labs in Sweden and France found the Soviet nerve agent was used to poison the Russian opposition leader, a spokesperson for the German government said. Mr Navalny, an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, is being treated at a Berlin hospital
Donald Trump has hosted his first indoor rally in three months in front of a packed, mainly mask-less, crowd in Nevada – defying state regulations and his own administration’s guidelines. Despite a ban on gatherings of more than 50 in Nevada, the president soaked up raucous cheers from the large crowd inside a warehouse in
Former prime minister David Cameron has “misgivings” about the government’s plan to override the UK’s Brexit withdrawal deal. The government has admitted its UK Internal Market Bill could breach international law, but has insisted it is “critical” to ensuring the unfettered access for goods from Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK. But the
UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings is to be sold to America’s Nvidia in a deal worth up to $40bn (£31bn). The new owner said Arm – which licenses its chip designs for use by major electronics brands such as Apple – would remain based in Cambridge and its site expanded. Chip maker Nvidia is buying
When the call came to evacuate her home, Holly Howell had more than just herself to think about. The retired police officer had to take her menagerie with her – an iguana, a blind chicken, barn cats and llamas among the dozens of animals on her small farm. She grabbed them all as the fire
Social gatherings of more than six people are now illegal in England as the coronavirus “rule of six” comes into force. From today, people face fines of up to £3,200 if they do not abide by the new measure which aims to curb an increase in COVID-19 cases. A total of 3,330 confirmed coronavirus cases
Israel has become the first country in the world to announce a second national coronavirus lockdown. Responding to a soaring infection and death rate, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed the decision in a late night TV news conference. The lockdown will last for three weeks and will come into effect at 2pm on Friday –
The grandson of the US president Warren G. Harding has asked for permission to dig up the Republican’s remains to “establish with a scientific certainty” they are related. James Blaesing and his partner made the request to a court in May. Mr Harding’s legal heirs oppose the move. They say they have already accepted DNA
Coronavirus cases in Bolton are continuing to increase, with the equivalent of 192 new cases per 100,000 people recorded in the week to 10 September. That’s a substantial rise from the 126.2 cases per 100,000 people seen in the seven days to 3 September – a figure that was already the highest rate in England.
A pack of turnaround investors, private equity funds and food groups are vying to snap up Hovis, one of Britain’s best-known food brands, in a deal that could be worth well over £100m. Sky News has learnt that firms including Endless, Epiris – the buyout firm which recently snapped up restaurant chains Bella Italia and
The UK could face the threat of a ready-for-action Russian nuclear-powered missile that can fly around the Earth for years in the coming decades, the chief of defence intelligence has warned. Lieutenant General Jim Hockenhull says the West is having to keep up with countries that do not play by the rules, such as Russia
Boris Johnson’s Brexit proposals have “damaged trust” and set back talks on a trade deal with the EU, an Irish minister has told Sky News. The backlash to the prime minister’s Internal Market Bill is continuing, with former prime ministers Sir John Major and Tony Blair joining the chorus of criticism. The government has admitted
The pall hanging over Oregon is literally breathtaking. The wildfire smoke is a choking shroud hundreds of miles long and it is impossible to escape. It pervades in a remarkable way – even, alarmingly, into the cabin of planes descending into Portland airport. Image: Molalla in Oregon is a ghost town because of the fires
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