All businesses in Britain and Northern Ireland will receive a discount on energy bills funded by taxpayer subsidy, the government is expected to announce on Wednesday. Industry sources have been told to expect a universal scheme that will apply to all sectors of the economy when Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg unveils details of the scheme
Month: September 2022
Liz Truss did not discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol or migrant crossings of the Channel during her meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Downing Street has said. Number 10 said the prime minister had a “constructive” conversation lasting around half an hour with the French leader, but it focused on energy security rather than the
When Michael Winterbottom decided to dramatise the first months of Boris Johnson’s time in office, no-one would have anticipated that by the time it aired, Mr Johnson would have navigated not just Brexit and a global pandemic, but no longer be PM. But the British director told Sky News he wouldn’t revisit the plot in
When Liz Truss was vying to be the Conservative Party leader and our next prime minister, some of her colleagues worried that, as the anointed choice of Prime Minister Johnson, she was going to be the Boris Johnson continuity candidate. On the economy, they could not have been more wrong. Since becoming the prime minister
Joe Biden will tell Liz Truss she must work with the EU to find a negotiated outcome to the Northern Ireland Protocol when they meet later today, the White House has said. The US president and the prime minister will hold a delayed meeting in New York on Wednesday, where world leaders have assembled for
The owner of Holland & Barrett, one of Britain’s biggest health food retailers, is plotting to buy back nearly £900m of debt as part of a restructuring aimed at restoring it to a stable financial footing. Sky News has learnt that LetterOne, the Russian-linked investment vehicle, notified Holland & Barrett’s lenders on Tuesday that it
Babies in the womb react positively to their mothers eating carrots but appear to cry after they have eaten green vegetables, a new study suggests. Researchers at Durham University took 4D ultrasounds of 100 pregnant women at 32 and 36 weeks, 20 minutes after consuming tablets filled with either carrot or kale powder. They found
Vladimir Putin is expected to deliver a national address later – his first since he ordered his troops into Ukraine in February. There had been speculation in Russian news media that he would speak to Russians on Tuesday evening but this did not happen, and no reason was given. It comes after separatist leaders in
Liz Truss has said she is prepared to be unpopular with her tax policy as she believes it will ultimately benefit the British economy. Talking to Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby in New York, the prime minister defended any tax changes her government will make at the end of the week and said she
The new culture secretary has cast doubt on the future of the government’s plans to sell off Channel 4, saying the decision is being reviewed “to make sure we still agree”. Michelle Donelan’s predecessor, Nadine Dorries, led the controversial move to take Channel 4 out of public ownership during her time under Boris Johnson’s leadership.
A by-election will be held this autumn in a strong Labour seat after Rosie Cooper announced she was stepping down as an MP after 17 years. The Labour MP, who has represented West Lancashire since 2005, said the announcement “will come as a surprise to many people” as she had recently secured reselection to stand
The actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather has accepted an apology from the Oscars almost 50 years after she was booed off stage. In 1973 she took to the stage in a traditional buckskin dress to turn down an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando and then made a speech about the film industry’s mistreatment of
Dramatic cockpit video shows a military jet striking a vulture moments before it plummets to the ground in Texas. The newly released clip shows the large bird flying into the Navy T-45C Goshawk and being ingested into one of its engines during an incident in September last year. Sirens blare and in less than 30
Jeff Bridges’ new TV show was still in production when the veteran actor was diagnosed with lymphoma. He was given the news in 2020 as filming was on hold due to the pandemic – which led to what he describes as a two-year “health adventure”. Speaking exclusively to Sky News, Bridges says: “I got cancer
Valery Polyakov, the Russian cosmonaut who set the record for the longest single stay in space, has died aged 80. Polyakov spent 437 days between January 1994 and March 1995 on the Mir space station. He orbited the Earth more than 7,000 times before returning. Polyakov had trained as a physician and wanted to demonstrate
A Ukrainian man has alleged he was tied up, beaten and shocked with an electric charge during Russia’s occupation of his village. But instead of Russian soldiers abusing him directly, Andrii Matiazh, 46, alleged it was local Ukrainian policemen who had switched allegiance. “Someone tortured me,” he said, speaking at his home in Volokhivka, which
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