Delays to HS2 announced by the government earlier this year in order to help ‘balance the books’ are likely to cost the taxpayer at least £366 million, according to new analysis exclusively leaked to Sky News. The government briefing also predicts the two-year pause to construction work on a key section is actually set to
In this article INTC 2330-TW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks during the Mobileye Global Inc. IPO at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on Oct. 26, 2022. Mobileye Global Inc., the self-driving technology company owned by Intel Corp., priced one of the biggest US initial public offerings of the
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is selling its stake in McLaren, the supercar maker and Formula One team-owner, in a deal that will reinforce Bahrain’s status as the company’s biggest shareholder. Sky News has learnt that Mumtalakat, Bahrain’s state investment fund, will announce on Thursday that it is buying the preference shares in McLaren Group
The US Coast Guard searching for a missing submersible has said it doesn’t know what the “noises” are that have been detected – but it is expanding the search area. The area is now more than twice the size of the US state of Connecticut. A Coast Guard spokesman said they “need to have hope”
Labour has unveiled a five-point plan to tackle the mortgage crisis – but Rishi Sunak is insisting that “beating inflation has to be the priority”. The Opposition and the prime minister were speaking ahead of the Bank of England preparing to hike interests rate yet again after inflation in the UK defied expectations and failed
People in government tell me they think the governor of the Bank of England is failing in his job, but cannot do anything about it. That Andrew Bailey is under pressure is not in doubt. Today’s 8.7% year-on-year inflation rise is a painfully long way from the governor’s 2% target – meaning tomorrow, the Bank
Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 21, 2023, 07:53 AM ET Former unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez Jr. announced his arrival at junior welterweight with a sensational performance on June 10, a decision over the previously undefeated Josh Taylor to capture the WBO belt and the lineal 140-pound championship. Lopez’s first two bouts in his new division were
The gates for Glastonbury 2023 have been officially opened – with some attendees setting off at 1.30am to secure a spot at the front of the queue. About 210,000 people are heading to Somerset for the festival, which will host film screenings, theatre performances and political speeches as well as live music. One of the
Professor Michael Clarke analyses the latest developments from Ukraine, including claims that a Russian ammunition depot in Henichesk in the south has been destroyed. It comes two weeks since counter-offensive maneuvers began, with both sides still conducting “shaping” or probing operations to seek out the enemy’s weaknesses. Read more from Ukraine here: https://news.sky.com/topic/ukraine-6556 #ukraine #screen
A 63-year-old woman crashed and flipped a car during her driving test in Argentina. #CNN #news #shorts
Texas announced that it is going to require Tesla’s NACS connector on charging stations in the state – giving the connector another boost in becoming the standard for charging in North America. The Texas Department of Transportation confirmed the news today. The state government agency said that it would require both NACS and CCS connectors
German energy prices are so high that some companies are considering leaving the country altogether, according to Siegfried Russwurm, head of the German Industry Federation (BDI). CNBC’s Annette Weisbach asked Russwurm whether the ongoing energy situation was “bad enough” for companies to relocate, to which he responded: “It is indeed.” “A lot of family-owned companies
China says comments by Joe Biden describing its leader Xi Jinping as a dictator are “extremely absurd and irresponsible”. The latest clash comes right after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded a visit to Beijing that had sought to break the ice in what has become an increasingly strained international relationship. Issues such as
Harry Styles delighted fans as he donned a Welsh flag during his Cardiff performance on Tuesday night. Styles is currently on his second tour, named Love On Tour, which began in November 2021. Some fans camped out for hours ahead of the former One Direction star’s forthcoming performance at Cardiff‘s Principality Stadium on Wednesday night.
Another of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s five key priorities for 2023 is in doubt as national debt reached 100% of GDP. The third of the government’s five targets is to reduce the national debt but official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed it increased in May to the highest in more than
The rate of price rises has remained 8.7% despite expectations of a fall, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced the consumer price index measure of inflation stood at 8.7% in the year up to May, the same as the rate in April. A slight decrease, to 8.4%, had been expected
A former employee of the missing Titan submersible operator has revealed he had raised “safety concerns” over the vessel but was reportedly “met with hostility” before later being sacked, court documents have shown. OceanGate’s former director of marine operations, David Lochridge, had raised concerns over “safety and quality control issues regarding the Titan to OceanGate
The number of teenage girls with eating disorders has increased dramatically since the start of the COVID pandemic, with experts warning of a “postcode lottery of care”. The new study, published in the Lancet Child And Adolescent Health journal found that since March 2020 eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia were 42% higher
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Tesla Model Y is seen on a Tesla car lot on May 31, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images A security researcher who uses the handle “@GreentheOnly” has discovered a secret setting in Tesla vehicles that can be enabled by the
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Holcim US is going to install a 25-megawatt (MW) solar farm at its Michigan cement factory that will generate more than 30% of the plant’s power. Holcim has pledged to power all of its US operations with 100% clean energy by 2030, and its latest move sees solar developer NorthStar Clean Energy installing an onsite
Jun 20, 2023, 02:43 PM ET Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma has declined his $13 million player option and will become a free agent, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday. Kuzma just completed his second season with the Wizards averaging a career-high 21.2 points to go with 7.2 rebounds. He had a career high
Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Matt Olsen, Uber’s chief trust and security officer and former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, during a panel discussion at CNBC ‘s @Work conference in San Francisco, Nov. 4, 2019. Arun Nevader | CNBC The U.S. Department of
The submersible that went missing on its way to the wreck of the Titanic may have imploded and collapsed into pieces, an expert has told Sky News. Dr David Gallo, who describes the Titan’s pilot, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, as his “best friend”, said the timeline suggests something happened “mid-water”. Contact with the vessel was reportedly lost
He is a troubled soul and troubling son. Hunter Biden has never made a secret of the personal struggles that afflicted him following the death of his older brother, Beau, in 2015. Nor could he, realistically, when images of his drug addiction and self-made pornography were splashed across US media. It’s no secret, either, that
The five people on board the missing submersible close to the wreck of the Titanic have “about 40 hours of breathable air” left, the US Coastguard has said. In an update on Tuesday, Captain Jamie Frederick said the search had not yielded any results so far. An ROV (remotely operated underwater vehicle) has been deployed
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jun 20, 2023, 09:40 AM ET It’s been a good nine months for Frances Tiafoe. Since reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open in September, the 25-year-old made a finals appearance at the Japan Open, led the American squad to a United Cup victory, reached the semifinals at Indian
Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell has said the legal fight with Mirror Group Newspapers over phone hacking has taken “years off his life” and transported him to “really dark places”. The veteran actor, who has played mechanic Kevin Webster in the Manchester soap for almost 40 years, said confusion over where certain stories had
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has been charged with federal tax and weapons offences. Hunter Biden has reached an agreement with the Justice Department in which he will plead guilty to misdemeanour tax offences and is expected to reach an agreement with prosecutors on the felony charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a drug
Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates takes a forensic look into the 30,000 words contained in the report. #borisjohnson #parliament #partygate #borisjohnson Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-boris-johnson-privileges-committee-report-on-lied-to-parliament-12593360 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:
Hyundai confirmed that it is considering adopting Tesla’s NACS connector for its electric vehicles in North America, but it is not ready to pull the trigger as it wants to “look into it from the customer’s perspective” first. After both GM and Ford announced that they would adopt NACS as the standard connector in their