Posts by Kim browne
Jessie J cancels tour dates ahead of second breast cancer surgery
Jessie J has been forced to rearrange or cancel all upcoming tour dates as she will be having a second operation as part of her treatment for breast cancer. The 37-year-old announced in June that she had been diagnosed with early breast cancer. She had her first operation later in the same month. The singer,…
Read MoreControversial P&O Ferries boss Hebblethwaite to quit
The man dubbed “Britain’s most hated boss” for his controversial policy of sacking hundreds of seafarers and replacing them with cheaper agency staff is to quit. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Peter Hebblethwaite, the chief executive of P&O Ferries, is leaving the company. Sources said he had decided to resign for personal reasons. Money…
Read MoreElectoral Dysfunction: Has Reform ended ‘big tent’ conservatism?
Former prime minister David Cameron once described himself as a “modern, compassionate Conservative”. That was in 2011, in an interview during the party’s annual conference in Manchester, the early years of the coalition. “Cameronism” – or “Cameroonism”, you take your pick – became the self-defined lens of conservatism that Cameron used during his six years…
Read More‘Our country’s ruined’: Protesters on why they oppose asylum hotels
“It’s an invasion,” Dinah Bentley tells me, standing next to a cardboard cut-out of Nigel Farage. The 78-year-old retired teacher says she “doesn’t laud” the Reform MP, whose grinning likeness is a permanent fixture in her West Yorkshire conservatory, but he “says what I believe”. “Everybody talks about migration, but our country’s ruined,” Dinah adds.…
Read More‘I’m shocked at how fragile I am still’: Cumberbatch and Colman on protecting their sanity from perils of social media
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch says he’s shocked at how “fragile” he still is – despite years in the spotlight and success in the industry. It might seem like the Doctor Strange star and The Crown actress Olivia Colman have it all when it comes to money and success – but they are also human like the…
Read MoreHow the US trade war is now targeting you from today
Donald Trump has cancelled a loophole from today that had allowed consumers and businesses to be spared duties for sending low-value goods to the United States. The so-called de minimis exemption had applied across the world before Trump 2.0 but the president has taken action – and the UK may soon follow suit – as…
Read MoreA ‘revenge’ reshuffle, the next budget and asylum – 30 things to watch for this upcoming political season
We’re back. From Monday, MPs will stream under the portcullis back into the Commons chamber. But this is far from a straightforward autumn, with dangers for all the leaders lurking everywhere. On the Politics at Sam and Anne’s podcast, released each morning at 7.45am, Anne McElvoy and I give the first guide of the day…
Read MoreAssisted dying ‘would place added pressure’ and poses ‘substantial task’ for UK healthcare system, warns thinktank
Assisted dying would place added pressure on NHS, hospice and social care capacity, creating a “substantial task” for the healthcare system, especially as demand rises, according to a health thinktank. The Nuffield Trust, which states it is neutral on whether assisted dying should be legalised, has examined evidence from nine countries which have already introduced…
Read MoreBoy, 8, killed in US Catholic school shooting named – as victim’s father brands attacker ‘a coward’
An eight-year-old boy killed in the US Catholic school shooting has been named – as his father branded the attacker a “coward”. Fletcher Merkel was one of two children killed during mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Eighteen other people were injured, including children aged between six and 15 and three adults…
Read MoreChickenpox vaccine to be offered on NHS next year, as part of routine MMR jab for babies
A vaccine against chickenpox will be rolled out on the NHS in England for the first time next year. The varicella vaccination is currently only available through private treatment and costs around £150. But under new plans, the jab will be included in a new NHS childhood immunisation programme – joining the current range against…
Read MoreJapan releases AI-generated video showing simulation of Mount Fuji violently erupting
Japanese officials have released an AI-generated video showing a simulation of Mount Fuji violently erupting to raise awareness about a potential disaster. The video was released to mark Volcanic Disaster Preparedness Day and warns an eruption could strike “at any moment, without warning”. It depicts a plume of smoke billowing from the volcano before ash…
Read MoreMan sacked after ‘impersonating Michael Jackson’ was unfairly dismissed, tribunal finds
A man sacked from working in a warehouse after being accused of impersonating Michael Jackson was unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal has found. Lucasz Zawadzki was accused by a colleague of making high-pitched “hee hee” noises mimicking the US pop star, the tribunal in Manchester heard. Mr Zawadzki was also accused by the colleague, who…
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