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Royal Mail 'minded' to accept multi billion pound takeover by Czech billionaire

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 14:24
The owner of Royal Mail has said it is "minded" to accept a revised takeover bid by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky.

'Offensive' to suggest NI sleepwalked into pandemic - Foster

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 14:08
The former first minister of Northern Ireland Baroness Arlene Foster has defended her leadership of the territory during the pandemic.

Senegalese hoping for better lives wait as 'impossible' route to US shuts

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 14:03
A popular passage used by thousands of Senegalese migrants to enter the US via flights to Nicaragua and a land route through Mexico has become practically "impossible", a Senegalese man who made the trip has told Sky News. 

Philippine ships deployed to watch activists sail to disputed fishing area as China tensions grow

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 13:19
Three coastguard patrol ships, a plane and a navy vessel have been deployed by the Philippines to ensure the safety of around 100 activists and fishermen heading to a disputed fishing area in the South China Sea.

Warning to boil tap water after 22 cases of diarrhoea disease confirmed

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 13:15
People have been told to boil their drinking water after 22 cases of a waterborne disease were confirmed in South West England.

Royal portraits over past century on display in new exhibition

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 12:32
A new Buckingham Palace exhibition is set to display previously unreleased images of the Royal Family over the past century.

Thames Water investors to quit boards amid spectre of bailout

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 12:11
Representatives of Thames Water's multinational syndicate of shareholders are poised to quit as directors of its corporate entities after refusing to inject the billions of pounds of funding required to bail it out.

King and Queen attend royal honours service

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 11:09
The King and Queen have arrived at St Paul's Cathedral in central London for a service of dedication for the Order of the British Empire.

State of emergency to be declared as riots rage in French Pacific territory

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 10:49
Emmanuel Macron will call for a "state of emergency" to be declared in New Caledonia as deadly rioting rages in the French territory.

Details of Legally Blonde prequel announced

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 10:44
If you know the first cardinal rule of perm maintenance and the importance of a scented resumé, you're going to be excited about Reese Witherspoon's latest news.

Man with a knife appeared in my hotel room, woman tells trial of Madeleine McCann suspect

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 10:43
A woman who has accused the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann of rape has described being attacked in her hotel room by a man holding a knife.

'Super fluffy' candy floss planet bigger than Jupiter discovered by astronomers

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 10:40
Astronomers have identified a planet as light and fluffy as candy floss - despite being far bigger than our solar system's gas giant Jupiter.

Child, 3, inside car involved in 'extremely dangerous' 150mph chase

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 10:37
Two men have been arrested after a car carrying a three-year-old child was involved in an "extremely dangerous" 150mph chase.

Man who scooped $1.35bn lottery win 'embroiled in legal battle with his own family'

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 10:31
A man who scooped a $1.35bn lottery win is said to be embroiled in a legal battle - with his own family.

'Unbelievably insulting': Bumble apologises for billboard ad campaign

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 10:04
Bumble has apologised after it appeared to make fun of celibate women in a new advertising campaign.

Scientists discover how cancer warning could be given seven years before diagnosis

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 09:00
Scientists have identified proteins in the blood which could warn people of cancer more than seven years before it is diagnosed.

West has 'good hand in China economic battlefield but it doesn't have to be war'

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 08:57
The boss of the world's biggest bank has told Sky News that Western economies have a "good hand" in the "economic battlefield" with China but declared it does not have to be war.

Super Gran star Gudrun Ure dies aged 98

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 08:57
Gudrun Ure, the star of hit 1980s children's TV show Super Gran, has died aged 98.

Inside the frontline fight to stop Russia seizing key town - as ammunition arrives at last

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 08:41
Sat in a makeshift shelter on the outskirts of a frontline town in eastern Ukraine, the soldier - callsign "Zaur" - shared some rare, good news: new ammunition appeared to be arriving.

Day of blockades in French prisons as inmate called 'The Fly' escapes in armed ambush

Wed, 15/05/2024 - 06:40
A suspected drug boss nicknamed "The Fly" is at the centre of police manhunt after escaping from a prison van in France.

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