More employees should return to work rather than stay at home to ensure “the economic engines of this country are fired up again”, Michael Gove has told Sky News. Ditching the previous government messaging during the coronavirus pandemic, the Cabinet Office minister said people who can “add value” from being in the workplace should do
Donald Trump has been seen wearing a mask in public, despite previously appearing reluctant to endorse their use. The US president was visiting a military hospital in Washington where he met injured service personnel and health workers caring for COVID-19 patients. The pandemic reached the US in March, and has infected more than 3.2 million
8:00 AM ET Before we get to the ranking of baseball’s best shortstops, a story about an All-Star second baseman. A few years ago, the Houston Astros‘ staff encouraged batting champion Jose Altuve to be more patient at the plate. The staffers assured Altuve they weren’t asking him to hunt walks, but they believed if
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Airways is this weekend racing to secure the backing of a giant American payments group for a £1bn rescue deal that would save thousands of British aviation jobs. Sky News has learnt that First Data, a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Fiserv, has in recent days demanded stringent terms in return for
Portuguese police and firefighters have explored three old, disused wells in their search for the body of missing Madeleine McCann. The operation in a remote corner of the Algarve coast involved more than a dozen investigators using specialist climbing gear, including harnesses and ropes. It is understood the searchers found no evidence of Madeleine. Image:
The government will spend £705m to secure Great Britain’s border after leaving the EU, including a lorry park in Kent to deal with potential disruption. The new funding, for border infrastructure, jobs and technology, will ensure the UK’s border systems are “fully operational” after the UK has fully left the EU from 1 January 2021,
The fund manager whose firm’s collapse last year sent shockwaves through the City is staging his comeback as an adviser to a backer of start-up companies. Sky News has learnt that Neil Woodford has quietly begun working for Juno Capital, whose partners include the FTSE-100 grandee Sir Nigel Rudd, who has run and chaired a
Football clubs, sports stars and politicians have paid tribute to former England footballer and Ireland manager Jack Charlton, who has died aged 85. The Football Association of Ireland changed its mast head picture on Twitter to an image of a smiling Charlton, and tweeted videos and pictures of some of the national team’s finest moments
Mars may now be considered a barren, icy desert but did Earth’s nearest neighbour once harbour life? It is a question that has preoccupied scientists for centuries and fired up sci-fi imaginings. Now three space exploration projects are gearing up to launch some of the most ambitious bids yet to find an answer. Scientists believe
Victoria’s Secret star Valentina Sampaio has become Sports Illustrated’s first transgender model. The Brazilian-born model and activist said she hopes her appearance in the “groundbreaking issue” will open people’s eyes to the issues facing LGBTQ+ people in her nation. Sampaio has long been vocal in her support of Brazil‘s trans community. The 23-year-old announced her
England World Cup hero and Leeds United legend Jack Charlton has died. The 85-year-old passed away peacefully at his Northumberland home on Friday, his family said. He was diagnosed with lymphoma in the last year and was also suffering from dementia. Charlton, the older brother of Bobby Charlton, was part of England’s World Cup-winning team
It had become a case of when, not if, Donald Trump would save his old pal Roger Stone from prison. When Stone failed in a court bid to delay the start of his sentence next week because of a coronavirus outbreak at the jail, the president stepped in. Stone was there for Trump at the
7:26 PM ET The NHLPA and the NHL’s board of governors have approved a package that will not only allow the league to restart this summer, but also includes a four-year CBA extension. You read that correctly, the two sides have reached an extension without a work stoppage! We don’t want you to have to
Police fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators who tried to storm Serbia’s parliament on Friday, the fourth night of protests against the president’s increasingly authoritarian rule. Demonstrators, who were defying a ban on mass gatherings amid a spike in coronavirus infections, threw bottles, rocks and flares at the police guarding the parliament building in
Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of his former adviser Roger Stone – just days before he was due to report to prison to serve 40 months for crimes related to an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election. The White House confirmed the commuting of the sentence in a statement, saying Stone
Amazon said it mistakenly sent an email to employees telling them to delete the popular video app TikTok from their phones. “This morning’s email to some of our employees was sent in error. There is no change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok,” Amazon said in an emailed statement. Amazon had told