Boris Johnson will not apologise for using the discredited claim that Sir Keir Starmer personally failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile, Downing Street has said. The prime minister’s official spokesperson acknowledged that Mr Johnson’s words in Commons last week were “capable of being misconstrued”, but said the PM had subsequently issued a “clarification”. “The prime minister
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The massive amount of automation and digital transformation taking place in the business world would be impossible if companies needed to code all of it “the old-fashioned way.” Low-code and no-code platforms are building new applications faster and allowing non-coders within a company to be involved. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Computers are getting better
Oil giant BP has announced plans to “accelerate the greening” of the company while revealing its highest annual profits for eight years on the back of surging oil and gas costs. The firm said underlying profits came in at $12.8bn for 2021 on the back of $5.7bn loss over the previous 12 months. The performance
Boris Johnson’s discredited claim that Sir Keir Starmer personally failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile is “certainly not to blame” for the mob intimidation of the Labour leader, a minister has told Sky News. Technology minister Chris Philp told Kay Burley Mr Johnson’s words in Parliament last week “did not prompt the terrible harassment and intimidation”
Nissan reportedly plans to end “most” gasoline engine development, becoming the first Japanese automaker to take this step, according to Nikkei Asia. The word “most” does a lot of work in that sentence, though, as Nissan still has significant plans to continue selling and developing gas-powered vehicles. Those plans center around the US market, where
Saudi Arabia is reportedly restarting plans to list more shares of state oil giant Saudi Aramco, with recent reports saying the kingdom wants to sell as much as $50 billion, or 2.5% of the company. Executives are said to be weighing the sale of more shares, in what would be its largest sale ever, on
In this article FB Peter Thiel, American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Billionaire tech investor and PayPal Co-founder Peter Thiel will step down from board of Facebook owner Meta, the company announced Monday. Thiel, an early Facebook investor, will not stand for re-election to the board at the company’s
RAF aircraft have been scrambled for a second day, after Russian combat planes came close to UK airspace. Russia forces released footage from their flight, upping the ante as tensions heighten over mobilisations on the border with Ukraine. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on
Fani Willis, a Georgia prosecutor investigating former President Trump for his actions after the 2020 election, says she is heading into “phase two” of her investigation. #CNN #News
The US is offering a reward of up to $10m each for information on the leader of ISIS-K and those responsible for the attack on Kabul airport. Last week the Pentagon said the deadly attack on US troops at the airport in August was carried out by a lone suicide bomber, and there were no
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has been bundled into the back of a police car after being confronted by protesters shouting “traitor” and “Jimmy Savile” at him. In video footage posted on social media, the Labour leader was seen walking near to parliament surrounded by police officers while being mobbed by a group. At one
MPs have mocked Boris Johnson’s triple-jobbing chief of staff after he declined to appear in the House of Commons to explain his new role. Following an exodus of senior advisers from Number 10 in the wake of the partygate scandal, the prime minister has appointed Steve Barclay as his new top aide. He has been
Asda said it had “taken on board” comments by food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe as it announced it would stock low-price ranges in all of its 581 stores. Ms Monroe had highlighted, in a series of recent tweets, the lack of availability of many of the supermarket chain’s “Smart Price” products. Asda currently stocks 150
Six years after leaving clutching an armful of awards, Adele is back at the Brits and competing on an equal footing with Dave, Ed Sheeran and Little Simz for the most prizes at this year’s ceremony – where male and female categories have been dropped and “big performances are back”. New Brit Awards host Mo
8:04 AM ET The NHL’s journey with the city of Las Vegas has been a fascinating one. In a span of five years, we’ve gone from the league discouraging its new expansion team from adopting a name associated with gambling to having NHL players shooting pucks at playing cards on The Strip in a blackjack-inspired
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Recently our college football reporters examined the biggest strength for every team in our 2022 Way-Too-Early top 25, breaking down what makes the best teams so good. Now we’ll turn the tables and look at each team’s biggest question mark. What could keep them from reaching their preseason aspirations? What
Boris Johnson’s new communications chief has said the PM welcomed him into the job with a rendition of ‘I Will Survive’. In his first interview since being appointed as Downing Street director of communications, Guto Harri told Welsh-language website Golwg360 the pair launched into the Gloria Gaynor classic after he asked Mr Johnson if he
Andrew Garfield, Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Dame Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh lead the British charge at the Oscars, after bagging nominations for this year’s awards. Garfield bags a best actor nomination for musical tick, tick… BOOM!, while Cumberbatch gets a nod for Netflix western Power Of The Dog. Previous winner Olivia Colman gets recognition
Jacob Rees-Mogg has been made minister for Brexit opportunities and government efficiency in a mini-reshuffle as Boris Johnson fights for his premiership. Mr Rees-Mogg, who was leader of the Commons, will remain a member of the cabinet in his new role, Downing Street said. Both of his new jobs have been newly created as the
The CEO of audio platform Spotify has waded into the Joe Rogan row, telling employees while he does not support the podcaster’s use of racial slurs, the company will not be cutting ties with him. A number of artists have removed music from the platform, including Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, over Rogan’s comments where