A Danish artist has been ordered to pay back a museum after it loaned him banknotes worth tens of thousands of pounds for an exhibition he called Take The Money And Run. Jens Haaning, who exhibited blank canvasses, had been expected to recreate artworks from earlier in his career, in which he used banknotes to
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Elon Musk has said he will start charging people to use the social media site formerly known as Twitter. NBC News reports the billionaire businessman, who renamed the platform to X, revealed on a live stream that the company would introduce a “small monthly payment” to combat “vast armies of bots”. Musk has long complained
YouTube has suspended adverts on videos by Russell Brand after the comedian was accused of rape and sexual assault. The Google-owned company said it had suspended the monetisation of Mr Brand’s channel for “violating our Creator Responsibility policy”. “If a creator’s off-platform behaviour harms our users, employees or ecosystem, we take action to protect the
The owner of a nursery in New York City and a tenant living in the building have been arrested after a one-year-old boy died and three others fell ill following apparent fentanyl exposure. The arrests come after authorities discovered four children – aged eight months to two years – showing signs of suspected opioid overdose
The Online Safety Bill is on the cusp of becoming law. It is expected to be one of the government’s flagship pieces of legislation for this term, but comes following several delays due to controversy over its potential privacy implications. Online Safety Bill set to pass final hurdle – politics latest Sky News understands it
It will take at least two years – possibly more – to rid the Metropolitan Police of corrupt officers – with some of those facing criminal charges not set to go to trial before 2025, the force has said. Over the same period it is planning to hold 60 hearings a month relating to misconduct
Boris Johnson’s chaotic time in office exposed weaknesses in the UK’s political system that have damaged public trust and the country’s international reputation, a major review has found. A report by the Institute for Government (IfG) called for urgent reform following a tumultuous period which has seen MPs test or break constitutional principles – including
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said there are “credible allegations” that the Indian government was behind the assassination of a Sikh leader in Canada earlier this summer. Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen, was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia, on 18 June. The prime minister said he had raised his
The son of infamous drug lord “El Chapo” has appeared in court for the first time since being extradited to the US from Mexico. Ovidio Guzman Lopez denied drug and money laundering when he appeared at a Chicago court on Monday – three days after he was brought to the US. Guzman Lopez, 33, and
A man believed to be a food delivery driver was left with life-changing injuries after he tried to put out an e-bike fire. It comes as the London Fire Brigade warned that there have been 137 fires involving an e-bike or e-scooter this year alone, in which three people died and 50 more were injured.
The chancellor has offered an olive branch to the CBI, the stricken business lobbying group, by agreeing to meet its boss for the first time since a sexual misconduct scandal erupted in the spring. Sky News has learnt that Jeremy Hunt has agreed to hold in-person talks with Rain Newton-Smith, the CBI director-general, in the
The government has announced a new fixed sum payment for victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal in an effort to provide quicker compensation. An award of £600,000 is on offer to the 86 postmasters who have had their convictions over turned after faulty Horizon software made it appear they were stealing. Anyone who has
The Met Police has said it has received an allegation of sexual assault against Russell Brand dating back to 2003. It comes after four women made sexual abuse allegations against the comedian between 2006 and 2013 as part of an investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches. Since publication, The Times
Experts warned about the structural integrity of the Derna dams for almost 40 years, a Libyan state prosecutor said, as the search continues for bodies after last week’s devastating floods. Concerns were first raised in 1986 after the dams – built by a Yugoslavian construction company in the 1970s – suffered major damage after a
A Scottish amateur football club is urging Elon Musk to join the squad after jokingly accusing the billionaire of “stealing” the team’s logo. Haddington Town AFC has pointed the similarities between the football club’s crest and a logo for SpaceX, which is owned by the businessman. Both feature the white outline of a goat within
An unrepentant Liz Truss has sought to blame a left-wing infiltration of thinktanks, the Bank of England and other “institutions” for the market turmoil during her brief premiership. Ms Truss was speaking at an Institute for Government event about what she believes are the issues with the UK economy. Her 49 days as prime minister
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