Author: SKYNEWS

Canadian musician Nell Smith, known for her collaborations with US rock band The Flaming Lips, has died aged 17.Her death was confirmed by Simon Raymonde, the former bassist for the Cocteau Twins and co-founder of her record label Bella Union, on Instagram. Instagram This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Instagram cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the…

Lab-grown meat and vegetable products may be getting closer to approval for consumption in the UK as the food safety watchdog will be researching them to ensure they are safe. Cell-cultivated products (CCPs) are a new type of food made without using traditional farming methods such as rearing livestock or growing plants and grains. Their attraction for both consumers and investors lies in their apparent sustainability as they don’t need huge amounts of land, while the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from livestock are also slashed.With the use of science and technology, cells from plants or animals are grown in a…

Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will this week hold further talks with bank bosses amid industry anxiety that she will raise the tax burden on it at this month’s budget.Sky News has learnt that Ms Reeves will meet the chief executives of Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest Group and Santander UK on Wednesday. It will be the latest in a series of discussions she has held with the sector since being named chancellor in the wake of Labour’s election victory in July.Coming five days before the International Investment Summit and a fortnight before Ms Reeves’s inaugural budget, the meeting will…

Coleen Rooney claims her legal fees during her high-profile legal battle with Rebekah Vardy came up to over £1.8m, the High Court has been told.Returning to court two years after the original trial, the women’s lawyers have returned to court in a dispute over legal costs. The case, which gained worldwide attention after it came to court in the summer of 2022, was dubbed “Wagatha Christie” in a nod to the famous British crime novelist and Rooney’s detective skills.The wife of ex-England footballer Wayne Rooney accused Vardy of leaking stories from her private Instagram account to The Sun newspaper. She…

Using fluoride in drinking water to improve dental health may be less effective now than it was in the past, according to a new major review.Ten per cent of people in England have fluoride added to their drinking water by the council and the government is considering expanding the reach of fluoridation projects. But a new study found the benefits of fluoridating water seem to have declined since fluoride toothpaste became widely available in the 1970s.Academics at Manchester, Dundee and Aberdeen universities compared 157 studies looking at the effect of fluoridation on the dental health of communities.When the government began…

Actor Adam Pearson, who has a disfiguring facial condition, wants to help others learn about such differences as he plays a man with the same illness in his latest film.The British star, 39, has neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a genetic condition that causes tumours, which are most often benign, to grow along your nerves. Pearson, who made his acting debut in the 2013 film Under the Skin, said: “There are two ways to lose your anonymity in a society – to either become famous or have a disfigurement so I’ve kind of shot myself in both feet a little bit…

Before we get onto the budget and what Rachel Reeves might do to fiddle her fiscal rules and give herself a little more room to spend, I want you to ponder, for a moment, a recent report from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).This wasn’t one of those big OBR reports that get lots of attention – such as the documents and numbers it produces alongside each budget, full of the forecasts and analyses on the state of the economy and the public finances. Instead, it was a chin-scratchy working paper that asked the question: if the government invests in…

“I went on Facebook to see if he would go the extent of meeting up with me. He did… but I never went.” Savanna Harrison, 27, is a professional “checker”, using social media to expose cheating partners after being cheated on herself. She wanted to help other women avoid the same heartbreak she felt, so she started working for a company called Lazo, which describes itself as a “tool designed to see intentions and let go of toxic relationships”.Now, she gets paid to run dozens of loyalty tests a month on people suspected of cheating on their partners.”I’ve seen some…

Donald Glover has cancelled the remainder of his Childish Gambino tour due to a health issue.The American actor, comedian, and singer was set to head to the UK in November and early December to perform in Manchester, Glasgow, London, and Birmingham, as well as Dublin in Ireland. He had already postponed the remainder of his North American tour last month to focus on his “physical health”.In a post on social media on Friday night, he said: “After my show in New Orleans, I went to the hospital in Houston to make sure of an ailment that had become apparent.”After being…

The owner of one of Britain’s biggest chains of country clubs has hired bankers to oversee a sale of the business.Sky News has learnt that Epiris, the private equity firm, has appointed DC Advisory to run an auction of The Club Company that could kick off as soon as this year. Buyout industry sources said that informal conversations with prospective buyers were already underway.Money latest: Zuckerberg becomes second-richest person for first timeThe Club Company trades from 17 sites across the UK, each of which boasts a championship-standard golf course, as well as health and fitness facilities, bars, restaurants and accommodation.…