Britain’s biggest energy retailers have told ministers that they will provide more than £500m of extra help for households as the government tries to deflect criticism over the winter fuel payments row. Sky News has learnt that EnergyUK, the industry body, is planning to make a joint announcement with the Department for Energy Security and
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More migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats so far this year than in the whole of 2023, Home Office figures show. It comes after 424 people crossed the Channel yesterday, taking the 2024 total up to now to 29,578. In 2023, a total of 29,437 migrants made the perilous crossing. In 2022, 45,728
The Premier League is drawing up plans to present its clubs with fresh proposals for a financial settlement with the English Football League (EFL) as soon as next month. Sky News has learnt that a meeting of the top flight’s shareholders on November 22 is expected to include a discussion on a range of new
Sir Keir Starmer has downplayed the prominence of reparations for slavery being addressed at a Commonwealth summit, saying “none of the discussions have been about money”. The prime minister, who is in Samoa for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chogm), has been facing mounting pressure from leaders of Caribbean nations who want the UK
Beyonce has made a rare political appearance, as she hugged Kamala Harris at a presidential campaign rally, telling voters: “We need to sing a new song.” While she did not perform – unlike in 2016 when she sang at a rally for Hillary Clinton in Cleveland – she spoke as Ms Harris warned that her
Publicly and privately, the United States has been pressuring Israel to formulate its retaliatory attack against Iran very carefully. The 1 October Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel (itself a retaliation in a series of escalatory actions by both sides) warranted a significant Israeli response – of that Joe Biden’s administration was in no doubt.
Photo: Anthro Energy Anthro Energy just secured a $24.9 million grant from the US Department of Energy to help bolster the domestic battery supply chain – a move that will have a big impact on US EV production. The Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains grant is part of the DOE’s push to modernize
With a historic presidential election just around the corner, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth told CNBC’s Jim Cramer what kind of government action is important for his company. “What really matters is consistent and coherent energy policy,” he said. “Affordable and reliable energy is essential to keeping inflation at a level that economies can handle —
In this article CRWD DAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Delta Air Lines planes are seen at John F. Kennedy International Airport on the July 4th weekend in Queens, New York City, U.S., July 2, 2022. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Delta Air Lines on Friday filed a lawsuit against CrowdStrike in Georgia, accusing the
Several loud explosions have been heard in Iran’s capital Tehran and Israel has confirmed it has launched strikes on military targets. The Israeli military said it is conducting “precise strikes” on military targets in Iran in response to what it called “the continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against Israel”. An Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk attends a discussion session during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity in Cannes, France, June 19, 2024. Marc Piasecki | Getty Images A day after its sharpest rally since 2013, Tesla’s stock on Friday headed for its highest close in more than
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges. The 80-year-old appeared at federal court in Central Islip, on Long Island, New York, to enter his plea. He is due back in court on 12 December and is free on a $10m (£7.7m) bond. It is
“Working people.” It’s a fairly broad phrase that’s been banded around a lot this week in light of the budget. Labour actually mentioned the term working people 21 times in their manifesto, so you’d think they would have a pretty concrete idea of who they have in their mind’s eye when pushed on their definition.
Matthew Perry’s mother has said the late Friends star appeared to have a “premonition” about his death during one of the last times they spoke. Perry, who played Chandler Bing in the classic US sitcom, was found unresponsive in the swimming pool at his home in Los Angeles on 28 October 2023. A post mortem
All five of One Direction’s studio albums have returned to the UK top 40 following the death of former member Liam Payne. The singer died at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last week. The band’s 2013 album, Midnight Memories, which contains
Open Extended Reactions We are just over two weeks into the NHL season. Frozen Frenzy is in the books, and in the distance is the triumphant return of best-on-best international hockey at the 4 Nations Face-off. There’s a lot of season left, but there is enough of a sample size to identify the biggest surprise
Fresh off the back of becoming the first Irish-born winner of the best actor award at the Oscars, Cillian Murphy is busier than ever. “It’s my third film I’ve done since then so that was clearly my coping mechanism”, he tells Sky News at the UK premiere of Small Things Like These. Set in 1985
Mitie Group, the London-listed outsourcer, has kicked off a search for a successor to Derek Mapp, its long-serving chairman. Sky News has learnt that the FTSE-250 company is working with the search firm MWM Consulting on a hunt for Mr Mapp’s replacement. Potential candidates have started being sounded out in the last few weeks, according
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has unveiled the first images from its groundbreaking space-based telescope, the Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), which has captured a vivid solar storm. Positioned on NOAA’s latest satellite, GOES-19, this new tool is the first operational coronagraph in space designed to actively monitor the sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona. Revolutionising
Scientists have developed a patch capable of tackling bacteria on the skin using mild electric pulses, which could help reduce infections if the bacteria were to enter the bloodstream. Known as the Bioelectronic Localized Antimicrobial Stimulation Therapy (BLAST) patch, this device emits a harmless electrical current designed to target specific skin bacteria that pose infection