ASOS is this weekend on the brink of capping one of the most tumultuous months in the history of the British high street by sealing a deal worth nearly £300m to buy TopShop and Miss Selfridge. Sky News understands that the online fashion retailer hopes to sign an agreement with Arcadia Group’s administrators ahead of
Month: January 2021
The EU “recognise they made a mistake” by invoking a Brexit deal clause to prevent coronavirus vaccine shipments entering the UK, Michael Gove has said. The bloc has faced widespread criticism after its short-lived move to override part of the agreement on Northern Ireland over export controls. And Minister for the Cabinet Office Mr Gove
A four-year-old girl found a dinosaur footprint touted as one of the “best examples” ever found in the UK while out walking with her dad during lockdown. Lily Wilder made the discovery earlier in January while out with father Richard at Bendricks Bay, near Barry. The South Wales beach is notable for its prehistoric prints,
Another 1,200 people have died with coronavirus in the UK, according to government figures. It compares to 1,245 fatalities announced on Friday and 1,348 last Saturday, and brings the total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test to 105,571. Britain has recorded more coronavirus deaths than any other country in Europe
Scottish DJ and producer Sophie has died aged 34 following a “terrible accident”, the artist’s label has said. A statement from Transgressive said: “Tragically our beautiful Sophie passed away this morning after a terrible accident. “True to her spirituality she had climbed up to watch the full moon and accidentally slipped and fell.” The Twitter
Lenders to Virgin Active are preparing for a fight over the future of one of Britain’s biggest gym chains as its owners draw up a radical blueprint to help it survive the pandemic. Sky News has learnt that a syndicate of roughly half a dozen banks held a beauty parade of financial advisers this week
Austria has found 96 foreigners – including British people – at a top ski resort in breach of travel and lockdown rules. The people from across Europe were found in St Anton am Arlberg. The local mayor has said dozens of young tourists had come to the town, circumventing lockdown rules under which ski lifts
Coachella – one of the world’s largest music festivals – has been cancelled due to the pandemic. The annual event in the southern Californian desert was scheduled over two weekends in April but the region’s public health officer Dr Cameron Kaiser says it will not go ahead. The Stagecoach country music festival, on the same
Alaska plans to review its screening systems after issuing personalised number plates including “FUHRER” AND “3REICH”. Both plates were said to have been owned by the same person at different times and have been recalled following complaints, the US state’s Department of Administration said. A report said the “FUHRER” plate was issued over a decade
Sir Rod Stewart has reached a plea deal over an altercation at a hotel, in which he is alleged to have punched a security guard in the ribs. The 76-year-old singer and his son Sean, 40, were charged with simple battery following the incident at the luxury Palm Beach Breakers hotel on New Year’s Eve
Boris Johnson says he is “in awe” at the way parents have been been looking after their children during the pandemic. In an open letter, the prime minister says the COVID crisis has been “tough for all of us” but has “brought out the very best in a great many people”. “I’m particularly in awe
Hope and agony on the COVID wards. It’s around 4 o’clock when seven ambulances arrive all at once. COVID-19 hospital admissions may have dipped slightly this week, but glimpse into Barnet Hospital’s emergency department for a reality check. You will see we are still in the thick of a crisis. Domestic cleaner Larisa Atanasova, renowned
France is to close its borders to all countries outside the European Union from Sunday, according to prime minister Jean Castex. All people looking to enter from the EU will need a negative PCR test, except for commuters. UK transport secretary Grant Shapps later clarified the ban would not apply to hauliers, adding “trade will
*This article contains spoilers for It’s A Sin* “There’s a lot of boys who are going home these days,” agent Carol tells young acting hopeful Ritchie, after revealing his ex-boyfriend, Donald Bassett, is one of them. “More and more of them. Every month, going home. And I don’t think we’ll ever see him again, do
Britain’s Got Talent will not take place in 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic. ITV said it was pulling the show – hosted by Ant and Dec with judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and David Walliams – in order to safeguard “the wellbeing and health of every person involved in the programme”. Hundreds
Dr Fatima Ebrahimi has invented a new fusion rocket thruster concept which could power humans to Mars and beyond. The physicist who works for the US Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) designed the rocket which will use magnetic fields to shoot plasma particles – electrically charged gas – into the vacuum of
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