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What’s going on in the markets and should we be worried?

The chancellor is under pressure because financial market moves have pushed up the cost of government borrowing, putting Rachel Reeves’ economic plans in peril....

Romanian grooming gang convicted of sexually exploiting women in Dundee

A Romanian grooming gang has been convicted of sexually exploiting 10 vulnerable women in Dundee. Four men and one woman were found guilty of...

Boy, 17, stabbed to death at Bedford bus station

A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in Bedford. Police say Thomas Taylor was walking along Greenhill Street, close to Bedford Bus Station,...

All five living US presidents pictured together at funeral of Jimmy Carter

All five of the living US presidents have been pictured together at the funeral of Jimmy Carter. The 39th US president died at the...

Business

RMT union boss Mick Lynch announces retirement

Mick Lynch, one of the UK’s most influential union leaders in recent history, has announced he is retiring. Mr Lynch is stepping down from...

Business

Rachel Reeves intervention ruled out as pound slides further

An intervention by the chancellor to help shore up flagging financial market confidence in the UK economy has been ruled out by the government,...

LA wildfires: Everything we know about the ferocious fires battering California

A series of ferocious wildfires erupted across the Los Angeles area on Tuesday, fuelled by powerful winds and dry conditions. At least five people...

Business

Food prices will rise due to budget tax hikes, retail body warns

Grocery shoppers are being warned of more hikes to food costs in the months ahead due to retailers passing on the cost of budget...

Politics

Grooming gangs are ‘in every single part of our country’, Jess Phillips says

There are grooming gangs “in every single part of our country”, Jess Phillips has told Sky News. The safeguarding minister told Sky’s political editor...

Business

Bank of England currency printer De La Rue receives takeover offer

De La Rue, the Bank of England’s currency printer, has been approached about a takeover by one of the City’s most prominent financiers. Sky...

Science

ISRO Postpones Docking of SpaDeX Satellites Again

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has postponed its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDex) mission which was scheduled for Thursday, after the satellites drifted more...

UK weather: New ice warnings issued and runway closure causes travel delays – as temperatures set to reach -16C

The Met Office has put yellow weather warnings over snow and ice in place from this afternoon covering much of the UK. It had...

Politics

Elon Musk’s abuse of Jess Phillips has pushed real victims into game of political point scoring

The treatment of Jess Phillips over recent days tells me all I need to know about the epidemic of misogyny, abuse and violence against...

Sports

Alabama WR Bernard tells ESPN he’ll return in ’25

Jan 8, 2025, 01:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alabama failed to qualify for the College Football Playoff and then struggled offensively in a...

Sports

Franklin jabs at ND, says CFP needs uniformity

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJan 8, 2025, 11:08 AM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended...

Sports

Sources: Belichick, UNC get UConn transfer Yates

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2025, 02:50 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of...

Technology

Microsoft confirms performance-based job cuts across departments

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a press briefing on the company’s campus in Redmond, Washington, on May 20, 2024. Jason Redmond...

Sports

NASCAR asks judge to dismiss antitrust lawsuit

Associated Press Jan 8, 2025, 06:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR went before a federal judge Wednesday and asked for...

Politics

Plan to sanction people smuggling gangs is a bold and novel departure – but can the government make it bite?

So can you stop people smugglers by lumbering them with sanctions? That is the government’s latest idea, and it is bold and innovative. It...

Politics

UK to introduce ‘world first’ sanctions regime to target people smugglers

A “world first” sanctions regime which specifically targets people smugglers will be introduced by the government this year, David Lammy will announce. The foreign...