The UK’s national debt could hit 300% of GDP by the 2070s because of the string of major challenges still facing national governments after a “rapid succession of shocks”, according to a report for the Treasury. The independent Office for Budget Responsibility laid out how climate change, defence and the fact people were living longer
A presenter in hospital. A corporation battered. The lid lifted on life inside the BBC. It’s been a bruising week for bosses at the corporation. Stressful for staff. Upsetting for those who’ve such affection for the telly star who on the nightly news – for 20 years – has held viewers hands through the best
American actors are poised to go on strike after negotiations between parties broke down. Actors’ trade union SAG-AFTRA – who represent 160,000 performers – say they have voted unanimously to recommend a strike after talks with Hollywood studios failed to reach an agreement. The vote will take place later today. Writers in America have now
Millions of UK public sector workers, including teachers and doctors, will get pay rises of about 6% after Rishi Sunak decided to accept the recommendations of independent pay review bodies. The bodies had suggested pay rises of between 6% and 6.5% for 2023-24, at a potential cost of £5bn. Mr Sunak met Jeremy Hunt, the
Sam Bruce, Deputy Editor, espn.com.auJul 13, 2023, 12:28 AM Close Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPN after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Queensland Reds flanker
The economy contracted in May as the additional public holiday for the King’s coronation weighed on output, according to official figures. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed negative growth of 0.1% during the month, better than economists had predicted but continuing the yo-yo pattern seen throughout the last year that has left
NASA on Wednesday released an image obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth, as the U.S. space agency marked one year since it unveiled the telescope’s first scientific results. The Webb telescope, which was launched in 2021 and began collecting data last year,
As Ukraine marks 500 days of the war, Sky’s military analyst Sean Bell discusses how the US decision to supply cluster munitions to the country could affect the war. Read more on: https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-biden-admits-not-easy-to-send-ukraine-cluster-bombs-as-conflict-enters-500th-day-12541713 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
Susan Bennett reveals to the world that she’s the voice behind Siri.
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Disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed in his prison cell after making a lewd remark during a women’s Wimbledon match. Nassar – a former doctor for USA Gymnastics who was sentenced to more than 300 years in jail for sexually assaulting children and possessing child pornography – was stabbed in a Florida prison on
A powerful group of northern Tory MPs are being scrutinised by the parliamentary expenses watchdog after a Sky News investigation into the way they use public money. The investigation found nearly two dozen MPs received political donations from a private donor to help them with campaigning – weeks after they joined the Northern Research Group
The search for a missing two-year-old boy in the French Alps has been called off, police have said. The boy, named only as Emile, was last seen walking down the street near his grandparents’ house by two witnesses on Saturday afternoon, according to authorities. They live in a remote mountain village with only two dozen
Huw Edwards has been accused of sending inappropriate messages to BBC employees. The newsreader was named yesterday as the presenter who had been suspended for allegedly paying £35,000 to a teenager in exchange for sexually explicit images. According to Newsnight, one current BBC staff member claims they were contacted on social media by Edwards, and
Thousands of children with special educational needs or disabilities are missing out on the education they are entitled to because of huge delays in the system designed to support them. A record half a million pupils now have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) – a legal document setting out a child or young
In this article GOOGL TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, June 16, 2023. Chesnot | Getty Images Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and owner of
Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar exploration mission, will make India the fourth country to land its spacecraft on the surface of the moon and demonstrate the country’s abilities for safe and soft landing on lunar surface. The countdown for the launch of mission will begin on Thursday ahead of take off on Friday from the Satish
Friends and colleagues of Huw Edwards have reacted with shock to the statement released by his wife. Vicky Flind named her husband as the BBC presenter facing a series of claims, including that he paid a teenager for explicit images. Ms Flind said the presenter was “suffering from serious mental health issues” and is now
Military analyst, Sean Bell, breaks down how cluster munitions work, why they are banned in many countries, and how their use in Ukraine could impact the war. #skynews #ukraine #war 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
Eight rollercoaster riders were trapped upside down for hours on the ‘Fireball’ amusement ride at the Forest County Festival in Wisconsin. #cnn #news #shorts
A couple of Tesla Cybertruck bodies-in-white have been spotted at Gigafactory Texas ahead of the start of production. We have been closely tracking the Cybertruck program since it is arguably the most anticipated electric vehicle program to launch this year, with an estimated 1.5 million reservations. Tesla’s latest official comment on the timeline is a
Workers photographed at a lithium mine in Chile on August 24, 2022. Lithium is integral to the batteries that power electric vehicles. John Moore | Getty Images News | Getty Images Demand for the critical minerals key to a future centered around low and zero-emission technologies is surging, according to the International Energy Agency, with
Thilina Kaluthotage | Nurphoto | Getty Images Advertisers are eagerly watching how Meta’s new Threads messaging app develops over the next few months as they look for a new social channel to reach consumers while Twitter continues to struggle. Instagram Threads debuted last week and has amassed over 100 million sign-ups, which has caught the
Jul 12, 2023, 09:40 AM ET Jon Jones will face Stipe Miocic at UFC 295 on Nov. 11 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Their matchup is set to be one of the biggest MMA fights of the year and one of the biggest heavyweight MMA fights in some time. Jones is the longtime
Billions of pounds allocated to tackle Britain’s housing crisis has been returned to the Treasury because the housing department was unable to find projects to fund. Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) was unable to find projects for the £1.9bn of funding budgeted
The UK is not an “Amazon” delivery service for weapons to Ukraine, Britain’s defence secretary has said. Ben Wallace added that Kyiv might be wise to let its supporters “see gratitude”. In a blunt intervention, the minister said his “counsel” to the Ukrainians was to keep in mind that they need to persuade some doubting
NASA is set Wednesday to unveil a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope a year after it first stunned the world with breathtaking views of the distant cosmos. Webb, the most powerful observatory in orbit, was launched in December 2021 from French Guiana, on a million mile (1.6 million kilometre) voyage to a
Chandrayaan-3, the upcoming lunar mission from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is scheduled to lift off on July 14 at 2:35pm IST. This will be ISRO’s third mission to the Moon. Chandrayaan-3 will be launched in the coming days as the successor to Chandrayaan-2, which was sent towards the lunar surface approximate four years ago, on
Jeremy Vine has said he is “worried about the state of mind” of the presenter at the centre of the BBC scandal. Speaking on his Channel 5 show, Vine – who also hosts an afternoon show on BBC Radio 2 – said: “It’s his decision but he needs to come forward now, I think. “I
The Illegal Migration Bill is heading back to the House of Lords later after MPs voted against almost all of the changes previously proposed by peers. The controversial legislation bans people from claiming asylum if they arrived in the UK illegally, and puts a legal duty on the Home Office to remove them. Tonight the
The Bank of England says it expects the proportion of income UK households spend on mortgage payments to remain below levels seen during the financial crisis. Its latest Financial Stability Report declared that squeezed households were proving resilient in the face of challenges posed by rising living costs and interest rate hikes to tackle high
Russia has its own counter-blow ready as Ukraine continues its counteroffensive across all fronts, military analyst Professor Michael Clarke has said. “The Russians are building up a lot of troops around Kreminna in the north,” he added. On the other hand, he stressed Ukraine’s military is making some real progress in the south of Bakmut,
CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez reports on the US Secret Service’s investigation on the suspicious powder found at the White House that triggered a brief evacuation. #cnn #news