New rules to end ‘rewards for failure’ in boardrooms are to be unveiled by ministers this week with the release of a long-awaited white paper on audit and corporate governance reform. Sky News has learnt that the consultation document, which will be published on Thursday, will propose a further review that could make it mandatory
Demi Lovato says she was raped when she was just 15 and working for the Disney Channel in the late 2000s. Speaking in her forthcoming docuseries – Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil – the 28-year-old said: “I lost my virginity in a rape. I called that person back a month later and tried to
MYSTIC delivers a refreshing change of pace with his debut album HUMAN, out today. The album features a smooth hybrid of hip hop and EDM influence, exploring a vast range of sounds and moods within a cohesive space. It’s a stark change up from the aggressive bangers we’ve heard from MYSTIC in the past, as he
Rowan Blanchard was woke before we even knew what being awake meant. By the age of 13, the bubbly actress was a keynote speaker at UN Women’s HeForShe conference. In 2014, she openly discussed her struggles with depression, creating a public discourse around destigmatizing mental illness, and in 2017, she spoke at the Women’s March
Exclusive If the drama over the Grammys this year possibly had you thinking “What Would Tupac Do?” — we got an answer from his own flesh and blood. Pac’s brother, Mopreme Shakur, tells TMZ his little bro would probably have a lot to say about all the mudslinging about music’s so-called “biggest night” … in
Companies in the UK “still cannot guarantee that their supply chains are free from forced labour” from the Uighur people in Xinjiang in China, a House of Commons select committee has warned. The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee also called on the government to impose sanctions on Chinese officials implicated in human rights abuses
Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp sharply criticized Wall Street on Tuesday, saying there’s too much emphasis on near-term gains at the expense of developing healthy, long-lasting companies. Karp made the comments in an interview with CNBC’s Wilfred Frost as part of an event hosted by The Executives’ Club of Chicago. The remarks were later aired
Dominic Cummings, the former Downing Street aide described as Boris Johnson’s “Rasputin”, is to break his silence following his dramatic departure from Number 10 late last year. The prime minister‘s former de facto chief of staff, who quit in a bitter power struggle involving Mr Johnson’s fiancée Carrie Symonds, is appearing before a high-powered committee
The energy regulator has revealed a crackdown on household suppliers to prevent them hoarding credit balances for customers who pay by direct debit. Ofgem’s examination of the issue, a bugbear of many bill-payers, found that £1.4bn of customers’ money was languishing in the hands of companies in 2018 through overpayment. It said a series of
The Duke of Sussex has spoken to his father, the Prince of Wales, and his brother, the Duke of Cambridge, following the explosive interview he and wife Meghan gave to Oprah Winfrey, according to a US TV host. Gayle King, an anchor for This Morning on CBS – the same network which broadcast the programme
News Listen to Squid’s New Song “Paddling” The second offering from the band’s debut Bright Green Field By Matthew Strauss March 16, 2021 Facebook Twitter Squid, photo by Holly Whitaker Facebook Twitter Squid have shared a new song from their debut album. “Paddling” follows the Bright Green Field single “Narrator.” In a press release, the
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to continue using the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine – as global medical experts meet to discuss reports of blood clots. UK leaders and medical professionals have joined in their defence of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after some European countries – including Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, France and Sweden
Tiger Woods plays his shot from the second tee during the final round of the PNC Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando on December 20, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. Mike Ehrmann | Getty Images Tiger Woods is back on video games. New York-based software firm Take-Two Interactive announced it partnered with Woods on a
Boris Johnson has warned against a “new Cold War on China” as he came under pressure from senior Conservative MPs over continuing “naivety” in the UK’s relationship with Beijing. Setting out the government’s wide-ranging shake-up of foreign, defence and security policy, the prime minister told the House of Commons that “China will pose a great
The payments giant Visa is to hike fees for purchases made by UK-based customers from most of Europe – stoking fears of higher prices and fuelling the argument that Brexit is adding to the cost of trading with the EU. Sky News has learnt that Visa plans to inform its roughly 4000 clients later this