This year’s Eurovision Song Contest title was awarded to Italy’s act Maneskin, who won with rock track Zitti E Buoni. A mammoth 524 points means Italy will host next year’s contest, as per Eurovision tradition. And for the second consecutive year, the UK finished last, with James Newman scoring nil points. Image: Maneskin from Italy
Month: May 2021
DR Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo has erupted for the first time in nearly two decades. Many thousands of people have fled the city of Goma, some heading for its highest point Mount Goma. Others headed for the nearby Rwandan border, with authorities there saying that around 3,000 people had already crossed over on Saturday night. Goma
Dominic Cummings has claimed the government originally planned to let coronavirus rip through the country in an attempt to build “herd immunity”. Boris Johnson’s former top adviser said the plan was to develop resistance in the population in the months leading up to September after the disease first emerged in early 2020. In a series
Journalist Martin Bashir has broken his silence following the publication of the Dyson Report, telling The Sunday Times he doesn’t believe he harmed Princess Diana “in any way”. In an interview with the paper, Bashir apologises to Prince Harry and William over the 1995 BBC Panorama interview that was later found to be secured under
Glastonbury’s Live From Worthy Farm live stream was hit by technical issues on Saturday night, leaving thousands of fans unable to access the show for more than an hour. Coldplay, Haim and Damon Albarn were among the big name performers at the online show, which was being held at various locations on the site of
Virgin Galactic has made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle. Two pilots made the flight in the VSS Unity as Virgin Galactic moves towards offering tourist trips to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere. A live feed by NASASpaceFlight.com showed the rocket ship accelerating upward
The Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is 88% effective against the Indian variant after two doses, a study has found. Both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs were found to be almost as effective against symptomatic disease from the Indian variant as they are against the Kent variant after the second dose. However, they were only 33% effective
The UK’s border will become “fully digital” so the government is able to measure immigration levels, the home secretary will announce on Monday. Priti Patel is set to announce what the government is calling “sweeping changes” to the UK’s immigration policy to “streamline” the way in which people come into the country. The changes include
Italy’s act Maneskin has won the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam with the rock track Zitti E Buoni. The UK came last for the second year running, with act James Newman who performed his self-penned dance track Embers, scoring the dreaded nil points. It means next year’s contest will head to Italy, as is Eurovision
Six English clubs which sparked uproar by secretly agreeing to play in a European Super League (ESL) are braced for showdown talks with the Premier League next week over a punishment that could include forfeiting part of next season’s broadcast income. Sky News has learnt that the clubs and English football’s top flight will hold
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is continuing to hold, allowing the first aid convoys to reach Gaza. The truce, which began before dawn on Friday, is allowing both sides to assess the damage following 11 days of conflict in which Israel pounded Gaza with airstrikes and militants fired thousands of rockets at Israel. Gaza
China’s first Mars rover has driven down the ramp of its landing capsule and is now roaming the surface of the red planet. The solar-powered vehicle ventured out onto Martian soil on Saturday morning, the China National Space Administration said. China landed the spacecraft carrying the rover on Mars last week. It is the second
Two prison officers who were guarding paedophile Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself have avoided jail after admitting they falsified records. Tova Noel and Michael Thomas were accused of sleeping and using the internet instead of monitoring Epstein when he took his own life while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. They had been
US President Joe Biden has said a two-state solution is the only answer to resolving the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people. Speaking at a White House news conference, Mr Biden said that he was praying that the current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas would hold. The US administration worked in the background, along
The coronavirus vaccine rollout is expanding to people aged 32 and 33 from today. A further one million people will be able to book for a COVID jab following the latest change, with a total of 50 million jabs expected to be administered by the end of Saturday. It comes as the government revealed that
The director-general of the BBC has written to staff saying lessons must be learnt following the damning report into the circumstances surrounding the Panorama interview with Princess Diana. In an internal email, Tim Davie said people across the BBC felt “deeply let down” by the contents of Lord Dyson’s 127-page report, which found the corporation
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