The government has revealed it wants all over-50s to be reached in the coronavirus vaccine rollout by May. It is a significant target and the first time a firm date has been put on when all those in the top nine categories on the priority list for a COVID-19 jab will be offered one by.
A private equity consortium has approached Aggreko, the FTSE-250 temporary power supplier, about a potential £2bn takeover deal. Sky News understands that TDR Capital, which is in the process of buying the British supermarket chain Asda, and I Squared Capital, an infrastructure fund, have tabled an indicative proposal to Aggreko’s board in recent days. The
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has criticised the Russian government after diplomats from several European countries were expelled from the country for allegedly joining protests in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. The Russian foreign ministry said Polish, German and Swedish officials took part in what it described as “illegal demonstrations” in St Petersburg and
INZO, by all metrics a (relatively) unknown artist, struck gold in 2018 with his massive single, “Overthinker.” At time of writing, it’s sitting at nearly 31 million plays on Spotify. It was so successful that now, CloZee has just dropped her official remix. “When INZO asked me to remix ‘Overthinker,’ I was extremely honored because
US jobs growth bounced back less than expected in January while losses the previous month were worse than initially thought, latest figures show. The first set of employment data under President Joe Biden underlines the scale of the economic challenge faced as he seek to push through a $1.9trn (£1.4trn) COVID-19 recovery package. Please use
The Weeknd‘s guaranteeing he’ll be the MVP of his halftime show at the Super Bowl … because he’s not bringing any special guests to join him. The singer went on NFL Network Thursday and explained that in order for his vision to play out properly and for him to include all the songs he wants,
Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers a keynote during the European Union’s privacy conference at the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium October 24, 2018. Yves Herman | Reuters Snap and Unity Software, which reported fourth quarter earnings after the bell Thursday, both warned of the upcoming impact from Apple‘s privacy changes set for this spring. To
A minister has blamed hotel quarantine not coming into force for another 10 days in England on needing more “time to prepare”, after Labour branded the delay “beyond comprehension”. James Cleverly told Sky News that “hindsight is a wonderful thing”, as he faced questions about why the policy was announced on 27 January but will
Around 15 million families will see their energy bills rise by up to £96 after the regulator hiked the price cap. The return to pre-coronavirus levels is mainly as a result of increase in wholesale costs, according to Ofgem. For six months from 1 April the price cap will increase by £96 to £1,138 for
People may be able to catch COVID-19 twice and suffer two completely separate bouts of the disease within just four months, doctors have said. The warning comes after evidence emerged of a man whose infections were separated by four months of no symptoms and serial negative tests for the virus. But although dwindling immunity could
Donald Trump has resigned from an American actors’ union, telling the organisation: “You have done nothing for me.” The former US president made the move because SAG-AFTRA, which represents 160,000 actors and media professionals, was considering expelling him over his role in the attack on the US Capitol. In his letter to the union’s president
Chicago artist Polo G is back with a new song. “GNF (OKOKOK)” features a shoutout to late rapper Pop Smoke. The track arrives with a Cole Bennett directed visual. Check it out below. “GNF (OKOKOK)” was written by Polo G and produced by WIZARDMCE and Varohl. It follows Polo’s recent solo single “Epidemic,” which landed
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Kendall Jenner, the only Kardashian-Jenner who is truly secretive about her love life, is still off the market, according to Entertainment Tonight. A source told the outlet that Jenner is still seeing NBA player Devin Booker. Booker and Jenner were first romantically linked in August 2020, although Jenner has never confirmed their relationship on her
Constantin’s new Resident Evil distributed by Sony Screen Gems has been set to open on Labor Day weekend, Sept. 3 this year. Paramount’s Jackass is the only other major studio wide release scheduled at that time. This is the movie we told you about that’s an origin story starring Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Robbie Amell, Tom Hopper, Avan Jogia
Evan Spiegel, CEO of SNAP Inc. Stephen Desaulniers | CNBC Snap’s stock fell more than 5% in after-hours trading on Thursday after the company reported its fourth-quarter earnings despite beating Wall Street’s expectations on earnings, revenue and user growth. But the company provided a first-quarter adjusted EBITDA forecast that was much lower than analysts’ consensus