Rishi Sunak has opted against a traditional Christmas message and has instead thanked public servants as his government remains deadlocked in bitter industrial disputes with striking workers. The prime minister made four apparently surprise calls to diplomats and the crew of a naval ship to express his gratitude for their “sacrifices” after an “extraordinary year”
Month: December 2022
The prominent investment management firm GAM Holding is intensifying discussions over a potential sale months after it was forced to issue a profit warning. Sky News has learnt that GAM, which has assets under management of approximately CHF74.5bn (£66.38bn), is working with bankers at UBS to field interest from prospective bidders. The process is said
Spanish police have arrested one of the FBI’s most wanted during a raid in Madrid. The man, said to originate from New Zealand, is wanted in the US on charges of sexual exploitation, sexual assault and indecent images of children. Spanish police say the man, identified only as MJP, is also wanted on charges of
Three people have been killed and three others injured after a gunman opened fire in Paris. A man, 69, has been arrested in connection with the shooting at a local Kurdish cultural centre, the prosecutor’s department in the French capital said. The French government asked police to reinforce the protection of Kurdish community sites in
Though it might not sound like it, a “bomb cyclone” is a legitimate scientific term, so named because the rapid formation of the storm is like a bomb going off. Millions of Americans have been warned to brace for a bomb cyclone with blizzard conditions, wind chills and temperatures plunging as low as -45.6C (-50.1F)
Rishi Sunak has said he is “sad and disappointed” that strikes are threatening to disrupt Christmas getaways. The prime minister admitted setting public sector pay was a “difficult question” but insisted that “the government has acted fairly and reasonably in accepting all the recommendations of the independent public sector pay review bodies”. However, he did
An Irish cellist whose online recitals went viral during lockdown has expressed his fears for the future of social media. Patrick Dexter says people should consider how much will be lost if negativity signals the end for platforms like Twitter. He said: “There is such negativity there but let’s just be aware that if we
The French murderer known as “The Serpent” has been freed from prison in Nepal after serving most of his sentence for the murders of American and Canadian backpackers. Charles Sobhraj, whose reputation as a disguise and escape artist earned him the nickname, was serving two life sentences in Nepal for the murders of Connie Jo
Donald Trump was engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election, according to a report by US politicians. The House of Representatives’ January 6 committee has issued its final report, based on interviews of more than 1,000 witnesses, 10 hearings and millions of pages of documents. Amounting to
Hundreds of thousands of air passengers face possible delays today as Border Force workers become the latest to go on strike. More than 1,000 employees will walk out, affecting passport control desks at Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester and Glasgow airports, as well as the port of Newhaven in East Sussex. The strike will last
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has said he will not sell any more of his stock in the company for two years. Mr Musk, who founded the electric vehicle-maker, was speaking on a Twitter Spaces audio chat when he said the economy is likely to be in a “serious recession” next year. Tesla’s board is
Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and cancelled Christmas plans as an extreme winter storm gripped much of the country. More than 200 million people – about 60% of the US population – were under some form of winter weather advisory or warning on Friday, the National Weather Service
Disgraced cryptocurrency tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried has been released on a $250m (£208m) bond package as he awaits fraud charges – the largest ever pretrial bond in history. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have accused him of stealing billions of dollars of customer’s money to plug losses at his hedge fund, Alameda Research. In the space of
Snug, a British sofa manufacturer, is in talks about a sale four years after its launch. Sky News understands that Snug, which was founded by Rob Bridgman, is working with the accountancy firm Evelyn Partners to find a buyer before the end of the year. Sources said a deadline of 23 December had been set
As a symbol of the year in crypto, the sight of Sam Bankman-Fried being hustled out of court in Nassau to a blacked-out SUV that would take him to an airfield, and an extradition flight to New York, takes some beating. For the highest-profile player in cryptocurrency, 2022 has come to an abrupt and unforgiving
Ambulance workers will stage two further strikes in January amid a dispute over pay and staffing. The Unison union says the industrial action will take place in England on 11 and 23 January. The strike action will involve staff employed by London, Yorkshire, North West, North East and South West ambulance services. It comes after
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