The owner of one of Britain’s biggest providers of managed cloud services is to begin exploring a £500m-plus sale of the business. Sky News understands that Mayfair Equity Partners has hired investment bankers to prepare a review of strategic options for Nasstar. City sources said on Sunday that Raymond James had been appointed to oversee
The distraught family of a four-year-old killed in a missile strike in Ukraine have attended her funeral – while her unknowing mother remained in intensive care. Liza Dmytrieva died in the Russian bombing of the central city of Vinnytsia on Thursday. The blast left her mother, Iryna, in a “grave condition” in an intensive care
7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” AT FIRST, HE was a mascot, and then he was a marvel, and now, more than a decade after he first toddled into a major league clubhouse, Jackson Holliday’s transformation is complete.
A former leader of the Conservative Party has criticised Rishi Sunak’s approach to the economy, accusing the former chancellor of fuelling inflation. Speaking to Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme, Liz Truss backer Sir Iain Duncan Smith said the Treasury, overseen by Mr Sunak, has demonstrated a “failure” of monetary policy. Sir Iain continued:
Love Island has said it takes its duty of care for contestants “extremely seriously” after star Jacques O’Neill told how appearing on the show was “the worst decision of my life” in an interview given after his shock early exit. The 23-year-old chose to end his time in the TV villa following controversy over the
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Capping Russian oil prices won’t solve the world’s energy problems, said Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati on Friday. Prices are high because demand outstrips supply, which has been disrupted, and a price ceiling will not resolve that, she said. “Putting a cap definitely is not going to solve the problem, because it is about
An elderly woman who fell into a pond in Florida was killed after being grabbed by two alligators, authorities say. She was seen falling into the water by a golf course in Englewood late on Friday and struggled to stay afloat. While she was in the water, two alligators were seen grabbing her. She was
The new health secretary has said new measures including extra working hours for ambulance crews are being put in place as the UK faces its first national heatwave emergency. Steve Barclay said the additional support, which also includes more call handlers, is being put in place on Monday and Tuesday. Almost all of England is
7:56 PM ET The North Carolina home of NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is up for sale, and the whopping 9,986-square-foot residence is listed for $15,995,000. The listing real estate agents, Heather Gibbs and Josh Tucker, would not confirm it was Stenhouse’s home. According to the Multiple Listing Service, a database used by Realtors, the
Rishi Sunak has vowed to scrap hundreds of remaining EU laws and regulations if he triumphs in the Tory leadership race, as Penny Mordaunt faces scrutiny for her views on trans rights. In a fresh pitch to win over Brexiteers, the former chancellor promised to appoint a Brexit minister to comb through the remaining 2,400
In today’s age of police militarization, perhaps it’s time to take a step back and see how we could downsize some of the police gear used on our streets. Who needs a three axle gas-guzzling police tank when you could have a tiny electric police coupe? Benefits include low maintenance, reduced fuel costs and being
An employee monitors for gas leaks during safety checks at Uniper’s Bierwang natural gas storage facility. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images German energy giant Uniper on Friday said it is having to draw down gas from storage facilities, reducing supplies needed for winter even as Europe is experiencing an extreme heatwave. The embattled utility
Top Gun star Tom Cruise has appeared in Gloucestershire for the largest military air show in the world to mark the United States Air Force’s 75th anniversary. The Hollywood A-lister, also known for his starring role in Mission: Impossible, was spotted at RAF Fairford to watch the air show displays at the Royal International Air
A three-year-old boy has died in a collision with a tractor at a farm in Bury. Police said they were called to the Tottington area at around 12.45pm after the boy’s family flagged a passing ambulance to stop while trying to drive him to hospital. The boy was pronounced dead by paramedics before he could
Internet providers have a moral obligation to help customers through the cost of living crisis, the regulator has said. More and more families are struggling with their internet bills, which often are linked to inflation and have been going up this year. Along with everything else. Ofcom’s networks and communications group director, Lindsey Fussell, told