Lloyds has confirmed it is axing its mobile banking vans – just days after it announced plans to cut 1,600 jobs as it increasingly shifts services online. The banking giant said visits to the branches had fallen by 90% since 2018, with as few as two people regularly using the service in some locations. The
Admin
When NFL teams pick college players in the yearly draft, the last pick of the last round is given a rather unwanted nickname – “Mr Irrelevant”. The title even comes with its own trophy of a fumbling NFL player, a comedy roasting from retired stars, and a free holiday to California’s Newport Beach. It is
The Labour Party will this week back a report calling for the British Business Bank to be given an expanded role as it hopes to take a decisive step in its efforts to be perceived as the most pro-business force in British politics. Sky News has learnt that a review commissioned by shadow City minister
The slow-motion collapse of Evergrande, the world’s most indebted company, entered what is likely to be its final stage on Monday when a Hong Kong court ordered its liquidation. The property developer, which has more than $300bn worth of liabilities, has been approaching this point ever since, in December 2021, it first missed a bond
Inchcape, the London-listed car dealer, is exploring a sale of its UK retail business – a deal that would herald another phase in the industry’s ownership shake-up. Sky News has learnt that Inchcape has begun sounding out prospective buyers of its domestic operations in recent weeks. Bankers at Rothschild have been hired to oversee talks
Jeane Freeman has told the UK COVID-19 Inquiry she will ‘regret for the rest of her life’ care home deaths caused by Scottish government decision-making. Ms Freeman, who was Scotland’s health secretary during the pandemic up to the 2021 Holyrood election, said there were “no risk-free choices” when considering whether to introduce social distancing measures
A Hong Kong court has ordered the liquidation of China Evergrande, the real estate firm with more than $300bn (£236.1bn) of debts, amid deepening fears for the territory’s wider corporate health. Justice Linda Chan ruled Evergrande had been unable to offer a concrete restructuring plan to creditors – more than two years after defaulting on
Britney Spears has appeared to apologise to Justin Timberlake for things she wrote about him in her autobiography. The 42-year-old singer shared a post on Instagram saying she was sorry if she had “offended any of the people I genuinely care about” along with a clip of Justin Timberlake singing on Saturday Night Live. Spears
A German company is set to use the Shetland Islands to send rockets into space – with plans to launch at least one a month. Rocket Factory Augsburg’s (RFA) chief commercial officer said excitement is building ahead of their “Olympic gold medal” moment this summer. If everything goes to plan, it will be Europe’s first-ever
Iceland supermarket boss Richard Walker has switched his support from the Conservatives to Labour, saying Sir Keir Starmer’s party is “the right choice” for his customers. Mr Walker, a former Tory donor and the executive chairman of Iceland, said under Sir Keir’s leadership Labour had “progressively moved towards the ground on which I have always
Ryanair has reported a slump in quarterly profits and narrowed its expectations for annual earnings after some online travel sites stopped selling its flights. The no-frills carrier said it made profit after tax of €15m (£12.8m) over the final three months of 2023, its third quarter, compared to the €211m it achieved in the same
Taylor Swift sealed Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs’ huge win on Sunday with a kiss. Kelce, 34, scored a touchdown to help see off the Baltimore Ravens and send the Chiefs to their second consecutive Super Bowl. After the game, Swift, also 34, rushed down to the field at M&T Bank Stadium in
Joe Biden has said the US “shall respond” after three American troops were killed and dozens more were injured in a drone strike on Saturday night in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border. The president blamed Iranian-backed militias for the first US fatalities after months of strikes by such groups against American forces across the
A snowboarder was stuck hanging in the sky on a gondola at a resort in California for 15 hours overnight. Monica Laso boarded the gondola at Heavenly Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe around 5pm after she felt too tired to snowboard down the mountain, she told KCRA 3 News, an affiliate of Sky News partner
As smoking has been increasingly curtailed in public, it’s easy to forget that it’s still one of the leading causes of death and illness in the UK. It kills around half of those who smoke, making it the biggest one that’s entirely preventable. The habit kills 76,000 people a year, according to the NHS. Rishi
Labour MP Kate Osamor has had the Labour whip suspended while she is investigated for saying Gaza should be remembered as a genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day. The Edmonton MP sent the message to her party members, saying Holocaust Memorial Day should be observed, but other genocides should also be remembered – and list Gaza
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 88
- 89
- 90
- 91
- 92
- …
- 1255
- Next Page »