Boris Johnson has promised to set up an independent inquiry into the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The prime minister resisted calls for it to be formed now, given the warnings of how deadly a second COVID-19 spike could be this winter. He was challenged to commit to it by Sir Ed Davey, acting
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Burping cows are a massive contributor to emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which has reached record levels according to new research. The amount of methane in the atmosphere grew massively between 2000 and 2017, leading to what researchers believe could be a global warming increase of up to four degrees Celsius by the
Amber Heard asked her former assistant to conceal the fact she was filming a romantic scene with James Franco from her then partner Johnny Depp as an “insurance policy”, the High Court has heard. Kate James, who was Heard‘s personal assistant for three years, said the actress asked her not to let Depp or his
Johnny Depp’s former estate manager has told the High Court how he found a piece of the actor’s finger following a now infamous argument with Amber Heard in Australia. Ben King, who worked for the Pirates Of The Caribbean star in Australia, London and Canada over three separate periods between 2014 and 2016, was the
Apple and Ireland have won an appeal against an EU order that the tech giant pay the country €13bn (£11.6bn) in back taxes. In 2016, the European Commission ruled that Ireland had breached state aid rules by giving Apple unfair tax benefits, and ordered Ireland to recover the money plus interest. Both Ireland and Apple
The Moon may actually be 85 million years younger than previous believed as a new study on the natural satellite’s magma ocean offers new insight into the age of Earth’s closest celestial neighbour. It was earlier believed that the Moon may be 4.51 billion years old, formed nearly 60 million years after the formation of
Health Secretary Matt Hancock admits he is “worried” about the long-term impacts of coronavirus on those who have been infected. Mr Hancock said a “significant minority” of people had suffered “quite debilitating” conditions after contracting COVID-19. It comes after Sky News reported on how psychosis, insomnia, kidney disease, spinal infections, strokes, chronic tiredness and mobility
5:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN Junior lightweight contender Mikaela Mayer easily outclassed Helen Joseph in a one-sided 10-round unanimous decision in the main event of a Top Rank boxing card on ESPN at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday. This was the first time a women’s fight has been the main
Donald Trump has welcomed Britain’s decision to block Huawei from its 5G network – while China’s ambassador to the UK said it was “disappointing and wrong”. Yesterday, Boris Johnson also banned the purchase of any new 5G equipment from the Chinese tech giant from the end of this year. The US president praised the UK’s
A man has been shot and killed by police after a dispute over a face mask at a shop in the US state of Michigan. Sean Ruis, 43, was suspected of stabbing a 77-year-old man who had challenged him because he was not wearing a mask while in the Quality Dairy store in Lansing on
7:27 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic shut down golf in mid-March. But Tiger Woods was shut down a month before that. A stiff back kept him out of a host of tournaments he would normally play, such as the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players. When last we saw Woods, in February at the Genesis
A British-based cruise operator which has been at the centre of a repatriation row involving hundreds of crew is in eleventh-hour talks with potential investors in a desperate bid to stay afloat. Sky News has learnt that Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV), which employs about 4,000 people, is in talks with VGO Capital Management, a
Ghislaine Maxwell has been denied bail after one of her accusers said Jeffrey Epstein would not have been able to abuse teenage girls without her. Maxwell, the ex-partner of the convicted paedophile, faces up to 35 years in prison over allegations she recruited teenage girls – including one as young as 14 years old –
Two Lancashire towns teetering on the edge of local lockdown have announced new emergency measures to tackle coronavirus outbreaks. Blackburn with Darwen Council told residents only two people can now visit another person at home and face coverings should be worn in public with immediate effect. It has also urged anyone to get tested for
Johnny Depp’s housekeeper was “horrified and disgusted” after finding “human faeces” in a bed at the star’s penthouse in Los Angeles, the High Court has been told. Hilda Vargas appeared as a witness at the actor’s libel action trial against The Sun and its publishers via video-link on Tuesday. She followed other members of his
The number of coronavirus cases in Leicester is “still well above” the rest of the UK ahead of this week’s review of the city’s local lockdown, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. The Midlands city has been subject to the UK’s first full local lockdown as part of the government’s “whack-a-mole” strategy to deal with