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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…

A former owner of Missguided, the youth fashion brand, is in talks to buy Kurt Geiger, the upmarket shoe and accessories retailer.Sky News has learnt that Alteri Investors, which was backed by the global private equity giant Apollo Management when it launched a decade ago, is among a number of parties in discussions about a takeover of the 61-year-old footwear brand. City sources said this weekend that the talks were at an early stage and were not being held on an exclusive basis.Several other parties are also considering bids for Kurt Geiger, which has been owned by Cinven, the private…

Foo Fighters have cancelled their first official gig since Dave Grohl admitted to being unfaithful to his wife of over 20 years and fathering a child with another woman.The band shared a post on their official Instagram page on Thursday night saying they would no longer be appearing at Soundside Music Festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut, this weekend. They did not give a reason for the cancellation. Image: Grohl with (from left) daughter Harper Grohl, wife Jordyn Blum, and daughters Ophelia and Violet. Pic: AP Earlier this month, the band’s frontman Grohl told fans via a statement on Instagram that he’d…

Elon Musk has lashed out at the UK after reports he had been snubbed by a government investment summit. The tech billionaire hasn’t been invited to the summit next month after his posts on his X platform regarding the violent riots in the UK last month, according to a BBC report. In response, he made the inaccurate claim that the government was releasing convicted paedophiles to allow for the imprisonment of people over social media posts.”I don’t think anyone should go to the UK when they’re releasing convicted paedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts,” Mr Musk said…