The owner of fashion chains Whistles and Phase Eight is in advanced talks to buy White Stuff, another prominent high street clothing retailer. Sky News has learnt that The Foschini Group (TFG), the South African-based retailer, is close to concluding a deal to acquire White Stuff and invest in its future expansion. Sources said a
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Public investment in new technologies and the energy transition is “badly needed” to drive growth in the UK and prevent the national debt rising to risky levels, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. Speaking as Rachel Reeves travelled to Washington to attend her first IMF annual meeting as chancellor, the body identified the UK
Folkestone has been drawing in crowds in recent years with regeneration and private developments transforming parts of this port town on the Kent coast. But many residents will tell you that the fabric of this community is being torn apart. Local services are deteriorating and have been for some time. Leisure centres have shut down
Astronomers have uncovered something surprising while looking 13 billion years into the past using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). They’ve spotted supermassive black hole-powered quasars that appear to be hanging out in isolation. This is odd because, according to current theories, black holes need to be surrounded by a lot of material to grow
Liam Payne’s girlfriend has said they planned to get married next year in a statement a week after his death. The former One Direction star died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after falling from a third-floor balcony at the Casa Sur hotel. Kate Cassidy, who had been in Argentina with Payne until two days before his
Sir Keir Starmer has rejected calls for reparations for slavery, saying it would lead to “very long, endless discussions” about the past. The prime minister said while the transatlantic slave trade was “abhorrent”, he believes the countries affected by it would rather the UK help them with contemporary challenges, such as the impact of climate
Multiple people have been killed in a terror attack in Turkey at the headquarters of a defence and aerospace company, the country’s interior minister has said. Local media reported a loud explosion and showed footage of an exchange of gunfire at the site in the Turkish capital Ankara. “A terrorist attack was carried out against
LeBron James and Bronny James have become the first father and son to play together in the NBA. The basketball great stepped on court with his 20-year-old son in the LA Lakers’ season opener against Minnesota Timberwolves. The pair got a huge ovation as they made history in the Crypto.com Arena. They had about two
Ford commercial truck customers can score a sweet deal on a new Ford F-150 Lightning Pro, thanks to a new $7,500 Fleet Order Discount offer – but that’s just the beginning: there are even more Lightning incentives out there for fleet buyers! Before we get too deep into this new Ford Fleet Order Discount, it’s
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage units. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images The biggest influx of liquified natural gas (LNG) supply is coming online and it will transform the global market, bringing about wide and enduring effects, said RBC Capital Markets. “A wave of new LNG supply —the biggest yet— is set
Emergency services are dealing with an incident at a care home in Dorset – with two people taken to hospital. South Western Ambulance Service said it was called to the home in Swanage at 5.20am and sent a hazard response team, 10 ambulances and “a significant number of additional resources”. “Two patients were conveyed by
The logo for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 26, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has denied that the U.S. was investigating its dealings with Chinese tech company Huawei, following reports that its chips were found in
With just two weeks remaining before the US 2024 presidential election, the main players were out campaigning in key battleground states to sway the vote in their party’s favour. Kamala Harris said her team is prepared to challenge Donald Trump if he tried to prematurely declare victory in the race. In an interview with Sky
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted his relationship with Donald Trump has not been jeopardised after the Trump team filed a legal complaint against the Labour Party over its activists travelling to the US to support Kamala Harris in the tightly fought US presidential race. The prime minister said on Tuesday he had “established a good
The flight instructor who trained actors in the 2022 Top Gun: Maverick movie has died in a small plane crash during an air show in New Mexico. Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman was the only person on board the two-seat Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 monoplane when it went down around 2:30pm local time on Sunday. Mr Coleman
Pedego, one of the earliest entrants into the US electric bicycle market and home to over 200 brick-and-mortar e-bikes stores, will collaborate with Newport Beach, California-based Electric Bike Company, bringing highly customized US-made electric bikes into Pedego’s lineup. Electric Bike Company has built an impressive reputation for its made-in-California electric bikes, which are assembled at
The Phillips 66 Carson refinery is shown after the company said it will shut its large Los Angeles-area oil refinery late next year, delivering a blow to California’s fuel supply, in Carson, California, U.S., October 17, 2024. Mike Blake | Reuters U.S. crude oil futures extended gains on Tuesday, after rising nearly 2% in the
Eddie Redmayne says he’s under strict instructions from his dad not to “screw up” his TV reboot of The Day Of The Jackal. At the London premiere for his new Sky Atlantic show, the actor told Sky News how the 1973 movie version of the Frederick Forsyth cat and mouse thriller “was one of my
For Vladimir Putin, the optics could not be better. More than two and a half years into his war in Ukraine, he is shaking hands this week with not just one world leader, or two, but more than 20. China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian…there’s even Turkey’s
This was a short tour with only a few engagements, but the King’s first visit to one of his realms mattered, and Australia was a real test of the monarchy overseas. Even the palace admits no one knew how the King would go down, down under. It wasn’t without its challenges. Some had questioned whether