Many people are feared dead and hundreds of others have been injured after a train crash in eastern India. At least 50 people have reportedly been killed after a passenger train derailed and collided with a goods train in Odisha’s Balasore district. Rescuers were attempting to free 200 people feared trapped in the derailed coaches,
Rail strikes are set to cause further havoc today when train drivers walk out ahead of high-profile events including the FA Cup final, the Epsom Derby, and a Beyonce concert. Members of the Aslef union are taking industrial action in the long-running dispute over pay and working conditions. Read more: Everything you need to know
Phillip Schofield can “bounce back” in his career following the scandal over his affair with a younger male colleague, a communications expert has told Sky News. Kevin Craig also said that Schofield could have avoided his current situation if he had been “honest earlier on” about the relationship. The 61-year-old presenter resigned from ITV last
Two of the country’s biggest banking giants have announced they are closing a total of 63 branches. Barclays said on Friday it will shut another 10 branches, on top of more than 70 closures this year that have already been announced. Meanwhile Lloyds Banking Group will shut the doors on 21 Lloyds Bank sites, along
Billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein tried to contact a disgraced US gymnastics team doctor while in prison, newly-released documents show. Epstein’s letter to Larry Nassar was found returned to sender in the jail’s mail room weeks after he took his own life in August 2019. Epstein was in a Manhattan jail awaiting trial for sex trafficking
VW has revealed the much-anticipated North American version of its ID. Buzz electric microbus, with an extra row of seats and starting deliveries next year. The new ID. Buzz version is much like the two-row European spec, but with a little more of just about everything. It has 282hp as opposed to 201hp (plus an
Alaina Getzenberg, ESPNJun 2, 2023, 06:00 AM ET BUFFALO, N.Y. — Shane Ray considers his final two years with the Denver Broncos and the two pandemic years after to be the hardest of his life. The pass-rusher, drafted at No. 23 out of Missouri in 2015, had a promising start in the NFL. He was
Paramedics were called to the track on the first morning of the Isle of Man TT motorsport racing event which has seen 266 fatalities over 116 years. The island’s fastest-ever rider has said the race is an “obvious risk”, adding that “a lot of people think we’re just crazy or idiots”, but “it’s the opposite,
A man sitting near the emergency exit of an Asiana Airlines jet opened the door as it was coming in to land in Daegu, South Korea, an airline official says. The plane landed safely and some passengers suffered minor injuries. Police arrested the man who opened the door. They said he confessed to opening the
This Morning presenter Alison Hammond became emotional as she said she “still loves Phillip Schofield” following the revelations about his affair with a younger male colleague. Hammond was speaking on the ITV morning show when she said she had been “finding it really painful” after Schofield spoke publicly about the affair. She added: “However, what
Boris Johnson is giving all the WhatsApp messages and diaries available to him directly to the COVID inquiry, Sky News understands. The former prime minister had originally given the information to the Cabinet Office, but it had refused to comply with the inquiry’s order to hand over all the material in unredacted form. Friday’s move
Elon Musk’s Neuralink received approval last week from the US Food and Drug Administration to conduct human clinical trials, which one former FDA official called “really a big deal.” I do not disagree, but I am skeptical that this technology will “change everything.” Not every profound technological advance has broad social and economic implications. With
Some of Britain’s biggest commercial property-owners are joining forces in a bid to thwart a plot to slash rents at dozens of Fitness First health clubs. Sky News has learnt that landlords including The Crown Estate, M&G Real Estate and Land Securities are preparing to challenge a restructuring plan that is due to be heard
The US Senate has voted through a crucial deal to raise the country’s debt ceiling with just days to spare. Senators followed the House of Representatives in passing the agreement, which will be sent to Joe Biden to be signed into law before Monday’s deadline. Had the cut-off date been missed, it could have led
The government has been accused of an attempted “cover-up” as it bids to block the COVID inquiry’s request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks. Bereaved families and opposition parties criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the Cabinet Office revealed it was taking the unusual step of bringing a judicial review of Baroness Hallett’s
With the SEC expanding to 16 teams for the 2024 season, when Texas and Oklahoma officially join the conference, there has been much debate over the schedule format, specifically whether to continue playing eight league games or instead play nine. The league finally made a decision at its spring meetings, sticking with an eight-game format
Jaguar Land Rover, or JLR as it’s now known, is breaking into four sub-brands as part of its new corporate identity. Range Rover, Defender, Discovery, and Jaguar will become their own distinct brands as the automaker moves toward an electric future with a new logo. The new corporate identity and logo are part of JLRs
Military Analyst Sean Bell has discussed why Russia has conducted its heaviest wave of attacks on Kyiv, instead of focusing on military targets. Bell explains that President Vladimir Putin doesn’t have military training, and is using limited supplies of missiles and drones to target Ukraine’s capital. Ukraine latest: https://trib.al/QTC8as2 #ukrainescreen #russianarmy #ukrainesky SUBSCRIBE to our
A UK-based mapping firm captured images of gold jewelry featuring a rare megalodon tooth found in Titanic wreckage after more than a century. #CNN #News #shorts #titanic
A woman has died more than two decades after a terror attack left her in a coma. Hana Nachenberg was 31 and dining at a Jerusalem pizza restaurant with her three-year-old daughter when a Palestinian suicide bomber walked in and blew himself up. Fifteen others, including eight children, were also killed in the attack, which