Late into the night on the Diamond Mountain Road, north of Taylorsville, California, firefighters battled against the advancing flames. They are on just one of so many frontlines created by this vast blaze. They fight it in the air and on the ground. Through the afternoon we’d watched as relays of helicopters went back and
Month: August 2021
Universities that do not return to face-to-face teaching this coming academic year should not be charging full fees, the education secretary has told Sky News. Speaking to Kay Burley, Gavin Williamson said: “I think if universities are not delivering what students expect, then actually they shouldn’t be charging the full fees.” Live updates as students
Retail sales continued to grow in July when compared with the same month last year – although they are still below pre-pandemic levels. Total sales in July were up 6.4% on a year ago, with online sales growing at a rate of just 0.6% compared to the 41% jump seen a year ago when coronavirus
A lawsuit has been filed in the US accusing Prince Andrew of sexually abusing Virginia Giuffre, according to one of her lawyers. Ms Giuffre claims she was a victim of late financier and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. She has previously said she was made to have sex when she was 17 with Prince Andrew, who
An executive assistant to Andrew Cuomo has waived her right to anonymity, alleging the New York governor groped her under her shirt, hugged her and kissed her without consent. Brittany Commisso was previously known as ‘Executive Assistant #1’ in an inquiry instigated by New York Attorney General Letitia James. But the 32-year-old says she broke
It is sad to think that just a few days ago a family lived happily in the burned shell of the house we are now looking around in the village of Limni on Evia Island. That next door the same family ran a business built over 40 years. Now, the son of the family, Pablos
Peter Kay’s stage return has been praised by the mother of the cancer patient whose cause brought him back to the stage. Kay performed two shows at Manchester’s O2 Apollo on Saturday to raise money for 21-year-old Laura Nuttall, who has glioblastoma multiforme – an aggressive form of brain cancer. Miss Nuttall, who was in
The latest major report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued a stark warning to the world about what to expect as the planet warms. The 1,300-page document attempts to pull together all the evidence available to present a comprehensive analysis of what is happening to the globe and what is going
Apple says it will refuse any government demands to use a planned system for detecting child abuse material on iCloud accounts for other criminal or national security investigations. The company has faced significant criticism following the announcement last week of its CSAM (child sexual abuse material) detection system, which involves automatically scanning iPhone pictures before
The Duchess of Sussex has faced more criticism from her own family members, after her half-brother claimed he tried to warn Prince Harry off marrying her. Thomas Markle Jr will soon be appearing in the Australian version of Celebrity Big Brother, and called the duchess “shallow” during a trailer for the show, while describing himself
A senior police officer has insisted an operation was ”incredibly successful” in managing the risk of a terrorist who stabbed two people in a busy shopping street while under surveillance. Sudesh Amman grabbed a 20cm carving knife from a shop and attacked two passers-by in Streatham High Road, south London, on 2 February last year. The
Global oil prices took a further pounding on Monday as the market ponders the chance of a coronavirus-driven slump in demand in the world’s second-largest economy. Analysts cited a toxic cocktail of reasons for the latest sell-off, which first surfaced at the end of last month. The international benchmark, Brent crude, suffered its worst weekly
NASA’s Perseverance rover has failed in its first attempt to collect a rock sample from Mars as part of the search for signs of ancient life on the planet, the space agency has confirmed. The rover is equipped with a two-metre-long robot arm which has a hollow coring bit and a percussive drill at the
The UK is “on track” to meet its “challenging” target of hitting net zero emissions by 2050, a minister has told Sky News. “I think it’s challenging, but I think we are on track, I think we’re doing quite well,” Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told Kay Burley about the goal. “If you look, since 1990
Researchers in Australia have announced a new species of flying reptile from a fossil discovered in western Queensland, saying: “It’s the closest thing we have to a real life dragon.” The fossil is believed to come from the largest flying reptile ever uncovered in the country, a pterosaur that would have soared over the vast
A minister has told Sky News he would like staff in his department to be coming into the office “at least” two or three days a week, after the government insisted it would follow a “cautious” approach to civil servants returning to their desks. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng was asked about his views on people
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