More than 200,000 people are getting a COVID-19 jab every day and the government is on course to reach its target of 13 million people vaccinated by mid-February, Matt Hancock has told Sky News. But speaking on Sophy Ridge On Sunday, the health secretary said the pressure on the NHS was “very bad” and repeated
The American investors which control the Co-operative Bank are lining up their first board nominees weeks after talks about a sale of the self-styled ethical lender were abandoned. Sky News has learnt that the syndicate of hedge funds, which includes GoldenTree Asset Management, are finalising the appointment of two heavyweight City figures as non-executive directors
A desperate relative hoping survivors will be found following a plane crash in Indonesia has urged people to pray for his family as he awaits news. Irfansyah Riyanto’s mother and father, as well as his sister and her two children, were all on the Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182 which disappeared on Saturday. The Boeing
A horn-wearing Donald Trump supporter whose photo during the US Capitol riots went viral has been arrested and charged. Jacob Anthony Chansley, who calls himself Jake Angeli, is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. The self-styled
In the midst of some massive restructuring at Disney, Deadline has confirmed that Disney vet Tony Chambers has been upped to EVP of Theatrical Distribution. He’ll oversee both domestic and international film distribution as well as home entertainment. I understand that there’s even reassignments going on in the corporate communications and publicity departments as well
Tiger 2.0 Tiger Woods is having a bit of a comeback after all that. In 2018, he won the Tour Championship, his first victory since 2013. As previously mentioned, he would also go on to win the 2019 Masters for his 15th major title. In all, he now has 82 career tournament wins, tied with
Parler CEO John Matze joins CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on July 2, 2020. CNBC Amazon has pulled the plug on Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters, in the wake of the deadly U.S. Capitol riot earlier this week. Amazon’s cloud-computing unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS), informed Parler on Saturday that it
More than nine in 10 headteachers say they don’t have confidence in the Department for Education’s decision-making, after schools were closed and exams cancelled due to the pandemic. Millions of children are being taught remotely and students will no longer sit their 2021 exams because of sharp rises in COVID-19 cases. Now a survey of
Martin Gilbert, the veteran fund management boss, is joining forces with a group of City grandees and former Aberdeen Asset Management colleagues to spearhead a fresh wave of deal-making activity across the sector. Sky News has learnt that Mr Gilbert, who stepped down from the helm of Standard Life Aberdeen last year, will next week
Pakistan’s national power grid has experienced a major breakdown, leaving millions of people in darkness, government officials have said. “A countrywide blackout has been caused by a sudden plunge in the frequency in the power transmission system,” Power Minister Omar Ayub Khan said on Twitter. According to Mr Khan, the power breakdown was caused after
US Vice President Mike Pence will attend Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, a senior administration official has said. It is in contrast with President Donald Trump, who tweeted on Friday that he planned to skip his successor’s inauguration on 20 January, becoming the first president in more than 150 years – and just the fourth
We’re counting down the seconds until the second season premiere of Prodigal Son. And we’ll toss out there that we’ve already seen Prodigal Son Season 2 Episode 1, and you’re in for the delight of your life. Grab your snacks and hold onto your heads! Ahead of the premiere, the cast and crew joined ET’s
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U.S. President Donald Trump makes a fist during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress in Washington U.S, January 6, 2021. Jim Bourg | Reuters President Donald Trump continued tweeting Friday evening using the government-owned @POTUS account, despite having his @realDonaldTrump account permanently suspended by
Wales its continuing its lockdown and will be toughening up some restrictions as the nation struggles to manage the spread of the new highly infectious coronavirus variant. People in Wales are already being told to stay at home and not mix with other households, but the lockdown measures had been due for a review. After