The chancellor has written to the prime minister asking him to refer him to the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests to determine whether all his interests were “properly declared”. In a tweet, Rishi Sunak said he had “always followed the rules” and that he hoped the review would “provide further clarity”. In the letter Mr
Month: April 2022
A murder charge against a Texas woman over a “self-induced abortion” will be dropped, according to local officials. Lizelle Herrera, 26, was arrested on Friday for “intentionally and knowingly caused the death of an individual by self-induced abortion”, according to the local sheriff’s office. Gocha Allen Ramirez, the district attorney in Starr County, told Sky
Frontline police in the UK are not being taught what evidence they can collect from technology companies, according to training documents obtained by Sky News. Officers are instructed they need to obtain specialist support or advice to seek evidence in cases involving social media apps and services, but the training has failed to make them
French President Emmanuel Macron will face far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the presidential elections after making it through the first round. According to the official Ipsos exit poll, the president secured 28.1% of the vote and his rival won 23.3%. French voters will go to the polls again on 24 April to decide whether
One of Britain’s top boardroom headhunters is to oversee the search for a new chairman of the Premier League as a recruitment process gathers pace five months after the role’s last incumbent resigned. Sky News has learnt that MWM Consulting, which was set up by the veteran search consultant Anna Mann, has been charged with
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has become the latest Cabinet minister to find his private financial arrangements under scrutiny as he admitted to being a “non-dom” in the past. Mr Javid, who lived and worked in New York and Singapore during his career as a banker at Chase Manhattan and Deutsche Bank, also disclosed that before
Congestion chaos at the Dover port crossing is reportedly costing transport companies £800 per lorry – as British hauliers of perishable goods complain the long waiting times are causing products to go bad. The suspension of P&O ferry services at the terminal as well as Easter traffic, IT issues and bad weather, have led to
Rishi Sunak and his wife have recognised her tax “situation” was “not favourable”, says a government minister – as the chancellor launched an inquiry into the leaking of details about her non-dom status. After the disclosure that Akshata Murty was “non-domiciled” in Britain for tax purposes sparked a political storm, policing minister Kit Malthouse told
As tales of drugs binges, trashed properties, and even a severed finger and bloody messages written on walls came out at the High Court during the summer of 2020, it was hard to imagine why Hollywood A-lister Johnny Depp had chosen to put his reputation through libel proceedings. The details that came out during what
Serena Williams, Gordon Ramsay and Eva Longoria were among the celebrities at Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz’s star-studded Florida wedding. Brooklyn, 23, and Nicola, 27, got married in a lavish ceremony in the grounds of her father Nelson’s $103m (£79.1m) Palm Beach mansion. The wedding, believed to have cost up to $3.6m (£3m), started at
Elon Musk, Twitter’s biggest shareholder, has put forward a host of changes to the social media giant’s premium subscription service – including cutting the price and allowing users to pay with the dogecoin cryptocurrency Twitter Blue launched in July 2021 and is the site’s first subscription service, currently available in the US, Canada, Australia, and
Ukraine is bracing itself for a “hard battle” to come as Russian forces continue amassing in the east of the country, with officials urging civilians to flee. While the threat to the capital Kyiv has receded, it is rising in the east, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned. “This will be a hard battle, we believe in
NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins has died aged 24 after being hit by a dump truck while out walking in south Florida. The Pittsburgh Steelers star was trying to cross a highway while there was oncoming traffic when he was struck, and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Florida Highway Patrol said the incident happened
White Stripes’ singer Jack White shocked fans on Friday night when he proposed to and married his girlfriend on stage during a show. White invited Olivia Jean, a songwriter and producer, on stage to play with the band during the gig, introducing her to fans as his girlfriend. The 46-year-old then popped the question to
A woman in Texas has been charged with murder over what law enforcement described as a “self-induced abortion”. Lizelle Herrera, 26, was arrested by the sheriff’s office in Starr County near the US-Mexico border in the southern tip of the state, according to Associated Press. The arrest has been met by several protests as Texas
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has travelled to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a “show of solidarity”. “Right now a visit of Boris Johnson in Kyiv started from one-on-one meeting with President Zelenskiy,” Andriy Sybiha,deputy head of Ukraine’s president office, said on Facebook. A Downing Street spokesperson said the PM was making the
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