The Ladbrokes and Coral owner has agreed a deal with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to pay £585m after a bribery investigation. Entain is paying the sum following a Bribery Act investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) into its former Turkish business. Under investigation were activities of suppliers and former employees of the Entain
Month: November 2023
A metro mayor spent £10,000 of taxpayers’ money covering a double decker bus with three massive pictures of himself with his dog, a report has revealed. Former Labour MP Dan Norris, the elected mayor for the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), approved the spending for the advertisement to promote a free bus travel scheme
Rishi Sunak said he plans to continue with his smoking ban after New Zealand reversed its own flagship policy. New Zealand’s new coalition government has announced its intention to revoke legislation passed by the previous liberal administration designed to make it a smoke-free nation. Last year the country became the first in the world to
Riots broke out in Ireland’s capital Dublin, with “huge destruction by a riotous mob” leading to the arrests of 34 people, Irish police have said. The violent protest in Dublin was triggered by a stabbing incident outside a primary school which has left a five-year-old schoolgirl in critical condition and a female teacher in her
Thirteen Israeli hostages released by Hamas have now crossed into Egypt, according to local media, as part of a truce deal with the militant group. Twelve Thai nationals have also been freed by Hamas, Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has said. The Thai hostages were released as part of a separate deal with Hamas mediated
The SpaceX Starship has launched its second orbital test flight. Which means that America now is about to have two mega-rockets, two of the biggest rockets ever to take to the skies. One is SpaceX’s Starship. The other is NASA’s Artemis Moon Rocket. How do the two stack up against each other? The Artemis Moon Rocket’s engines generate
Nicola Sturgeon is among senior figures accused of “misfeasance” in former first minister Alex Salmond’s fresh legal action against the Scottish government. Mr Salmond took the government to court in 2019 and was awarded £512,000 over its mishandling of harassment complaints against him. The former SNP leader – who was first minister between 2007 and
Venice will now charge visitors for a day trip next year, in a bid to manage overcrowding. From next spring, the Italian canal city will charge those visiting for one day €5 (£4.34) each on 29 days between April and July. The capital of Veneto, built on 120 small islands, welcomes around 25 million people
Thirteen Israeli hostages have been released by Hamas after being held for almost seven weeks. They include four children and a number of elderly women. Their handover coincides with the release of 39 prisoners by Israel after a deal that has paused fighting between the two sides. Sky News understands 10 Thai nationals and one
President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, 60 years ago. I do not remember that fateful day on 22 November 1963, as I was just four years old. But I do remember the summer day, five years later in 1968, when his brother – former US attorney general and would be president, Robert
A mental fitness app for men co-founded by Bear Grylls, the British adventurer, has raised £2.5m in seed funding from backers including venture capital funds and prominent angel investors. Sky News understands that Mettle, which launched earlier this week, has secured financial backing that will support aid a sizeable marketing campaign during the coming weeks.
John Lewis is opening health clinics in some stores as it tries to boost flagging sales. Shoppers will be able to get full-body checks for potential health issues, as well as tests for things such as vitamin deficiencies and hormone imbalances. It’s setting them up with Randox Health and appointments are already bookable for next
HSBC customers have been left without online and mobile banking services on Black Friday. Shortly before nine o’clock on Friday the bank said it is investigating the issue “as a matter of urgency” and apologised to customers. It’s working to restore mobile and online banking service, HSBC said, including authorising online card purchases via the
Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison in January, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend. Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013 at his home in Pretoria, South Africa. He said he fired his gun through a bathroom door after mistaking her for an intruder in the early hours. The
A 68-year-old jogger has been charged with killing a homeless man in California who was blocking his path while sleeping. Craig Sumner Elliott was jogging with two dogs and a pushcart on the afternoon of 28 September when he confronted the man who was asleep on a pavement, according to Californian officials who charged him
HMV has reopened the doors to its flagship Oxford Street store after it was closed down for four years. The entertainment chain first opened the central London store 102 years ago, but was forced to shut it when it fell into administration. Now, in what owner Doug Putman called a “great moment” in the chain’s