Donald Trump has been recorded pleading with Georgia’s election chief to “find enough votes” to overturn the election result in the state. Audio of the phone call was obtained by The Washington Post and NBC News just weeks before the US president is set to leave office. Mr Trump can be heard launching into a
Month: January 2021
January 3rd, 2021 by Tina Casey With all eyes on Georgia, now would be a good time to draw attention to a new “just transition” study from the Georgia Institute of Technology that suggests how the US can plot the renewable energy workforce of tomorrow. The idea of a managed, balanced transition is especially relevant
The marketing services tycoon Sir Martin Sorrell will this week swoop to make two US additions worth more than $200m (£146m) to his digital advertising empire. Sky News understands that S4 Capital – founded by Sir Martin in the wake of his departure from WPP Group – will announce on Monday that it is buying
Gerry And The Pacemakers singer Gerry Marsden – whose hits included You’ll Never Walk Alone – has died aged 78. His friend, broadcaster Pete Price announced the news, saying: “It’s with a very heavy heart after speaking to the family that I have to tell you the Legendary Gerry Marsden MBE after a short illness
A Tesla Model S vehicle with what appears to be a new refresh design has been spotted in the wild amid the Model S/X production shutdown.. Tesla Model S Design Refresh Over the last few months, we have been extensively reporting on rumors of a possible Model S and Model X design refresh have been
Jan 1, 2021 When Chelsea signed Timo Werner (£47.7m) and Kai Havertz (£71m) for a combined £118.7m last summer, it was clear the club were making a long-term investment in the future. At 24 and 21, respectively, the two German forwards arrived at Stamford Bridge with only bright things ahead of them, and Chelsea overcame
The government must impose a national lockdown within 24 hours, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said. Sir Keir said the virus is “clearly out of control” and national restrictions have to be “the first step”. He said: “It’s no good the prime minister hinting that further restrictions are coming into place in a week
The Post Office will this week outline plans to hand two board seats to serving postmasters as it seeks to draw a line under the IT scandal which saw managers wrongly sent to prison. Sky News has learnt that the government-owned company will announce on Monday that a committee of independent businesspeople is being set
The prime minister knew, walking into his first broadcast interview of 2021, that he would face some difficult questions. In the last 24 hours alone, teaching unions have warned their members not to take classes face-to-face because of fears over the rate at which COVID-19 is spreading, a record number of new cases has been
Boris Johnson has said “there is no doubt in my mind that schools are safe” in areas where they are open – as he warned of tighter restrictions in the coming weeks. As pressure mounted on the prime minister to keep all of England’s schools closed when the new term starts, Mr Johnson insisted education
Veteran US talk show host Larry King is in hospital with coronavirus, according to US media reports. King, 87, has been receiving treatment for COVID-19 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for over a week, sources close to his family reportedly told CNN. The broadcaster is currently in isolation and unable to have
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Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he spent Christmas battling the coronavirus. The former Top Gear host wrote in his Sunday Times column: “Four days before Christmas, I woke in the night to find my sheets were soggy. And that I had a constant dry cough.” After his test came back positive, he said: “The doctor was
Vandals have targeted the leaders of the US House and Senate after Congress failed to increase the amount of money being given to Americans to help them get through the coronavirus pandemic. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s home in Kentucky and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in California were vandalised during the weekend. Mr McConnell’s
Hundreds of new vaccination sites are expected to be up and running this week as the NHS expands its coronavirus immunisation programme. Some 530,000 doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine will be available across the UK from Monday. At first, only a small number of hospital will distribute the vaccine but after a few days,
Nic Talbott has dreamt of a career in the military for years. He enrolled in a training programme while at university and spent his weekends in camouflage crawling through mud, or strategising in mock battle scenarios. But a tweet by Donald Trump in July 2017 destroyed all of his plans. The president’s tweet declared: “The