In another eventful day at the High Court, Amber Heard has made more allegations against her ex-husband Johnny Depp – and denied accusations of lying. The actress is the star witness for The Sun’s publisher NGN, which is being sued by Depp over an article calling him a “wife beater”, and has now spent two
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Russia’s ambassador to London has dismissed claims of Russian election interference efforts, cyber attacks and espionage against the UK contained in a new report as “much ado about nothing”. Andrey Kelin denied that the Kremlin tried to interfere in the Brexit referendum and refuted allegations it meddled with Scotland’s independence vote, saying such action was
Ryanair has taken aim at three bases of operation in Germany after pilots based in the country rejected proposed pay cuts. The Ireland-based carrier, which has agreed new deals with UK-based pilots and cabin crew as it navigates the challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis, said it would shut its base at Frankfurt Hahn Airport
Just 51 of the top 1,097 workplace roles in the UK are held by black and minority ethnic (BAME) people, data shared exclusively with Sky News shows. That amounts to just 4.6%, despite the fact that BAME groups make up 14% of the population. The figures also show that ethnic minority women are particularly poorly
8:17 AM ET Augusta National sits quiet. Life bustles by the esteemed club, which is closed for the summer and typically is not on the mind of the golf world. In a normal year, the Masters Tournament would be three months in the past, the major championship season complete. The club’s reopening to its membership
Uber’s five-year battle against giving its drivers basic employment protections, including minimum wage and holiday pay, has reached the Supreme Court. The company could be forced to pay tens of millions in compensation to impacted workers, as may other firms which fail to class their drivers and couriers as employees. The judgment will reverberate across
China has been accused of oppressing and breaching the human rights of the Uighur people in its western Xinjiang province. There have been widespread reports of Uighur people being held against their will in “re-education” centres, undergoing forced contraception and being subjected to a range of other restrictions. China says the claims are “baseless” and
Amber Heard has denied having affairs during her relationship with Johnny Depp, as details of texts with Elon Musk and CCTV of her and actor James Franco were shown at the High Court. She also answered further questions about her allegations of domestic abuse against Depp, telling the court she was his “punching bag” and
This is staggering – the UK doesn’t know if Russia interfered in the Brexit vote because it never sought to ask! For years ministers have consistently batted off questions about whether Vladimir Putin‘s regime attempted to meddle in the EU referendum, saying that there was no evidence of “successful interference”. We now know why. They
UK spy agencies took their “eye off the ball” over Russian interference and the government “badly underestimated” the threat, a watchdog has said. A long-awaited report from parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) found Vladimir Putin’s administration has been engaged in “hostile foreign interference”. It criticised the “illogical” approach by MI5 not to fully investigate
Government borrowing for April-June was more than double that for the whole of the previous fiscal year thanks to the “unprecedented impact” of the COVID-19 pandemic, official figures show. The deficit of £127.9bn for the three-month period compares with a £55.4bn shortfall for the year to the end of March, the Office for National Statistics
Scientists have identified 37 volcanic structures on Venus that appear to be recently active – and probably still are today – painting the picture of a geologically dynamic planet and not a dormant world as long thought. The research focused on ring-like structures called coronae, caused by an upwelling of hot rock from deep within
California is shutting down again as it reports a record increase in the number of coronavirus cases. The US state reported more than 11,800 new virus cases on Monday, according to a tally by news agency Reuters, bringing the total to almost 400,000. If California was a country, its total number would put it fifth
A California appeals court has refused to overturn a verdict in favour of a school caretaker who claimed the weedkiller Roundup caused his cancer. Dewayne Johnson had been awarded $289.2m (£228.4m) in August 2018 after a San Francisco jury was told that the chemical was responsible for his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The award was cut by
Doctors, teachers, police officers and other public sector employees are to receive bumper, inflation-busting pay rises as a reward for their efforts during the coronavirus crisis. With inflation currently just 0.6%, the biggest increase, 3.1%, goes to teachers, followed by doctors and dentists, who will receive 2.8%, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced. Police, prison
England’s chief nursing officer has confirmed she was “dropped” from one of Downing Street’s daily coronavirus briefings in the midst of controversy over Dominic Cummings’s lockdown trips. Ruth May told MPs she was axed from the line-up for the Number 10 briefing on 1 June despite having already prepared for her appearance. It had previously