Bay City Rollers singer Les McKeown has died at the age of 65, his family has said. In a statement posted on Twitter, they wrote: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of our beloved husband and father Leslie Richard McKeown. “Leslie died suddenly at home on Tuesday 20 April 2021.” Arrangements
Month: April 2021
Britain’s economic reopening has helped create the strongest pick-up in optimism among manufacturers for nearly half a century, according to new figures. A balance of 38% of firms surveyed by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said their outlook on the business situation had improved in the past three months. It was the first positive
More than 11 million people in the UK have now had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine, new figures show. Some 416,784 had their second jab yesterday, meaning 11,192,601 have received both shots. 117,909 people had their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, taking the UK’s total to 33,257,651. It comes as the
In his neat flat in the Polish town of Rybnik, Emil Nagalewski sips a coffee, strokes his cat and then asks if we want to see how he stops his family being poisoned by the air around us. We are taken to a small anteroom, where Emil shows us the silver pipes leading into the
David Cameron lobbied the Treasury’s top civil servant on behalf of a financial services firm that later collapsed. Sir Tom Scholar told a committee of MPs that the former prime minister called him on his work mobile and sent him text messages in March and April 2020 in a bid to get Greensill Capital involved
Prince William, alongside the celebrity judges of the Earthshot Prize, has called on the world to “harness that spirit of invention” which led to the development of coronavirus vaccines to help tackle the climate crisis. The Duke of Cambridge launched the Earthshot Prize last October in an effort to find ways and technologies that will
A Black man has been fatally shot by police in North Carolina as he was served with a search warrant in his car, authorities have said. State officials in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, have opened an investigation after Andrew Brown Jr was shot while trying to drive away on Wednesday morning. Deputies fired at him
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has revealed that production at two of its UK manufacturing plants is to be suspended due to a shortage of parts. The company said that operations at the Castle Bromwich and Halewood sites would be affected through a “limited period” of non-production from next Monday. It blamed a COVID-19 crisis-related issue
The US will commit to halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, Joe Biden is set to announce. It comes as the US president will speak to other world leaders, including Boris Johnson, at a global climate summit held at the White House on Thursday. The pledge – which amounts to nearly doubling previous commitments
Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who was convicted of murdering George Floyd, is being held in isolation for 23 hours a day in a maximum security prison, authorities have revealed. Prison officers check on Chauvin every 30 minutes, his meals are delivered to his cell and he will be subjected to a mental health
When George Floyd bought cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 note, it triggered the wretched sequence of events that led to the end of his life. The teenager who served Mr Floyd was a key prosecution witness in the trial of his killer, former police officer Derek Chauvin. Christopher Martin said he has felt too scared
MI5 has launched an official Instagram account in an effort to be more open about its work. The account – @mi5official – will reveal never-before-seen archive material, show online Q&As with serving intelligence officers, and promote career opportunities. Historical exhibits from MI5’s museum, located in the basement of the agency’s London headquarters, will also be
US President Joe Biden will aim to kick-start a crucial year of action on climate change today as he hosts 40 world leaders at an Earth Day summit. The virtual White House meeting coincides with President Biden’s expected promise to slash America’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2030, nearly doubling its previous
Up to 350,000 predominantly black and Asian service personnel have not been formally remembered in the same way as their white comrades. An investigation has blamed “pervasive racism” for the failure to properly commemorate at least 116,000 but up to 350,000 people who died fighting for the British Empire. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has
Nearly 60% of adults say they intend to fly less after being vaccinated against COVID-19 – with fears over spreading new variants of the virus among the top concerns. Research by the University of Bristol, seen exclusively by Sky News, investigated the long term impact on the aviation sector, which has been hit significantly by
MPs have accused the government of a “missed opportunity” in failing to give more detailed plans on how Britons might be able to enjoy foreign holidays this summer. Under Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s roadmap for lifting lockdown restrictions, international travel won’t be allowed any earlier than 17 May. In a report earlier this month, the
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