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Colin Farrell has said he went undercover in his prosthetic make-up playing Penguin in the early days of production on The Batman.The Irish actor stars once again as the infamous DC villain Oswald Cobb in the new Sky Original series The Penguin, recreating his version of the character viewers first met in Matt Reeves’ 2022 film starring Robert Pattinson. After three hours a day in the make-up chair, he is unrecognisable as the star best known for films including In Bruges and The Banshees Of Inisherin.”I’m left alone most of the time anyway,” Farrell told Sky News about being out…

Mulberry, the struggling UK luxury brand, has rejected a proposed takeover bid by Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group.Frasers, which is majority owned by the tycoon and best-known for its Sports Direct brand, made an offer on Monday that valued Mulberry at £83m. The company is the second largest shareholder in Mulberry, with a 37% holding.Money latest:Tipping rule changes now in effect – what’s changed?It claimed to be acting to prevent “another Debenhams situation” after apparently being kept in the dark over a move by Mulberry, last Friday, to raise cash. Mulberry, best known for its handbags, has been battling weak demand…

Turbines at the UK’s last coal-fired power station have turned for the last time – a milestone in Britain’s transition to zero-carbon power and the end of Britain’s 142-year history of burning coal for electricity.The closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant outside Nottingham makes the UK the first major economy, and first G7 member, to completely phase out coal – no less significant for a country that was home to the world’s first coal-fired power plant, built in 1882. “Today’s closure at Ratcliffe marks the end of an era and coal workers can be rightly proud of their work powering our…

The BBC has apologised to former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Amanda Abbington, saying it had assessed and “upheld some, but not all” of her complaints about Giovanni Pernice’s behaviour during her time on the show.Sherlock actress Abbington, who pulled out of the BBC One show last year citing “personal reasons”, later claimed she was subject to a “toxic environment” and “inappropriate, mean, nasty bullying”. In a statement, the broadcaster said: “We take any allegations of bullying and harassment very seriously and this review has taken time due to its complex nature and our desire to ensure a rigorous and robust…

The final coal-fired power station left in the UK will be shut down later on Monday amid the transition to renewable energy.The closure of Uniper-owned Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire will bring to an end a 142-year history of burning fossil fuel to produce electricity in the country. The UK was the first, in 1882, to utilise coal for public power generation.Money latest:Top chef reveals his fried chicken recipe – and you can make it for cost of KFCIt will now be the first G7 nation to end its use as the void from gradual coal-fired closures has been filled…

Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit with further sexual assault allegations after a woman filed a lawsuit in New York.In the fresh civil case, the woman – identified by the pseudonym Jane Doe – claims she was repeatedly raped and drugged at the music mogul’s homes and became pregnant after one of the encounters.It follows a series of similar legal cases brought by women against Combs, 54, who was arrested at a hotel in New York last week on sex trafficking, drug possession and firearms offences.The latest lawsuit was filed on Friday against Combs, his companies and several associates, and seeks…

SpaceX has commenced its rescue mission to retrieve the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS).Pilot Sunita “Suni” Williams and Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore were onboard a test flight to the ISS on Boeing’s newest spacecraft on 5 June. They were meant to stay in orbit for eight days – however, issues with Starliner’s propulsion system meant they were left stranded in space for months. NASA confirmed in August that the two will not return to Earth until 2025, with SpaceX now in charge of rescuing the astronauts on a Crew Dragon flight.The US’s Nick Hague and Russia’s…

Carlyle, the American investment giant, has become the latest global fund to weigh an investment in Thames Water as the stricken utility races to avoid being nationalised.Sky News has learnt that Carlyle, which has roughly $435bn in assets under management, is at the very preliminary stages of assessing whether an investment in Thames Water Utilities Limited (TWUL) would be viable. Britain’s biggest water and wastewater company, which has about 16 million customers, is edging towards the brink of collapse after warning in recent days that its financial liquidity is set to expire months earlier than previously anticipated.It has also seen…

Pop star Lana Del Rey has married her alligator tour guide partner in Louisiana, according to reports.The singer, 39, and Jeremy Dufrene, 49, are said to have obtained a marriage licence in Lafourche parish on Monday and had their wedding three days later. Footage obtained by the Daily Mail appears to show Del Rey, whose real name is Elizabeth Woodridge Grant, wearing a white dress where Mr Dufrene works as a tour guide in Des Allemandes, south of New Orleans.Del Rey has not commented on the reported wedding. Read more from Sky NewsMaggie Smith dies aged 89Lady Gaga can’t let…

A new rocket thruster could enable “never-ending” voyages into deep space by using any type of metal as fuel.A team at the University of Southampton is testing a new propulsion system which would allow metals found on comets and moons to be harvested in order to propel a spacecraft indefinitely. Most current rocket propulsion systems for spacecraft that have left Earth’s atmosphere use rare gas phase fuels such as xenon or krypton, which are easy to supply on Earth but difficult to get in space. Image: The rocket thruster ‘opens a new way to explore planets and space’. Pic: University…