Sir Keir Starmer has revealed one of his top team has apologised after describing business as “the enemy”. Shadow tourism minister, Alex Sobel, was “wrong” in his comments, according to the Labour leader, who added that under him, the party was “very clearly pro-business”. Image: Sir Keir Starmer stressed Labour was ‘pro-business’ under his leadership
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G. Gordon Liddy, a central Watergate figure who spent more than four years in prison but went on to appear in a number of TV series, a few films and hosted a radio talk show for two decades, died Tuesday in Virginia, his son Thomas told media outlets. He was 90. Unrepentant till the end,
Over-65s are leading the way back to the supermarket aisles as the largely-vaccinated generation grows more confident about shopping in physical stores again, new figures show. Monthly data from market research firm Kantar showed there were 13 million more trips to grocery shops in the four weeks to 21 March than in the previous month.
Netflix Tuesday joined a growing group of companies exploring the environmental footprint of their businesses as the streamer committed to pollute less and increase investment in prevention, conservation, and regeneration projects. It is committing to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the end of next year and years thereafter. In a blog post, the
Liberty Steel UK says it is to restart production next week as its parent firm continues to seek new funding to fill the hole left by the collapse of Greensill Capital earlier this month. Sky News reported on Friday how GFG Alliance, owned by Sanjeev Gupta, had gone cap in hand to the government for
“I anticipate that we will be overwhelmed in that first week, but hope that it will quiet down a bit after that. But even with a very significant increase in the supply of vaccine, we’re estimating that it will still take a couple months,” said Los Angeles County Chief Science Officer Dr. Paul Simon on
Deliveroo has blamed “volatile” market conditions as it knocked nearly £1bn off the top end of its expected stock market valuation. The takeaway delivery firm is lining up a much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) in London, which it had said would see it valued at between £7.6bn and £8.8bn. But it disclosed on Monday that
The Tribeca Film Festival will have in-person screenings, something no North American fest has done since the start of Covid-19. A 12-day series of outdoor screenings will highlight the event, which will be the 20th anniversary of the first Tribeca, held months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The festival will be the official cap-off to
Uber says it will let London customers request a fully electric car so they can “play their part in cleaning up urban transport”. The ride-hailing app said its Uber Green option in central London will mean passenger fares will match those made in petrol, diesel and hybrid Uber vehicles, while drivers will be charged a
Tough new rules aimed at regulating the CBD food supplement market in the UK will come into force nationwide this week. Applications for “novel food” status must be submitted to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) by Wednesday 31 March in a bid to crack down on mislabelling and deal with concerns about the contents of
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released new data on Covid-19 on Saturday, reporting 23 new deaths and 700 new positive cases. Today’s numbers show that hospitalizations continue to fall; however, case numbers and deaths reported may reflect delays in weekend reporting. The data reported brings L.A. County to a total of 23,078
Spain is planning to use €50m (£43m) in EU funds to cut its working week to four days in a bid to prevent further coronavirus outbreaks. The experiment is set to last for three years and will be funded by money from the European Union’s massive COVID-19 recovery fund. The money will compensate some 200
A little more than a month after opening with much fanfare from California Governor Gavin Newsom, the large-scale vaccination site at Cal State Los Angeles will cease operations on April 11, federal and state officials managing the location announced today. The location was opened in February as an eight-week pilot project, marking a cooperative effort
Britain’s two fastest-growing online used-car marketplaces are racing to raise staggering sums of capital as they seek to reshape an industry boasting €400bn (£343bn) in annual sales across Europe. Sky News can reveal that Cinch, which is part of the private equity-backed Constellation Automotive Group, is in talks with a syndicate of global blue-chip institutions
The coronavirus pandemic may be ebbing for many in Hollywood, but the Covid lawsuits could soon surge as an action against Universal Television by an axed crew member appears to portent. In a heart wrenching disability discrimination lawsuit filed today in LA Superior Court, William Pavlu detailed how he was dropped from a Universal TV
Britain’s third-biggest steel producer has asked ministers to approve an emergency bailout of as much as £170m as it teeters on the brink of collapse. Sky News has learnt that GFG Alliance, the conglomerate headed by Sanjeev Gupta, wrote to the government late this week to request the emergency funding with thousands of jobs hanging
Hot on the heels of Mike Tyson lacing them up vs. Roy Jones last September, 11-time world champion Oscar De La Hoya on Friday announced his return to the ring. De La Hoya strode onto the stage as Snoop Dogg was talking up his Triller Fight Club 2021 event on April 17. Talking about De
More than 44,000 Asda workers have won the latest leg of their equal pay claim with bosses through a Supreme Court ruling, paving the way for a legal battle that could last years. The UK’s highest court backed a Court of Appeal judgment that store staff are entitled to compare themselves to distribution staff for
Fox News is the latest legal target of Dominion Voting Systems. The company has sued the Fox Corp. TV network for $1.6 billion for spreading false information about the 2020 election. Dominion has sued several others it accuses of perpetuating the erroneous claims that its machines were manipulated in order to tilt the results in
Thousands of firms are to be refused business rates discounts claimed due to the pandemic in what has been described as a “catastrophic blow”. The Treasury said that it would legislate to throw out the claims – which it has been estimated could have cost it £5bn – and will instead set up a £1.5bn