Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood has been further arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and threats to kill. On Sunday he was detained on suspicion of rape and assault after a woman alleging incidents of violence posted pictures and videos on social media. The 20-year-old was suspended from playing or training with the club following
Emergency traffic measures to control congestion at the Port of Dover have already been used as many times this year as in the first six months of 2021 combined, following the introduction of new Brexit border checks. Figures provided to Sky News by National Highways reveal the Dover Traffic Access Protocol (TAP), designed to prevent
Boris Johnson has urged Russia to “step back” from any military action against Ukraine, pledging that the UK “stands shoulder to shoulder” with Kyiv. During a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the prime minister said a Russian invasion would be a “political and humanitarian disaster” and a “military disaster as well”. A series
The GCSE system should be overhauled and pupils should have the chance to demonstrate their skills up to the age of 19 rather than at a fixed point in time at the age of 16, a new review has said. The Independent Assessment Commission (IAC) is calling for “fundamental changes” to England’s exam system, including
Cillian Murphy says it was “very strange” to film Peaky Blinders without his late co-star Helen McCrory, who passed away last year. Murphy has starred alongside the actress in the gritty BBC drama since 2013, and has said she was the “beating heart” of the show. Last April, McCrory’s husband Damian Lewis revealed that she
Mass murderer Anders Breivik has had his parole application rejected. Norway’s district court ruled that Breivik, an anti-Muslim neo-Nazi who killed 77 people, must stay in prison. “The risk of violence is real and significant and equal to what it was when (Breivik) was first sentenced,” the district court in Telemark said in its unanimous
Legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady has confirmed his retirement. It follows rumours at the weekend that the seven-time Super Bowl winner, 44, was about to call time on his record-breaking career. Last night, he said on his podcast that he was “still going through the process”. But now he has written on social media: “There
In this article DISCA T AT&T said on Tuesday it will spin off WarnerMedia in a $43 billion transaction to merge its media properties with Discovery and also cut its dividend by nearly half. AT&T shareholders will own 71% of the new Warner Bros. Discovery company and will receive 0.24 shares of Warner Bros. Discovery
Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing “apartheid” and treating Palestinians as an “inferior racial group”. A new report alleges Israel has maintained “a system of oppression and domination” over the Palestinians going all the way back to its establishment in 1948. The London-based rights group said Israel’s policies of “segregation, dispossession and exclusion” amounted
Ahead of the Winter Olympics, Beijing has been a fortress. Flights and trains to the capital have been cancelled as soon as a region reports COVID-19 cases. And anyone who still makes the journey has to provide a negative PCR test. But now there’s a fortress within Beijing – the Olympics themselves. Read more: Parts
The public would “hypothetically” be told if the prime minister was fined for breaking COVID rules, Downing Street has said – reversing an earlier assertion that refused to guarantee that would happen. When asked earlier whether any fixed penalty notices would be made public, the prime minister‘s spokesman said it was for the Metropolitan Police
The government says its 12 “levelling up missions” to spread opportunity more equally across the country will see “a complete system change of how government works”. Michael Gove will unveil the government’s Levelling Up White Paper later which officials say will set out a blueprint to bring prosperity “to all parts” of the UK. In
A retail lobby group has warned it will be “impossible” for the sector to shield shoppers from rising costs in the months ahead as till prices hit their highest level for almost 10 years. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said there was no let-up in sight for the price pressures facing the industry which, it
Don’t be surprised if you look at photos of the surface of Mars and see a giant cross-section of a tree stump. Recent photos of the Red Planet show large concentric rings on the surface. These rings look very similar to a tree stump’s rings. But that’s not the case. The European Space Agency (ESA)
Boris Johnson is heading off to Ukraine, but he doesn’t leave his troubles entirely behind him. Tory MPs are, for now, rallying around the PM who – after weeks of insisting he did nothing wrong – apologised yesterday after Sue Gray documented “failures of leadership” in No10. “He survives another day”, said one of his
For any household with children – or even just Disney fans – you are likely well versed in the songs from the studio’s latest animated classic, Encanto. Since its release on to Disney+ on Christmas Eve, streaming of the film’s soundtrack has soared, as fans get their fix of the Lin-Manuel Miranda-penned music. And now,
NASA has published plans for the future of the International Space Station which could see the 444,615kg structure taken out of orbit in January 2031 and crashed into a “spacecraft cemetery”. The laboratory will continue operating until 2030 following a commitment made by President Biden and Vice President Harris last month, but its long-term future
After several delays, SpaceX has finally launched an Italian satellite aboard its Falcon 9 rocket from a station in Florida, US. The space company founded by billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk initially planned to launch the Earth-observation satellite last week but continuous bad weather forced it to reschedule the launch several times. A window of
Rishi Sunak has said the government is “going after each and every person” suspected of “defrauding the taxpayer” through the government’s COVID support schemes. The chancellor disputed reports the government has written off £4.3bn of fraudulently claimed COVID business support loans and denied he is “ignoring” the matter. His comments came as Labour called on
Alec Baldwin is hosting a new podcast about art fraud – despite fighting a legal battle following the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a film with a gun he was holding. Amid the ongoing legal battles, Baldwin has found time to narrate a new show about Knoedler Gallery, which has been