The final six candidates to become the next leader of the Conservative Party – and prime minister – are readying themselves for a second round of votes later, which will see at least one of them eliminated from the race. Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak leads the field, having gained support from 88 MPs in yesterday’s
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10:55 AM ET Before the pandemic screeched global travel to a halt, Gareth Bale had developed something of a summer ritual. For anywhere from two to four weeks, the then-Real Madrid star would bring his family to Los Angeles and soak in all the city had to offer. One year they might rent a house
The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially terminated cooperation with Russia on a mission to put a rover on Mars, with Russia’s space chief furiously responding by banning cosmonauts on the ISS from using a Europe-made robotic arm. The ESA had previously suspended ties on the joint ExoMars mission, which had planned to use Russian
In this article SFM A person checks her phone at Wall Street near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on May 27, 2022. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images The IPO market has been frozen for most of 2022, and it shows no signs of reopening. On Wednesday, software vendor Justworks
A woman has alleged Tim Westwood had sex with her when she was 14 – and is one of several women who have now come forward with claims of sexual misconduct against the DJ. Westwood, now 64, was in his 30s when he had sex with the then teenager for the first time, she told
Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt have been knocked out of the race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party – and next prime minister of the UK. A total of six candidates made it through the first round of voting, with chair of the backbench 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady revealing the
Sky’s Deborah Haynes reports from North West England where thousands of Ukrainian recruits are being trained by British soldiers. Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/we-see-them-as-brothers-in-arms-here-uk-training-thousands-of-ukrainian-recruits-in-england-12648559 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content
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Workers at rail operators and Network Rail will strike for 24 hours on 27 July in a dispute over pay, the RMT union has announced. The news comes after the union rejected a pay offer from Network Rail, which it described as “paltry”, and after three rail strikes last month which crippled services across the
2:14 PM ET ESPN News Services 23XI Racing got a jump on the 2024 Cup Series season with the surprising announcement Tuesday that it signed Tyler Reddick to join the NASCAR team owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin. Reddick, a two-time Xfinity Series champion, is in his third full season driving for Richard Childress
More than eight million households will start receiving the first of two payments intended to help with the cost of living today. Almost one in four low-income households in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will get £326, with the second instalment of £324 sent this autumn as part of the government’s £37bn support package.
The euro has dropped below parity against the dollar the first time in almost two decades after news that US inflation reached 9.1% in June. The figures will place further pressure on the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates by 75 basis points later this month, as raising interest rates is one of the tools
The government has tabled a no confidence motion in itself after blocking Labour’s bid to remove Boris Johnson from office immediately. It means MPs will vote on whether they still have confidence in the prime minister’s administration, despite him stepping down from office in a few weeks. Labour’s request was for a confidence motion in
It was unfair to blame Liverpool fans for unrest in Paris before the Champions League final as state authorities failed to manage crowds, a report has found. France’s interior minister, Gerald Darmanin, pointed the finger at Liverpool fans to divert attention away from the failings of police and organisers, the report commissioned by the French
House building has not kept up with population growth in almost half of the local authorities in England, Sky News analysis has found. In the decade to 2021, the population grew faster or at the same pace as the number of homes in 150 out of 309 local authorities, according to our analysis of data
Amazon Prime Day week has arrived, and the team at 9to5Toys will be working around the clock in order to bring you all of the best discounts over the next several days. Alongside Amazon getting in on the savings, various other retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, and Target are also launching their own savings events
A federal judge in a New York bankruptcy court has frozen the remaining assets of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital following the firm’s rapid fall from prominence. The fund, founded nearly a decade ago, managed $10 billion in assets just a few months ago. Now, its two co-founders are in hiding from angry creditors,
Protesters have stormed the office of Sri Lanka’s prime minister as police use tear gas on crowds. A nationwide state of emergency has been declared by the prime minister’s office and a curfew has been imposed in the Western Province in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country after months of
Twitter on Tuesday sued Elon Musk for breaching the $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,50,290 crore) contract he signed to buy the tech firm, calling his exit strategy “a model of hypocrisy,” court documents showed. The suit filed in the US state of Delaware urges the court to order the billionaire to complete his deal to buy
The UK economy grew by 0.5% in May, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It comes after two consecutive months of contraction in gross domestic product (GDP). The figures were more positive than economists had expected, with a figure of zero growth pencilled-in for May given pressures facing output from