Irene Cara, the singer best known for the title tracks of Fame and Flashdance, has died aged 63. Her publicist said she had died in her Florida home and that the cause of death was unknown. Cara won an Oscar for the song Flashdance… What A Feeling from the 1980s hit movie Flashdance and has
Month: November 2022
Landslides have destroyed buildings and left residents cut off on the Italian holiday island of Ischia, authorities have said. A woman has been found dead and about 10 people are still missing, Claudio Palomba, the prefect of Naples, told reporters. A further eight people who had gone missing have been found, including a child, Mr
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has received a £400m private equity approach that would see it relinquish majority ownership of The Hundred while raising funds to inject into the sport’s cash-strapped counties. Sky News has learnt that the governing body has in recent weeks been handed an offer from Bridgepoint Group, the London-listed
Elon Musk says he would support Republican Ron DeSantis if the Florida governor runs in the 2024 US presidential election race. Mr DeSantis was re-elected with nearly 60% of the vote in the midterms and has been tipped as a potential candidate to be the next US leader. Musk’s apparent endorsement of Mr DeSantis comes
The gunman in the Walmart mass shooting in Virginia left a “death note” addressed to God on his phone, police say. Andre Bing, 31, said that his actions were not planned, but things had fallen into place like he was being led by Satan, in the rambling note that was released by the Chesapeake Police Department
A man who fell from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico has been rescued after more than 24 hours stranded in the water. The passenger on board Carnival Valor went missing at around 2.30pm local time on Wednesday, and – in a Thanksgiving holiday miracle – was not hoisted out of the water
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised the mayor of Kyiv over the provision of emergency shelters, in a sign of discontent rarely seen between Ukrainian leaders since the start of Russia’s invasion. The president indicated that Vitali Klitschko, the boxing legend turned politician, had not done enough to help the capital’s residents cope with Moscow’s most devastating
A man who died after staying at the Manston migrant processing centre in Kent did have diphtheria, the Home Office has confirmed. A government spokesperson said initial local hospital tests were false negatives, and follow-ups showed that diphtheria may have been the cause of the man’s illness. Post-mortem examinations are ongoing, meaning the official cause
Vladimir Putin is trying to freeze and starve Ukraine’s people into giving up this winter by attacking power and water supplies but he will fail, the foreign secretary has told Sky News. James Cleverly, on his first visit to Ukraine, said he had never seen such devastation before and said it was vital for the
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is “institutionally misogynist and racist” with a “toxic culture that allows bullying and abuse”, an independent review has found. One black firefighter had a noose put above his locker while a female firefighter said she advised female friends not to let male firefighters in the house to check smoke alarms
Two more Conservative MPs have announced that they will not be standing at the next general election. Dehenna Davison, 29, a levelling up minister, is viewed as one of the rising stars in the Tory party, so the news of her intention to step aside will come as a surprise. “For my whole adult life,
An extra £118m, at least, will be spent this year on temporary accommodation, such as hotels and B&Bs, by councils, a Sky News investigation has found. If trends continue, local authorities in England will spend nearly a quarter more (24%) this financial year than pre-COVID-19. Outside London, expenditure is on track to increase by 55%.
Two late goals by Iran in stoppage time, completing a 2-0 victory, have left Wales’ World Cup hopes hanging by a thread. Goals by Rouzbeh Cheshmi and Ramin Rezaeian gave Iran only their third ever World Cup victory – and Wales their first loss of this campaign. It came after Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey was
Primark has announced a £140m investment leading to the opening of four new shops and the creation of at least 850 jobs. The retailer said it plans to make the investment over the next two years in its UK operations. As part of that investment, the company said “at least” four news shops will be
Twitter will roll out gold and grey verification check marks when it relaunches the delayed blue tick service next week, owner Elon Musk has announced. The move was “painful, but necessary”, the billionaire chief executive said in a post on the social media platform. All verified accounts will be manually authenticated before the tick is
Adidas is launching an investigation into allegations of misconduct against Kanye West, including claims he showed pornography and explicit images of Kim Kardashian to staff members. The German sportswear giant, which ended its partnership with the rapper last month, said it received an anonymous letter containing several allegations against the rapper. The independent probe follows
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