Diego Maradona’s funeral sparked violent clashes in Argentina, after thousands of football fans were unable to get a glimpse of their hero’s coffin. Tens of thousands of people managed to pay their respects to Maradona on Thursday as his body laid in state in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires, before viewing was cut short
Month: November 2020
Boris Johnson must commit to weekly reviews of the coronavirus tiers dictating the ability of pubs, restaurants and nightclubs to trade during the remaining months of the coronavirus pandemic, scores of hospitality chefs will warn on Thursday. Sky News has seen an open letter to the prime minister from dozens of bosses – including executives
The premise was simple: An hour-long TV show to examine whether – after the killing of George Floyd, all those toppled statues and tensions on the streets of major cities – anything has really changed for black people in Britain over the last six months. The idea for a second Race And Revolution show actually
AstraZeneca – the company collaborating with Oxford University on a coronavirus vaccine – is set to run an extra trial of the jab. Chief executive Pascal Soriot said it followed the accidental discovery that it performed best when half a dose was given, followed by a full one. “Now that we’ve found what looks like
Boris Johnson has raised the prospect of a New Year lockdown if Britons ease off in the fight against coronavirus – as his chief medic warned people not to hug elderly relatives at Christmas. England is due to exit its second national lockdown next Wednesday and the prime minister, speaking at a Downing Street news
Disney has ramped up its plans for tens of thousands of job losses as the coronavirus crisis continues to hurt customer numbers at its main US theme parks. As the United States enjoyed – an albeit COVID-curtailed – Thanksgiving holiday, a regulatory filing showed the entertainment company was to cut 32,000 staff by the middle
Amazon says it is “really sorry” following reports that customers who had pre-ordered the new PlayStation 5 instead received deliveries of cat food and a foot massager. Social media users have expressed their disappointment at what they claim are a spate of unsolicited deliveries, including cat food, a grill, and packing tape, instead of the
A teenager arrested as an 11-year-old in an incident that sparked huge condemnation in the US has died from COVID-19. Honestie Hodges, 14, died on Sunday in a children’s hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, her grandmother said. Alisa Niemeyer wrote on a GoFundMe fundraising page: “It is with an extremely heavy heart that I have
Bitcoin fell 8.7% on Wednesday – just as it neared its highest-ever price – passing $19,000 (£14,241) for the first time since its 2017 collapse. It was joined by other cryptocurrencies in the drop, all of which had been buoyed in recent weeks by strong demand from institutional investors. Despite the losses, Bitcoin – which remains
The chancellor has defended cutting the foreign aid budget, telling Sky News: “This is about trying to focus on the priorities that the British people have at a time of enormous difficulty.” Speaking to Kay Burley, Rishi Sunak said the COVID-19 pandemic means he has had to make “difficult choices, of which aid was one
Pub and bar operator Mitchells & Butlers has revealed that 1,300 staff have been made redundant as the COVID-19 crisis bites. The group behind chains including Harvester, All Bar One and Toby Carvery made the announcement as it slumped to a pre-tax loss of £123m for the year to 26 September, compared to a profit
Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen is to replace Johnny Depp as the evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the third Fantastic Beasts film, Warner Bros has announced. Depp was forced to quit the role after losing his libel trial against The Sun earlier this month. It comes after a judge refused him permission to appeal against the
A former porter at Great Ormond Street Hospital has been charged with sex offences against children. Paul Farrell, 55, of Camden, north London, faces 84 charges including rape, attempted rape, sexual assault of a child under 13, and indecent assault on a male, police said. The charges relate to seven victims, with the alleged offences
Donald Trump has pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Retired Army general Flynn who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. He was one of
A judge has refused Johnny Depp permission to appeal a court’s ruling that he assaulted ex-wife Amber Heard. Earlier this month a High Court judge rejected the Hollywood star’s claim that a newspaper had committed libel when it called him a “wife-beater.” Judge Andrew Nicol said the article in The Sun was “substantially true”. Depp
US fashion model Halima Aden – who has fronted campaigns for the likes of Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty and Kanye West’s Yeezy – is quitting runway shows, saying the industry has forced her to compromise her religion. When Aden made her modelling debut at New York Fashion week in 2017, aged just 19, she became an
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