Disgraced Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins has been stabbed in prison, according to reports. The 46-year-old is serving a 29-year jail term for multiple sexual offences, including serious crimes against young children and babies. According to the Mirror, the paedophile is in a “life-threatening condition” following the incident at HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire. The newspaper
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Facebook, TikTok and Twitter will team up with UK law enforcement to crack down on posts by people smugglers encouraging migrants to cross the English Channel, the government says. Rishi Sunak, who has made cutting the number of small boats arriving on UK shores one of his “five pledges”, said the new partnerships with various social
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has promised to investigate unlawful bank closures after the chancellor warned the practice could be “widespread”. Jeremy Hunt told the FCA that he wants to see banks “spell out to an affected customer why they are terminating their payment account”. In a letter to the regulator, he wrote this would
Trump pleaded not guilty to all four charges against him – the most serious of which is conspiracy to defraud the United States. We learned that if Trump is convicted on all four counts, he could spend up to 55 years in prison. After leaving court, Trump called it “a very sad day for America”.
CIA Director William Burns warned Russia may use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Retired Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt discusses the differences between artillery shells and tactical nuclear weapons. #CNN #News
A big part of the fun of finding vehicles for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column comes from all of the interesting fascia designs. These uniquely Chinese vehicles often have interesting faces, giving each vehicle a unique personality. And this week we’ve stumbled upon an electric box truck with an underbite
The “concerned” mother of a teenager evacuated from the World Scout Jamboree during a heatwave in South Korea says her son faced “hugely uncomfortable” conditions at the event. Annabel Shackleton’s 17-year-old son Aaron is one of the 4,000 UK Scouts who have been evacuated from the campsite to hotels in the country’s capital, Seoul, due
It’s the great comedy debate. With performers at Edinburgh’s Fringe feeling the pinch from rising accommodation, food and fuel costs, has the festival become elitist? “There’s a definite economic barrier,” comedian Paul Chowdhry told Sky News. “Most of the people I speak to, throughout the years, say it’s a very middle-class white industry. You very
John Gosling – a keyboard player for legendary English rock band The Kinks – has died at the age of 75. Gosling joined the band in 1970, around seven years after its formation by Sir Ray Davies, his brother Dave, schoolfriend Peter Quaife and drummer, Mick Avory. His audition was the recording session for the
Comedian Joe Pasquale has told a podcast he had to get stitches after impaling himself with a set of moose antlers at the end of a show in Skegness. The star was performing at the seaside town’s Embassy Theatre last month as part of his new tour, The New Normal. Speaking on Kate Thornton’s White
A social media post by Donald Trump written in all-capital letters saying ”if you go after me, I’m coming after you!” could be interpreted as intimidating, US prosecutors have said. Mr Trump posted the message on his Truth Social platform on Friday afternoon a day after he pleaded not guilty to charges relating to attempts to
A gym-goer has said she was shocked as she claimed Rishi Sunak turned up to a SoulCycle class on Friday. The prime minister is currently on holiday in California, saying earlier in the week it’s his first family trip away in several years. But after being pictured on Santa Monica Pier and visiting Disneyland, he
Offenders have had the right to apply for a review after 15 years on the register since 2012. But now Laura Stewart, who was abused as a child, is petitioning MPs to change the law after she discovered her abuser had been removed from the register 21 years after his conviction. ‘Frightened’ abuse victim wants
Typhoon Doksuri soaked Beijing and the surrounding area with a torrential rain unlike any recorded in the city’s history, sparking rescue missions for survivors trapped by flooded streets. #news #cnn #china #typhoondoksuri #weather
Italian renewables giant Enel Green Power and Sicily-based robotic tech startup Reiwa have developed a robot that automatically cleans solar panels without using water or gas. Dust and dirt can be a real problem on solar panels, as it interferes with their performance, especially in particularly dusty or desert areas. Pressure washers or tractors with
One of Britain’s biggest lenders to small businesses is hatching plans for a £3.5bn tie-up with the Co-operative Bank. Sky News has learnt that Shawbrook Group has approached the owners of the Co-operative Bank in recent weeks to outline plans for a stock-based combination of the two companies. Sources said this weekend that the preliminary
Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, has been arrested after he was sentenced to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts, his lawyer said. Police were seen surrounding his residence in Lahore on Saturday after the verdict was released. The 70-year-old former cricketer was sentenced after he was found guilty of unlawfully selling
In arguably the most historic day of conference realignment, Oregon and Washington began finalizing a move to join the Big Ten in 2024. And they may not be the only ones on the move. On the heels of those monumental decisions, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah are in discussions to join the Big 12, joining
Four weather warnings are in force today as Storm Antoni hits the UK – bringing heavy rain and strong winds that are rarely seen in the summer. Forecasters fear gusts could be in excess of 60mph in the worst-affected areas, with a “good chance” of travel disruption and power cuts. The Met Office has issued:
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Thilina Kaluthotage | Nurphoto | Getty Images Meta’s Twitter-like Threads app will soon get a search function and be available to access via the web. In a Threads post on Friday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the new features will be “coming in the next