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A faulty software update that caused the global IT outage likely skipped checks before being deployed, experts have said – as a warning was issued about malicious websites offering to fix devices.An estimated 8.5 million Microsoft Windows PCs devices were affected worldwide by the update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, causing delays for airports, broadcasters, hospitals and businesses. Problems came to light quickly after the latest version of CrowdStrikes Falcon sensor software was rolled out on Friday.The update was meant to make systems more secure against hacking, but instead caused devices to display a “blue screen of death” due to faulty…

Nail bars and car washes will be targeted by immigration officers as they step up enforcement action over the summer, the home secretary has announced.Yvette Cooper said 1,000 civil servants working on the now-abandoned Rwanda scheme will staff a new “returns and enforcement programme”. Writing in the Sun on Sunday, she said the programme will “increase returns of those with no right to be here and to make sure rules are respected and enforced”.Raids on businesses suspected of employing illegal workers will be ramped up. Image: Yvette Cooper arriving in Downing Street. Pic: PA Labour made border security one of…

Actress Amanda Abbington has said she “would not have been able to live with myself” if she stayed silent about her Strictly Come Dancing experience.The Sherlock actor said she thought “long and hard” before making a complaint to the BBC about the behaviour of former dance partner Giovanni Pernice due to the “backlash” she would receive. Pernice, who rejected “any suggestion of abusive or threatening behaviour”, will not return to the show this year, and said in a statement on Instagram in June that he is “cooperating fully” with an ongoing “BBC investigation”.Speaking to the Sun On Sunday, Abbington said:…

Rapper and singer Sean Kingston and his mother have been indicted on federal charges of committing more than $1m (£774m) worth of fraud. The Beautiful Girls singer, 34, and his 61-year-old mother Janice Turner are accused of participating in a scheme to defraud victims of high-end speciality vehicles, jewellery and other goods through the use of fraudulent documents. Back in May, a SWAT team in Florida raided the singer’s rented mansion in a suburb of celebrity-favourite Fort Lauderdale and arrested Turner over fraud and theft linked to the installation of a gigantic TV.Kingston was arrested later the same day at Fort…

Singer Jessie J has announced she has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).The 36-year-old Price Tag singer said in a post on Instagram that she was diagnosed about three months ago after giving birth to her first son “exposed” the conditions more. She went on to describe her ADHD as a “superpower” which has “made her re-think” her whole life, including how she works.”It’s empowered me and honestly sometimes has overwhelmed me all at the same time,” the singer, whose real name is Jessica Cornish, said.”If there is one thing social media has…

Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has said allegations of abusive behaviour on the show came as a “shock”.Last weekend, professional dancer Graziano Di Prima said he was leaving the BBC show after claims about his treatment of reality star Zara McDermott – including confirmed reports he kicked her during a rehearsal. There have also been allegations about the teaching methods of professional dancer Giovanni Pernice, which he has dismissed as “simply false”.Speaking to radio presenter Lucy Owen on BBC Radio Wales, Revel Horwood said he only found out about the allegations “through the press”.”For me it’s a shock,…

The NHS has warned of “continued disruption” to GP services into next week following the global IT outage – as airline passengers reported lengthy delays and lost baggage this weekend.The outage spread globally on Friday morning after an update from global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked many Microsoft Windows PCs offline with a “blue screen of death” appearing on screens. The company’s founder confirmed it was caused by a bug in the update and not a cyber attack, as some had feared.NHS England reported its systems were “coming back online in most areas” on Saturday afternoon but were “still running slightly…

Travellers around the world are facing a second day of chaos in the aftermath of Friday’s global IT outage. Here, Sky News looks at what you can do if you’re affected by the disruption. Air passengers Friday was meant to be one of the busiest days of the summer as families jetted off on holidays at the end of the school year.But more than 300 flights to and from the UK were cancelled, with many more suffering significant delays, while others reported lost baggage. The bad news is that as the global IT outage was an extraordinary circumstance, compensation is not…

TalkTalk, the telecoms group founded by Sir Charles Dunstone, will meet bondholders next week to discuss proposals for a £200m-plus capital injection from its owners.Sky News understands that the company and a group of key lenders and their advisers, will hold talks on Tuesday about plans for Sir Charles and other shareholders to inject the new funding. TalkTalk is one of Britain’s biggest broadband providers, with nearly 4m customers.The discussions will come after months of attempts by the Carphone Warehouse co-founder to hammer out a solution to fix TalkTalk’s balance sheet.If it progresses, the £200m injection from Sir Charles, Toscafund…

The owner of Homebase is in talks about selling the DIY retailer to one of Britain’s biggest general merchandise chains, as it prepares to launch a wider auction of the business it rescued six years ago.Sky News has learnt that Hilco Capital, which took control of an ailing Homebase in 2018, has had an approach from The Range, which has quietly become one of the country’s biggest retail successes, about a deal. City sources said the discussions were not certain to lead to an agreement but analysts suggested that if they did, The Range was likely to want the bulk…