The government has said MPs will get to vote on the “rule of six” as it attempts to see off a rebellion by Conservatives who want more scrutiny of coronavirus regulations. Senior Tory Sir Graham Brady told Sky News he would be “pressing on” with his attempt to change the law as “we need debates
Month: September 2020
The number of global coronavirus deaths could reach two million before a vaccine is found and widely used, the World Health Organisation has warned. It comes as the death toll in the nine months since the coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China, nears one million. Dr Mike Ryan, director of the WHO’s emergencies programme, said the
US President Donald Trump is expected to name Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court later. Reuters news agency said two sources had confirmed Judge Barrett as Mr Trump’s choice following the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week. Among those reacting to the expected nomination, Kevin Jennings, head of
It’s 10.40pm and a man has just bought some chicken wings in Oldham. The pandemic has brought us to the point where moments later the police and council officials are ticking off the owner of the takeaway for breaking the law. The police officers don’t really want to be curtailing someone’s livelihood, the council certainly
Remember those early days in the COVID journey, where everyone talked about “following the science”? Looking back, it seems almost childishly naïve. Back then we were only just learning about concepts like “the R rate” or “T cell immunity,” and Zoom quizzes were a novel way to spend an evening rather than something to shudder
The search to find the prime minister’s new spokesperson is reaching its final stages, with interviews for the £100,000-a-year role due to conclude in the coming days. Allegra Stratton, the mastermind behind Rishi Sunak’s press operation, remains the favourite, with other contenders including Angus Walker, the media adviser who helped education secretary Gavin Williamson through
The UK has reported 6,874 new cases of COVID-19, a rise of 240 from Thursday, meaning the overall number of confirmed cases confirmed is now 423,236. A further 34 people are reported to have died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19 – a figure which does not include data from Scotland due to
For four days Kanupriya and her family spent agonising hours trying to find a plasma donor for her critically ill father. Former military captain Mukesh Gombar, 69, had been admitted to a Delhi hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. Doctors had asked the family to organise plasma therapy when Mr Gombar’s condition began to
In the race for a COVID vaccine it pays to keep your options open. There is no way you can design a jab on paper and guarantee that it will work. In fact, 90% of experimental vaccines fail to make it to the clinic. Live updates on coronavirus from UK and around the world So
Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund is in talks to buy a stake in Rolls-Royce Holdings as one of Britain’s most important industrial groups scrambles to raise billions of pounds of new funding. Sky News has learnt that the Kuwait Investment Office (KIO), which is part of the Gulf state’s state investment vehicle, is negotiating over a
Rishi Sunak could not have been more stark. Unveiling his latest package aimed at tiding the UK economy through what threatens to be the bleakest winter for many years because of the COVID-19 crisis, the chancellor admitted: “I cannot save every business. I cannot save every job.” That much became clear as the City’s economists
“He’s not what he used to be, is he?” That was the overheard comment, during a performance following his second brain tumour, that led Russell Watson to push his voice to new limits. With three decades in the industry and multiple awards, the 53-year-old singer tells Sky News it feels “like two lifetimes ago” he
Four people have been wounded in a knife attack near the former offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, police have said. Associated Press reporters at the scene saw police flooding into the neighbourhood in eastern Paris, near the Richard Lenoir Metro station. Image: Soldiers rush to the scene Officers cordoned off the area,
Patients with sufficient levels of vitamin D are less likely to experience complications and die from COVID-19, according to a new study in the US, while another has found it also reduces infection rates. Vitamin D sufficiency was linked with a significantly decreased level of inflammatory markets, and higher blood levels of immune cells, in
A fisherman at Central Park in New York discovered he had hooked a dead body when he felt something heavy on the end of his line. Luis Castoire, who was fishing at the Harlem Meer, a lake at the northeastern part of the park on Thursday, said he realised what it was when he started
Selena Gomez has revealed a scar on her inner thigh, which was left following a kidney transplant three years ago. The 28-year-old pop star received the kidney from her friend Francia Raisa after suffering complications from the autoimmune disease lupus. It was later revealed that Gomez nearly died due to complications from the surgery. She
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