Four people have been killed and two children injured in a shooting in Philadelphia. Two boys, aged two and 13, were in a stable condition on Monday, police commissioner Danielle Outlaw said. The victims were all male – three aged from 20 to 59 and the fourth believed to be between 16 and 21. The
Month: July 2023
Members of the Armed Force are using food banks because of “personal decisions around how people are budgeting”, according to the UK veterans minister. Sky News’ defence editor, Deborah Haynes, reported last month that some military personnel and their families had been forced to use the centres as high inflation and rising costs tipped them
Meta Platforms Inc - the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram – is set to launch a Twitter-like app called Threads. Threads has been billed as Instagram‘s text-based conversation app and will allow users to keep the same username and follow the same accounts as they do on the photo-sharing platform. The app is available to
At least seven casualties have been reported in what is believed to be a car-ramming and stabbing attack by Palestinians in Israel. There was at least one stabbing victim and a suspected attacker had been “neutralised” by first responders in the attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, a medical official said. Tel Aviv’s police chief
Doctors who contracted COVID-19 on the frontline and are still living with the ongoing symptoms of the virus have been left in financial limbo as they struggle to return to work. The British Medical Association (BMA) found one in five doctors with long COVID had been forced to stop work or significantly cut back on
The energy regulator has threatened action against household suppliers if they put investors before hard-pressed households. Ofgem’s chief executive Jonathan Brearley warned that financial practices seen before the energy crisis would not be tolerated. New rules were brought in last November to bolster the resilience of business models after the collapse of more than 20
Smartwatches could help identify symptoms of Parkinson’s disease seven years before they appear, a study has found. Researchers analysed data from more than 103,000 people who wore a medical-grade wearable for seven days, measuring their speed of movement continuously. Slow movement is a hallmark symptom of the condition, along with shaking and stiffness. Dr Kathryn
Ofcom has launched an investigation into an episode of Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg’s GB News show in which he covered a breaking news story about a court case involving Donald Trump. The media watchdog said it received 40 complaints objecting to the MP for North East Somerset acting as a newsreader during his State Of The
Kevin Spacey behaved as if he “thought he could groom” one of his alleged victims of sexual assault – and good-looking young men were warned about the “slippery” Hollywood actor as it was “well known he was up to no good”, a court has heard. During the first day of evidence at Southwark Crown Court
Some of the country’s top universities will adapt their teaching and learning to incorporate the “ethical” use of artificial intelligence A set of principles that will help universities take advantage of AI has been published by The Russell Group – which includes institutions such as Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol and Durham. Backed by the vice chancellors
Warner Bros’ long-awaited Barbie movie has been banned in Vietnam. The movie, which had been due to open in the country on 21 July, has been banned from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows China’s unilaterally claimed territory in the South China Sea, state media reported. The U-shaped “nine-dash line” is
Not for the first time, Elon Musk has people looking to jump ship from Twitter. The billionaire sent many of the platform’s users into a frenzy at the weekend when he applied temporary reading limits for all accounts, with even more stringent restrictions for those who don’t pay for its subscription service. For some who
The police chief in a French town reeling from an attack on its mayor’s home has told Sky News his officers are involved in “a war” against rioters “who are there to kill us”. Eric Vergne has led the response to an attack that has shocked the French nation. A burning car was driven into
Scientists have observed the early universe running in extreme slow motion for the first time. Researchers achieved the feat by using data from quasars, which are outer-space objects so enormous, bright, and far away from Earth that astronomers can use them as “beacons”. As light from a quasar travels through the universe, it leaves a
Robert De Niro’s grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez has died. Drena, De Niro‘s eldest daughter, posted on Instagram on Monday announcing the death of her 19-year-old son – saying the family had lost a “sweet angel”. The 51-year-old shared the news in an emotional post. She wrote: “My beautiful sweet angel. I have loved you
A man has been found guilty of murdering his neighbours, a mother and her two daughters, who died after a flat fire. Jamie Barrow admitted starting the fire which killed Fatimah Drammeh, three, Naeemah Drammeh, one, and their mother Fatoumatta Hydara, 28, but denied murder by claiming he was unaware they were home at the