A British tourist has told how he escaped a “scene from Dante’s Inferno” thanks to a helicopter dowsing a path through a wildfire. Duncan Kemp was waiting for evacuation coaches to arrive at Lindian Village hotel, in Rhodes Bay, when the fire “jumped the road and began to burn in front of reception”. There were
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In this article GSBD GS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Oil storage tanks stand at the RN-Tuapsinsky refinery, operated by Rosneft Oil Co., at night in Tuapse, Russia. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs expects record demand in oil markets to drive crude prices higher in the near term. “We expect
A woman has been found dead after a suspected grizzly bear attack in the US. She was found on Saturday in Montana on a trail west of Yellowstone National Park “following an apparent bear encounter”, officials from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said. Investigators found grizzly bear tracks at the scene but
Bank chiefs have been summoned by City Minister Andrew Griffith to discuss how customers can be protected from being “de-banked” after Coutts terminated its relationship with Nigel Farage. Mr Griffith is expected to write to the bosses of 19 banks, building societies and digital challengers warning that the government will “take all action necessary” to
In this article 2317-TW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT This month, Foxconn pulled out of its joint venture with Vedanta. The two sides “mutually agreed to part ways,” Foxconn said in a statement at the time. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Foxconn is best known as the main assembler of Apple’s iPhones.
Last year, we reported on an electric Nissan Ariya that would make a trip from the magnetic North Pole to the South Pole manned by Chris Ramsey of Plug in Adventures and his wife Julie, who were also the first to complete the Mongol Rally in an EV in 2017. The vehicle will be the
Love Island stars Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury have announced their engagement. It comes after the couple, who finished as runners-up during the 2019 series of the ITV2 hit-reality show, welcomed their first child, Bambi, in January. In a black and white video captioned “forever” and shared to Hague’s Instagram account, the 24-year-old is seen
Developers have accused the government of not doing enough to tackle falling levels of house building, as Michael Gove prepares to unveil plans that he says will boost construction – without spoiling the countryside. In a speech expected on Monday, the levelling up and housing secretary will set out measures aimed at “unblocking the planning
Vue International has said it had the biggest weekend for UK cinema ticket sales in four years following the release of Barbie and Oppenheimer. The cinema chain said on Sunday that a fifth of its customers had purchased tickets to see both films in a social-media-inspired double bill known as “Barbenheimer”. The two films, released
Bradford Doolittle, ESPN Staff WriterJul 23, 2023, 04:29 PM ET Close Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association Baseball’s two newest Hall of Famers, Fred McGriff and Scott Rolen, joined the ranks of the immortals on Sunday
Russia’s Defence Ministry has said that overnight attacks on the two port cities of Odesa and Mykolaiv were “mass revenge strikes.” The strikes came a day after an attack on the Kerch Bridge linking Russia with Crimea, which Moscow blamed on Ukraine. Military analyst Sean Bell has stressed the overnight attack on Odesa “renews the
Democratic lobby group Progress Action Fund has debuted a racy political ad showing a couple kissing in bed before they are interrupted by a Republican congressman. CNN’s Dana Bash has more. #CNN #News #USpolitics #Democrats #Republicans #GOP #BirthControl #ohio
Sea evacuations have begun from a beach in Corfu to transport individuals fleeing wildfires on the Greek island – as scores of Britons await repatriation flights out of Rhodes. Around 59 people have been evacuated from Nissaki beach on the northwest coast, the Greek Coast Guard has said. The evacuation involved six coast guard vessels
Flights have been arranged to get hundreds of Britons out of Rhodes, as thousands continue to flee wildfires on the Greek island – and new evacuations were announced on Corfu. Tourists and residents huddled in schools and shelters on Sunday in Rhodes, with many evacuated on private boats from beaches as flames menaced resorts and
The veteran chief executive of M&C Saatchi, the top London advertising agency, is to step down, marking the latest phase of a leadership overhaul at the group. Sky News has learnt that Moray MacLennan, who has worked for M&C since it was founded in 1995, is to retire from the company in the coming months. M&C
Elon Musk says he could replace Twitter’s blue bird logo by Monday – as he pushes ahead with plans to rebrand the social network as X. In a series of posts on his account, the billionaire said he planned to “bid adieu” to the Twitter brand and “gradually, all the birds”. The Tesla and SpaceX
Sadiq Khan is still committed to expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) but is happy to look at new ideas for ways to mitigate the financial impact on Londoners, Sky News understands. The London mayor is understood to be willing to consider measures as long as they do not reduce the policy’s effectiveness at
Raging wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes have sparked the evacuation of around 2,000 tourists from its resorts. The Greek government said it had evacuated 19,000 people in the “largest ever” wildfire evacuation in the country’s history. Local media said the fires had reached three hotels, which had already been evacuated, with three coastguard
A driver’s license for an electric bike? It could be coming soon in California, believe it or not. That’s if some state lawmakers who drafted Assembly Bill 530 get their way. The new bill has been proposed to create such a driver’s license in California. The move is in response to many young electric bike
With the Conservatives facing three different by-elections across the UK, Sky’s Beth Rigby takes a closer look at which party could come out on top. Labour is seeking to overturn the Tories’ 20,000 majority in Selby and Ainsty, which if successful would usher in the UK’s youngest MP. #conservatives #labour #rishisunak #keirstarmer See more politics