A former member of the Harrods management team has told how Mohamed al Fayed would “cherry pick” women from the shop floor. Speaking to Sky News anonymously, the woman described the billionaire, who died last year aged 94, as “demonic” and said he “controlled everything with fear”. Lawyers representing 37 alleged victims of sexual abuse
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The suspect in the apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump wrote a note saying he intended to kill the former US president and had a list of where he was expected to be, prosecutors say. The US Justice Department said the note, addressed “Dear World”, was written by Ryan Routh months before he was arrested
A painting of a nude woman with her legs open has prompted a police visit to an art gallery in Mid Wales. The painting is on display in the window of The Table in Hay-on-Wye, Powys. Warning: The image below shows the painting According to gallery owner Val Harris, the police have asked her to
Photo by Cindy Shebley on Pexels.com The Federal Reserve cut interest rates yesterday, and while it’s meant to support the broader economy, here’s how it helps homeowners go solar. On Wednesday, the Fed cut interest rates by a half point, lowering the benchmark lending rate to 4.75-5.25%. Over the past few years, higher interest rates
Thousands of construction industry jobs are at risk as ISG, a construction group that builds prisons and police stations, faces imminent collapse. Sky News has learnt that Whitehall officials are lining up City advisers to work on contingency plans for ISG, which is expected to formally appoint administrators on Friday. EY is on standby to
A government minister has said Sir Keir Starmer accepting more freebies than any other MP “is not important at all”. Jess Phillips said she was “satisfied” with the prime minister’s explanation it would “cost the taxpayer a fortune” in security if he watched Arsenal from the stands after it emerged he has accepted thousands of
The UK’s public sector debt has hit 100% of the value of the country’s annual economic output for the first time since the 1960s, according to official figures released ahead of the chancellor’s maiden budget. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, in a preliminary estimate, that the figure had risen from the 99.3% figure
The unscheduled speech by the Hezbollah leader was revealing as much as it was defiant. It came after back-to-back days of booby-trapped communication devices exploding across Lebanon. Dozens have been killed – fighters and supporters as well as women and at least two children. This was the first time his fighting group was to hear
A Republican backed by Donald Trump in his bid to be North Carolina’s governor denied reports he called himself a “black nazi” on an online message board. CNN reported Thursday that Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson posted racial and sexual comments on a pornography website more than a decade ago. In a video posted on social
Chinese automaker Maxus launched Europe’s first AWD electric pickup, beating Toyota, Ford, and several others to the market. The new Maxus eTerron 9 is slightly larger than a Ford Ranger and has up to 267 miles (430 km) range. Maxus, initially under British van maker LDV Group, was bought out by China’s SAIC Motor in
In this article NVDA TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang presents the Nvidia Blackwell platform at an event ahead of the COMPUTEX Forum, in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 2, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters Investors poured into tech stocks at one of the fastest clips of the year a day
Associated Press Sep 19, 2024, 02:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FREEHOLD, N.J. — Freehold Raceway, the oldest horse racing track in the United States, is shutting down at the end of the year. Track officials made the announcement on Thursday after a meeting with employees. Horse racing has been conducted at the half-mile track
The family of an NHS pharmacist who took his own life after suffering paralysing complications from a COVID jab are calling for urgent reform of the government’s compensation scheme for vaccine damage. John Cross was told by the official medical assessor for the scheme that the jab had caused his rare neurological effects, but that
Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates has blamed government “flimflam artists” for dragging out financial redress for victims. In a newsletter, seen by Sky News, he criticises the GLO (Group Litigation Order) scheme for being a “gravy train” for government lawyers, He adds it is “seemingly to ensure maximum income for the lawyers and minimal
U.S. crude oil rose nearly 1% on Thursday, one day after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates for the first time in more than four years and as tensions in the Middle East continued to escalate. The Fed surprised the market on Wednesday with a bigger-than-expected cut of a half percentage point. Oil prices, however,
Convicted con artist Anna “Delvey” Sorokin has made her debut on Dancing With The Stars – sporting a sparkly ankle monitor. The so-called “fake heiress”, who swindled Manhattan’s elite out of huge sums, took to the dancefloor on Tuesday as the US TV show returned for a new series. Sorokin defrauded banks and New York
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted it would “cost the taxpayer a fortune” if he were to watch Arsenal from the stands after it emerged he had accepted thousands of pounds worth of free football tickets. The prime minister has faced criticism after Sky News’ Westminster Accounts project revealed he had received two-and-a-half times more gifts
Timothy Bradley Jr.Sep 19, 2024, 07:51 AM ET Close Timothy Bradley Jr. is an ESPN’s boxing analyst, a two-division, five-time world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Open Extended Reactions Activity in boxing is key. Competition keeps the fighters ready, furthers their stamina and sharpens their skills as they put
Hezbollah’s leader has accused Israel of carrying out “massacres” with pager and walkie-talkie explosions, saying it wanted to kill “5,000 people in two minutes”. Lebanon has blamed Israel for the blasts on Tuesday and Wednesday which have killed 37 and injured thousands. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the “unprecedented” explosions “could be called a declaration
Chinese electric car company Nio launched its lower-cost brand Onvo on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Shanghai, China. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng HEFEI, China — There’s yet another Chinese electric car aiming to undercut Tesla, with a steeper discount. Onvo, the lower-priced brand launched by premium electric car company Nio, announced its first car, the
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