Britain is to step up its development of nuclear power under plans to boost the country’s long term energy security while delivering thousands of jobs and cheaper bills. The government said up to eight reactors could be delivered by 2030 – accelerating the pace from one a decade to one a year – as the
Month: April 2022
In The Candy House, Jennifer Egan revisits some of the characters from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Visit From the Good Squad. But The Candy House is less a sequel than a continuation of themes, offering a bold imagining of the lures and drawbacks of technology through a lively assortment of narrative styles. Bix Bouton,
Kris Jenner, is that you? The reality star and manager, 66, debuted a new ‘do on Instagram April 5. Gone was her trademark pixie cut in favor of a flashy new bob. The matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner fam finished off her fresh look with a swipe of lip gloss from Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner‘s collaboration for Kylie
A security guard at the British embassy in Berlin suspected of spying for Russia has been extradited from Germany and will appear in a UK court on Thursday, police have said. David Smith, 57, was arrested by German police on 10 August last year and is accused of collecting information from the British embassy in
Part of National Grid will be returned to public ownership under a new plan to help Britain reach its climate targets. The utility company will sell its Electricity System Operator (ESO) arm to the government and will then become part of a new Future System Operator (FSO). The new authority will oversee Britain’s electricity systems
The US has announced sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two adult daughters. The latest move is partly in response to scenes in Bucha, near Kyiv, where more than 300 bodies have been discovered, including some civilians with their hands tied behind their backs. The US believes many of the Russian president’s assets are hidden
Boris Johnson has said there is a “limit to the amount of taxpayers’ money” that can be used to address rising bills ahead of launching a long-awaited energy strategy. The government will publish its Energy Security Strategy on Thursday to help tackle soaring energy prices and reduce reliance on Russian oil and gas. But Mr
The Treasury has blocked a proposal to expand the energy scheme to upgrade household insulation and energy efficiency, Sky News understands. It had been reported that Number 10 and business ministers were calling for an expansion of the Energy Company Obligation (Eco) scheme – which uses money raised from a levy on energy bills to
Yung Bae is at a turning point in his music career. The Portland native began dropping sample-heavy disco/future funk albums since 2014 and has been on an upward trajectory revitalizing and spearheading these genres and their sounds. But with his latest record Groove Continental: Side A, Yung Bae has taken a different approach that includes
US police have identified the so-called “I-65 Killer”, also known as the “Days Inn Killer”, who murdered three motel clerks near a Midwest highway in the late 1980s. Harry Edward Greenwell, who died aged 68 in 2013, has been named after testing of crime scene samples found a match that was “99.9999% positive”, Indiana State
More than 10 years ago, Jennifer Egan published A Visit From the Goon Squad, her groundbreaking novel of 13 interrelated stories in which she pushed style and theme to the limits of fiction’s boundaries. Not quite a sequel but connected to that earlier novel by several of the same characters, The Candy House remains true
Bible—Kim Kardashian is “very happy” with Pete Davidson. The SKIMS founder opened up about her relationship with the Saturday Night Live star in a new teaser for her upcoming interview with Good Morning America, set to air April 6. When journalist Robin Roberts asked the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star “how serious” she is about
Andrew Garfield just pulled off the Marvel surprise of many of our lifetimes by returning as Spider-Man alongside Tom Holland and Tobey Maguire in No Way Home. Plus, the actor recently was nominated for his second Oscar for his incredible performance in Tick, Tick… Boom! As such, it’s not surprising that the actor would be
Millions of workers will begin paying higher National Insurance contributions from today as part of a plan to raise billions for the NHS and social care. The 1.25 percentage point increase, first announced last autumn, is being introduced despite pressure for it to be put off given wider cost of living pressures – with energy,
Ivanka Trump has given evidence before the US House of Representatives panel investigating the US Capitol riot. The daughter of former US President Donald Trump was one of those closest to him when his supporters stormed the building in Washington on 6 January last year as a joint session of Congress was sitting to ratify
Some 1,200 war crimes have already been registered in the Kyiv region following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the capital’s police chief has said. Andriy Nebitov did not specify what each of the war crimes were nor how many people they involved. However, he told Sky News in an interview on Tuesday that most of the
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