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Full list of Empire Cinema closures as firm enters administration

The Empire Cinema chain has entered administration, leading to the loss of 150 jobs and the closure of six cinemas. Eight of the 14...

Business

Artificial intelligence ‘doesn’t have capability to take over’, Microsoft boss says

The head of artificial intelligence at Microsoft says the company will continue to accelerate its work on large AI models despite concerns from some...

Business

Ford Fiesta: Last of the UK’s most popular car brand to roll off production line in Germany today

The last of the UK’s best selling car model will be made today as Ford’s Cologne factory produces the final Fiesta. The last two...

Science

Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Mission: ISRO Chief Invites Citizens to Watch Live Launch

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday invited citizens to witness the launch of Chandrayaan-3 from the Launch View Gallery at SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota,...

Politics

Scottish government calls on Westminster to decriminalise personal drug use

The Scottish government has called on Westminster to decriminalise all drugs for personal use. Ministers said the move, outlined in a new paper on...

World

Is this where Wagner Group fighters could be based in Belarus?

For a base that Wagner Group forces are definitively not at – at least for now – the training facility at Tsel, near Osipovichi...

World

Six dead and 80 injured after fire at Milan retirement home

Six people have died and about 80 are injured after a fire at a retirement home in Milan. Two residents burned to death in...

World

Eurovision’s next host city announced after Sweden’s victory in Liverpool

Music fans will flock to Malmo next May for the next instalment of the Eurovision Song Contest, organisers have announced. Sweden won the right...

World

Air traffic control strikes could put up to a third of summer flights in Europe at risk

Hundreds of thousands of flights across Europe this summer are in jeopardy after air traffic controllers vowed to take strike action. Up to 12,600...

Sports

Big Ten West preview: Connelly on Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and the rest

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 7, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Next year, everything changes. College...

Could a truck that’s powered by hydrogen and only emits water help in the climate change fight?

British trials have started of a heavyweight truck powered by a gas that’s lighter than air – and emits nothing but water. Sky News...

Politics

Backlash as ‘evil’ Home Office paints over Mickey Mouse mural at child asylum seeker centre

Murals of cartoon characters on the walls of an asylum centre for unaccompanied children have been painted over after an order from the immigration...

Wimbledon school crash: ‘Shining star’ eight-year-old girl who died is named

An eight-year-old girl who died after a Land Rover crashed into a primary school in southwest London has been named. A total of 16...

Business

House prices see biggest annual drop in more than 10 years but only because of 2022’s ‘historic highs’

House prices have fallen at the greatest annual rate in more than 10 years, according to the Halifax house price index. The mortgage lender...

Iowa teenager who killed teacher over bad grade is sentenced

A teenager who beat his high school Spanish teacher to death with a baseball bat over a bad grade has been sentenced to life...

Alzheimer’s: First drug to slow progression of disease gains approval of US regulator the FDA

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fully approved a drug that slows the progression of Alzheimer’s disease for the first time. The...

Business

This is how AI could change the future of journalism

Sky News has been testing the limits of Artificial Intelligence to see what effect it could have on the future of journalism. Our experiment...

Business

Ministers told to set out plans for ‘floundering’ HS2 station

The delay to HS2 work at Euston shows ministers do not know what they are “trying to achieve” with the “floundering” station, MPs have...

Elle Edwards murder: Connor Chapman jailed for a minimum of 48 years after sub-machine gun attack on Christmas Eve

A man who murdered a 26-year-old beautician when he fired a sub-machine gun into a crowd outside a pub on Christmas Eve has been...

Environment

Germany’s economy is stagnating. And these 5 charts show how

Germany entered a technical recession on May 25, and economists have predicted that GDP growth is set to stagnate for the rest of the...