Grant Shapps is facing fresh calls to overhaul the energy regulator’s powers amid growing fears for hospitality businesses’ ability to withstand soaring power costs. Sky News has seen a letter from Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UK Hospitality, to the energy secretary in which she demands that Ofgem be allowed to tackle suppliers’ handling of
The director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Tony Danker has stepped aside from the role while the business lobby group investigates allegations relating to his workplace conduct. The body said he had requested to leave the role while a number of allegations were examined. Mr Danker responded to the claims in a
Cabinet Secretary Simon Case described Boris Johnson as a “distrusted figure” during the COVID pandemic and warned the public were unlikely to follow isolation rules set out by him, leaked messages have revealed. Mr Case said to then health secretary Matt Hancock the public needed to be told to isolate by “trusted local figures, not
Kim Jong Un may be appearing with his daughter in public to present her as a potential successor as he seeks to portray his family as being a dynasty like the British Royal Family, an expert on the secretive country has said. Jean H Lee, who set up the Associated Press news agency’s first bureau
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In this article CVX XOM BKR CHK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An LNG import terminal at the Rotterdam port in February 2022. Federico Gambarini | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine a year ago has shifted global energy supply chains and put the U.S. clearly at the top of
Music star Rhianna has joked that her baby son is upset that she is taking his soon-to-be-born sibling to the Oscars instead of him. The pop superstar, 35, revealed she was pregnant last month, just hours after her performance at the Super Bowl in Arizona. On Sunday, she shared a video of her eldest son,
The Honor Magic Vs is on display at Honor’s stand at Mobile World Congres in Barcelona. The near $1,700 device is Honor’s attempt to challenge Samsung in the foldable smartphone market. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC It looks like the year of the foldable — a term used to describe a smartphone with a bendable screen.
Police in Wales searching for five people who went missing after a night out say they have found three bodies. Gwent Police also say two people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries. It comes after the force released an appeal for information on the whereabouts of Sophie Russon, 20, Eve Smith, 21, and
Sir Keir Starmer attacked Rishi Sunak and his government over the cost of living crisis at a testy Prime Minister’s Questions. Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock is under pressure over claims he rejected advice on care homes during the COVID lockdown, revealed in leaked messages – but the PM refused to comment. See more politics
A smaller refund. A bigger standard deduction. And a later filing deadline. Christine Romans breaks down some of the biggest tax changes to know about as you prepare your 2022 return. #shorts #CNN #News
The father of Venus and Serena Williams has defended actor Will Smith over his slapping of comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars – marking almost one year since the incident. Smith, 54, played Richard Williams in the biopic film King Richard, which won him best actor at the 94th Academy Awards last year. Last year’s
The UK government is “avoiding the asylum responsibilities it expects others to take” with new plans to clamp down on small boat crossings, a human rights group has said. Refugee charities have also described the plans as “costly and unworkable” and said they “promise nothing but more demonisation and punishment” of asylum seekers. It comes
“Hang on lady, we going for a ride!” Almost 40 years on from delivering this understatement of a line on a rope bridge in one of the most famous films of the 1980s, actor Ke Huy Quan is now on a wild ride of his own. Because before Everything Everywhere All At Once, the hit
Hundreds of thousands of the UK’s smallest businesses risk going under this year as costs keep rising, a report has revealed. The owners of nearly one in eight microbusinesses, defined as employing fewer than 10 people, fear they will have to fold, equating to 630,000 businesses. Catherine Sweet sells art for a living – both
Dozens of Israeli air force reservists will refuse to turn up to training drills in protest over controversial plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to overhaul the country’s legal system. Demonstrations have taken place nationwide for nine weeks running because of the proposals, which critics have warned would limit the power of judges and weaken
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Pump jacks are seen in the Midway Sunset oilfield, California. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Chronic underinvestment in the hydrocarbons sector will keep global supply tight, the head of the world’s largest oil company warned, suggesting higher future energy prices as China’s reopening and the comeback of the aviation industry gather pace. Asked by CNBC’s Dan
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Former US attorney Bill Nettles reacts to the jury in the double murder trial of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has found him guilty of murdering his wife and son in June 2021. #CNN #News
Gousto, the food delivery service backed by Joe Wicks, the celebrity fitness instructor, has become embroiled in a bitter corporate governance row after excluding long-standing investors from a deeply discounted share sale. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Gousto slashed its valuation from $1.7bn (£1.4bn) just over a year ago to less than $300m (£250m)
Harry and Meghan have been invited to the King’s coronation, their spokesperson has indicated, despite tensions with Buckingham Palace over bombshell disclosures made by the prince. However, they declined to immediately reveal if the monarch’s olive branch offer would be taken up by the couple, who have publicly been at loggerheads with the royal household.
Two Ukrainian pilots are currently undergoing a training assessment in the US to fly American fighter jets, including F-16s. The F-16 planes are believed to be the aircraft Ukraine wants the most to fight back against Russia’s invasion in the skies. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has told Western nations the country needs jets to effectively
The Northern Ireland secretary has confirmed the “Stormont brake” revealed in the new Brexit deal would be a veto, not just a delay. Earlier this week, Rishi Sunak unveiled a fresh agreement with the EU to overcome trade barriers in Northern Ireland that he called a “decisive breakthrough”. As part of the Windsor Framework, a
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The logo of the OPEC is pictured at the OPEC headquarters on October 4, 2022. Joe Klamar | Afp | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — International oil benchmark Brent crude dropped as much as 2.8% on Friday morning in New York on the back of a report that the United Arab Emirates is
Chris Rock has spoken about being smacked in the face by actor Will Smith on the Academy Awards stage. During the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles last year, Smith walked onto the stage and slapped Rock, who had made a joke at the expense of the actor’s wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, as he was
Dermot Murnaghan channelled his inner Ron Burgundy after presenting his last bulletin for Sky News following a 16-year career at the channel. His colleagues burst into laughter – and applause – as the presenter said goodbye for the final time, throwing his script in the air and mimicking the star of the comedy film Anchorman.
American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson talks to CNN’s Don Lemon about six new galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope, working on the frontier of science and why there is nothing wrong with not knowing. #CNN #News
Mar 4, 2023 Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Tim Yakteen got the best of his former boss, Bob Baffert, with Practical Move’s 2½-length victory in the $400,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday. At Florida’s Gulfstream, Forte easily won the $400,000 Fountain of Youth as the 1-2 favorite in his 3-year-old debut. The
After 15 years of disagreement, failures and stalled formal and informal talks, there is finally a UN high seas treaty that will help to protect vast swathes of the planet’s oceans. The legally binding agreement was reached after five rounds of protracted United Nations-led negotiations that ended in New York on Saturday, a day after
It feels like we’ve just sat through one of Prince Harry’s therapy sessions. More than that, we’ve all just paid £17.99 for the privilege, albeit with a free copy of Spare thrown in. This was billed as an “intimate conversation” and that’s exactly what we got, over an hour of Prince Harry talking us through
One of the many hallmarks of bizarre vehicles I often find for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column is a strange combination of parts. And rarely is that trait so perfectly exemplified than in this cute little two-seater electric car… with tank tracks. It’s not the first vehicle with tank tracks