Dame Olivia de Havilland, who played Melanie Hamilton in Gone With The Wind, has died at the age of 104. The star passed away in Paris, her representative confirmed. A statement said: “Last night, the world lost an international treasure, and I lost a dear friend and beloved client. She died peacefully in Paris.” Image:
Banksy has donated three oil paintings referencing the European migrant crisis to a charity auction raising money for a hospital in Bethlehem. The works, titled Mediterranean Sea View 2017, are estimated to sell for between £800,000 and £1.2m. The anonymous street artist from Bristol took 19th century-style Romantic seascapes and added life jackets and buoys
Priti Patel has demanded an explanation from Twitter and Instagram over the length of time it took to remove “abhorrent” posts made by Wiley. Police are currently investigating a series of antisemitic comments posted on the Grime artist’s social media accounts. The Home Secretary tweeted on Sunday: “The antisemitic posts from Wiley are abhorrent. “They
Forecasters are predicting “catastrophic flooding” in southern Texas after Hurricane Hanna made landfall twice, bringing heavy rain and winds up to 90mph. It came ashore on Saturday as a category one storm (the lowest of the five levels) and has now been downgraded to a tropical storm – but there could still be 15-30cm (6-12in)
The foreign secretary has defended the reintroduction of coronavirus quarantine measures for Britons returning from Spain, telling Sky News: “We took the decision as swiftly as we could.” Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Dominic Raab said the government received data on Friday which showed a “big jump” in COVID-19 cases across the country. Mr
More than 900 sex offenders have disappeared off the police radar with many thought to have disguised their identities by changing their names and not telling officers, Sky News has discovered. The simple deed poll process takes 15 minutes online and over 1,300 sex offenders have already done it since committing their offences and have
12:25 AM ET For the fourth time in three years, an NFL team hoping to make a leap to the next level has traded away two first-round picks to acquire a young superstar. In some ways, the Seahawks’ unexpected decision to trade three picks and Bradley McDougald to the Jets for All-Pro safety Jamal Adams
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has placed one city in lockdown over fears the country has its first coronavirus case. He believed “the vicious virus” may have entered the country after a resident in Kaesong, on the border with South Korea, displayed suspected COVID-19 symptoms, North Korea’s Central News Agency reported. The lockdown was
10:26 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Maximum Security won the $150,000 San Diego Handicap in a photo finish at Del Mar on Saturday, his first start in five months for new trainer Bob Baffert. Under new rider Abel Cedillo, Maximum Security caught pacesetter Midcourt at the top of the stretch and outlasted
Poland is to withdraw from a European treaty aimed at preventing violence against women. The country’s justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro said the treaty “contains elements of an ideological nature, which we consider harmful”. Mr Ziobro said on Saturday that his ministry would ask the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy to begin the withdrawal
Kanye West has apologised to his wife Kim Kardashian West for discussing their personal problems in public. Hours after being visited at his ranch by fellow musician Justin Bieber, the rapper used a public forum, Twitter, to tell her he was sorry for “going public with something that was a private matter”. Acknowledging he had
Tui has cancelled all holidays to mainland Spain for two weeks after Britain imposed a quarantine on those returning from the country. “TUI UK have taken the decision to cancel all holidays to mainland Spain up to and including Sunday 9 August 2020,” the UK’s biggest tour operator said in a statement. “We know how
The UK’s biggest tour operator, Tui, has suspended all flights from Spain and the Canary Islands scheduled to leave today. Andrew Flintham, managing director of Tui UK and Ireland, made the announcement on Saturday evening hours before new rules came into force for UK travellers. It comes after the government added Spain and the islands
Tony Blair has told Sky News the UK is going to be living with COVID-19, not eliminating it, for the foreseeable future. He has urged Boris Johnson to put measures in place to contain and control the virus to prevent a new surge of cases in the autumn. The former prime minister has also accused
Peter Green, a co-founder of rock band Fleetwood Mac, has died aged 73, his family has said. Swan Turton, solicitors acting on behalf of his family, said in a statement: “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep. “A further statement will be
Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS) is a surgical procedure that involves robotic instruments to treat patients with diseases such as colorectal cancer. As opposed to the traditional surgical methods, robotic surgeries are deemed less “painful” with “fewer complications” according to Intuitive India, one of the companies that has been working in this space since 1995. This surgical method