Manchester United could become the most expensive sports team in the world, after a Qatari businessman entered a record-breaking offer as the bidding window slammed closed. Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad, who chairs the Qatar Islamic Bank, submitted his final offer for the club on Friday, Sky News understands, with the figure offered thought to be
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Former SNP treasurer Colin Beattie has revealed he was unaware of a £100,000 motorhome belonging to the party which was seized from the house of Nicola Sturgeon’s mother-in-law as part of the finance police probe. Mr Beattie, who was arrested and released without charge by detectives last week, quit the role as the SNP’s treasurer
In an effort to combat crime, lawmakers in Mississippi are introducing a pair of new laws, which would usher in changes that could have implications on racial representation. CNN’s Omar Jimenez reports. #CNN #News
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images A former Apple employee who swindled the company out of more than $17 million with a scheme that double-billed for parts was sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $19 million in restitution to
In this article AMZN MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Google launched Bard AI, it’s own chatbot to rival Microsoft and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tech investors are eager to hear how much industry leaders are bolstering profitability now that they’re in cost-cutting mode. But there’s one area where
The fashion retailer Superdry is in advanced talks about a near-£15m share sale as it races to shore up its balance sheet amid tough trading conditions. Sky News has learnt that the chain, headed by founder Julian Dunkerton, could unveil a cash call as soon as next week after discussions with City investors. The move
British nationals in Sudan have 24 hours to catch a flight before they are stopped, the deputy prime minister has said. The flights will stop at 6pm UK time on Saturday, Oliver Dowden confirmed. Speaking to reporters on Friday afternoon, he said more than 1,500 people had now been flown out of the country. But
Labour will perform strongest in the Midlands and north of England next week, according to an exclusive new local election projection for Sky News, which suggests the “Red wall” is starting to abandon the Conservatives. The Tories are also likely to struggle in key bellwether seats elsewhere in England – although the pollster did not
The body of a man recovered by officers investigating the death of a pregnant teacher has been formally identified as her partner David Yates. Police Scotland officers made the discovery at Mugdock Reservoir on Thursday. The search was under way for Yates, 36, after Marelle Sturrock, 35, was found dead in a property in Glasgow’s
Tesla Powerwalls are being deployed in a new low-income housing project in Scotland to test if they could help tackle “fuel poverty.” When energy costs rise as they have in Europe, it affects low-income families the most, as the now soaring electricity bills represent a more significant part of their budgets. It can quickly become
OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais said finger-pointing and misrepresenting the actions of OPEC and OPEC+ was “counterproductive.” Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty Images A surprise decision by several OPEC+ producers to voluntarily cut output earlier this month had pushed analyst oil price forecasts near $100 per barrel, but stagnating prices now point to
Florence Pugh says the idea to cut off her hair for her latest film was inspired by her own way of dealing with mental health issues when she was younger. In A Good Person the star plays a woman who becomes addicted to painkillers following a tragedy. While struggling with what she’s going through, her
Three photographs of the King and Queen Consort have been released a week ahead of the coronation weekend, and a new partition for the ceremony has been unveiled. And details of a new partition which will shield the King for the ceremony have also been revealed. The screen features an embroidered design by painter Aidan
Katy Perry has lost a trademark battle with a Sydney-based fashion designer who was born with a differently spelled same name. Katie Perry, now known as Katie Taylor, filed a lawsuit in 2019 alleging the US popstar ignored the trademark and sold clothing to fans during her concert tours in Australia via retailers and websites
In this article BRDS UBER LYFT F BLBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ride-share e-scooters are parked on the sidewalks of major cities across the world. And 158 U.S. cities already have ride-share e-scooter systems in place. But some cities, like New Orleans and Las Vegas, have strict ride-share e-scooter bans. Paris just voted
For some time now, the City has been doing some soul-searching over its future. There was a lot of speculation around the time of Brexit that, deprived of the “passport” that enabled UK-based firms to do business in the EU without having permission from each individual country regulator, there would be heavy job losses in
The number of people taking “breathing space” from their debt problems has soared by more than a third year-on-year, official data shows. There were 23,179 registrations for the relief in the first three months of 2023, up 34% from the same period in 2022, according to Insolvency Service figures. Of this total, 22,770 were standard
Richard Sharp has resigned as chairman of the BBC in the wake of a report into his appointment following a cronyism row. Mr Sharp said the report found he had breached the government’s code for the public appointments but said it was “inadvertent”. The matter has been a “distraction” for the BBC and he has
There’s growing pressure on the government to get British nationals out of the war-torn capital of Sudan. Sky News understands that British troops have flown to a port in eastern Sudan on a reconnaissance mission. But it does not mean any rescue is imminent, as the government is working out options to present to the
Former Fox News employee Jonah Goldberg predicts viewers have not seen the last of Tucker Carlson following his split from Fox News.