Vote counting is under way after polls closed in local elections taking place across England and Wales. More than 2,600 council seats across 107 councils are up for grabs in England, alongside 11 mayoral elections, a parliamentary seat and police and crime commissioners throughout England and Wales. Polls opened at 7am and closed at 10pm.
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China’s Chang’e-6 robotic spacecraft is due to blast off on Friday, hoping to become the first mission to collect rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon. It is the next step in a tense race between NASA and China to create bases on the moon, and from there, lift off to
A young women’s rights activist from Afghanistan recently left the country and travelled to Iran. Women in both countries have few rights – but the activist told Sky News that when she arrived she saw a massive difference between the two places. That was until Iranian women revealed how they suffered under the Islamic Republic’s
A new type of electric bicycle battery is gaining traction in the industry, potentially ushering in unprecedented levels of safety and security for riders. Get ready, because we’re quickly approaching the age of the potted e-bike battery. There’s no doubt that fire safety is an important subject when it comes to e-bike batteries. Despite the
In this article XOM CVX EQNR-NO SHEL-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Shell logo is displayed outside a petrol station in Radstock on February 17, 2024 in Somerset, England. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images British oil giant Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit, boosted by higher refining margins
Goldman Sachs is removing a cap on bonuses for London-based staff, paving the way for it to resume making multimillion pound payouts to its best-performing traders and dealmakers. Sky News can exclusively reveal that the Wall Street banking giant notified its UK employees on Thursday that it had decided to abolish the existing pay ratio
Russia has denied allegations of breaching the international chemical weapons ban by deploying chocking agents against Ukrainian troops. The Kremlin on Thursday responded to claims by the United States that it had used choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops – the same agent used by German forces against Allied troops during the First World War.
John Swinney has announced his bid to take over from Humza Yousaf as SNP leader and Scotland’s first minister. The Perthshire North MSP has spent a year on the backbenches after he stepped down as deputy first minister when Nicola Sturgeon resigned in 2023. Announcing his intention to run for first minister during a visit
In this article UMGP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Taylor Swift attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Neilson Barnard | Getty Images Universal Music Group, the record label for top music artists including Taylor Swift, struck a new licensing agreement with TikTok, putting an
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Former Attorney General Bill Barr, who previously said that Donald Trump shouldn’t be near the Oval Office, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that he would vote for the former president over President Joe Biden in the 2024 election. #CNN #News
Universal Music and TikTok have ended a dispute over royalties after the label pulled millions of songs from the social media platform. The new licensing agreement means songs by some of the biggest artists in the world, including Drake, Adele and Billie Eilish will return to the site for use within the next two weeks.
Iran is willing to “expend every Arab life” in its efforts to end Western influence in the Middle East and destroy Israel, a former US national security adviser has said. HR McMaster, who held the position between 2017 and 2018 during the Trump presidency, told Sky News that there is still a risk of escalation
One of the world’s leading economic authorities has warned the UK that borrowing should remain expensive until the rate of price rises eases further and stays there. Interest rates, which are at a post-2008-era high of 5.25%, should stay there, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Money latest:Tips for plane upgrades;
After a night of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms, the UK could see its warmest day of the year so far, the Met Office has said. Following on the back of two severe storm warnings covering parts of southern England and Wales, Thursday could reach 24C – the warmest day of 2024 so far. Thunderstorms hit
Hywind floating offshore wind turbine by U.S. Department of Energy is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 The US announced two proposals for offshore wind sales that could generate more than 18 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy – enough to power more than 6 million homes. New US offshore wind auction areas The offshore wind auction areas
In this article XOM PXD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A view of the Exxon Mobil refinery in Baytown, Texas. Jessica Rinaldi | Reuters The Federal Trade Commission will wave through Exxon Mobil‘s roughly $60 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources after reaching an agreement with the energy giant, a source familiar with the
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 1, 2024, 03:24 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions There are only two weeks left before the next major championship in men’s professional golf: the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville,
Associated Press May 1, 2024, 03:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Top-seeded Jannik Sinner withdrew from the Madrid Open on Wednesday because of a hip injury. Sinner defeated Karen Khachanov in the fourth round on Tuesday and was scheduled to face Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinals on Thursday. “Very sad to have to
In this article UNH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty on Wednesday told lawmakers that data from an estimated one-third of Americans could have been compromised in the cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare, and that the company paid a $22 million ransom