“I don’t wear hyper revealing outfits anymore…Or if I do, you can guarantee that I’m in a gay club.” Despite spending over three decades working as a DJ, and even longer in the dance music scene, DJ Paulette tells Sky News her experience of sexual abuse at work has not only led her to modify
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If you drive in London, chances are a camera will see you. The city uses a network of Automated Number-Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras to scan the roads for vehicles entering and leaving its road-charging zones. The UK road system is carpeted with these cameras. Every day, around 13,000 capture 55 million “reads”, as number plate
Archie Battersbee’s life support is set to be switched off at 11am today, pending another last-ditch attempt by his family to postpone the move. The parents of the brain-damaged 12-year-old had said his treatment would be brought to an end on Wednesday morning after they lost a Supreme Court bid to keep it going. But
Rebekah Vardy said she feels “let down by the legal system” in her first interview since losing the Wagatha Christie libel case against Coleen Rooney. Vardy, who is married to Leicester City footballer Jamie Vardy, appeared to become emotional in a teaser clip released ahead of an interview with TalkTV. Last week, the 40-year-old lost
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Taiwan – despite threats from Beijing about “serious consequences” for her visit. She has become the highest-ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China in 25 years. Her visit has been closely watched by mainland China, and by scores of people who used the
The US has no DNA confirmation of the death of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul – but has verified his identity through “multiple” other sources, the White House has said. Al-Zawahiri, one of the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks, was killed in a US drone strike on a home in the Afghan capital
The energy price cap will remain above £3,500 a year throughout most of 2023, according to the latest dire forecast for household bills. The prediction, from energy consultancy Cornwall Insight, comes as families gear up for what is set to be the toughest winter for decades amid mounting costs on almost every front as inflation
Faster and farther – those are two of the most common requests from many e-bike riders who rely on their bikes for daily trips. The Lectric XP e-bike is already quite fast at 28 mph (45 km/h), but now it is going farther than ever thanks to a big battery upgrade launched today by the
The parents of Archie Battersbee have appealed against a decision not to delay the withdrawal of life-preserving treatment for their brain-damaged child. The Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed it had received the application and would consider it as a matter of urgency. The hospital said it would not begin withdrawing any treatment until the court
A BP gas station in Madrid, Spain. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. oil giant BP on Tuesday raised its dividend and boosted share buybacks after tripling second-quarter profits on robust refining margins and trading. The British energy major posted second-quarter underlying replacement cost profit, used as a proxy for net
TV viewers, this is Sky News. You are receiving the news that Big Brother is set to return – please do not swear. Yes, after a five-year break, the seminal reality show – which sees housemates living together with no access to the outside world, cameras capturing their every move – is making a comeback
Scientists combined data from NASA’s New Horizons mission with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto’s moon Charon and how it may have formed. This first-ever description of Charon’s dynamic methane atmosphere using new experimental data provides a fascinating glimpse into the origins of this
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he has received a personal apology from the team’s owners over the controversial plans to set up a breakaway European Super League. This is despite Avram Glazer – whose family has a majority stake in the club – refusing to say sorry for United’s involvement in the aborted
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) discusses fellow GOP Sen. Tom Cotton’s remarks on the January 6 hearings, and Democratic groups supporting election deniers in hopes of improving their chances in the upcoming midterm elections. #CNN #News
Aug 2, 2022 D’Arcy MaineESPN.com For one memorable set on Monday night in front of a sold-out crowd at the Citi Open, Venus Williams seemed to have rediscovered her former dominance. Battling the lingering heat and humidity of the Washington, D.C., evening — and Canadian qualifier Rebecca Marino across the net — Williams chased down
Conservative leadership hopeful Liz Truss is promising to “wage war on Whitehall waste” with proposals to shake up civil service pay. The foreign secretary says she will save up to £11bn a year by adjusting wages for regional jobs, scrapping roles focused on diversity and inclusion, and ending paid time off for union officials to
BP has reported a second-quarter profit of £6.9bn ($8.45bn) – its highest in 14 years – at a time when consumer fuel prices have been at record highs. BP’s underlying replacement cost profit, the company’s definition of net earnings, was the strongest since 2008 and far exceeded analysts’ expectations of £5.6bn ($6.8bn). That compares to
A key force behind the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States, Ayman al-Zawahiri spent much of the past two decades with a $25m bounty on his head. The bespectacled Egyptian doctor was leader of al Qaeda for the second half of that period. But he is perhaps better known for his previous role
Tesla has decided to deploy a swimming pool at a Supercharger station in Germany as the automaker is starting to invest more into amenities around its charging stations. But that’s a whole new level of charging amenities even for Tesla. Last week, we reported on Tesla deploying new cube lounges at a Supercharger station with
A flag outside the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday filed a civil complaint charging 11 people for their roles in creating and promoting an allegedly fraudulent crypto-focused pyramid scheme that raised more than