Author: SKYNEWS

Superdry is preparing to run an emergency four-week sale process if creditors block its founder’s plans to inject up to £10m of his own money into the fashion chain in a bid to stave off insolvency.Sky News has learnt that the accelerated M&A process would be launched if a restructuring plan is not approved by creditors in the coming weeks. Under the proposed survival plan, Julian Dunkerton would stump up either £8m in an open offer available to other shareholders or £10m in a placing that would only be accessible to him.The share sale would precede Superdry’s delisting from the…

A device that sends an electrical “buzz” through the skin could allow people who were paralysed several decades ago to regain movement in their arms and hands.The ARC-EX device sends an electrical current to the spinal cord through surface electrodes, increasing strength, sensation and ability to move in people with paraplegia. Volunteers who took part in the first clinical trial of its kind say the effects were astonishing.Melanie Reid, a columnist for The Times newspaper, who was paralysed after falling off a horse 14 years ago, used the device for several months.”Everyone thinks with spinal injury that all you want…

Amal Clooney has revealed she was on the panel of international legal experts who recommended seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli and Hamas leaders.The human rights lawyer, whose husband is actor George Clooney, wrote about assisting with evaluating evidence of suspected war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel and Gaza, in a post on the couple’s Clooney Foundation for Justice website. She and other international law experts unanimously agreed to recommend that International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan seek the arrest warrants. Image: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he rejects the…

The US embassy in London owes £14.6m in unpaid congestion charge fees, figures have revealed.Unpaid fees and fines amassed by all embassies in the capital have been published by Transport for London (TfL). The statistics show the Japanese embassy has the second highest debt at £10.1m, followed by India’s high commission at £8.6m.The embassy of the Republic of Togo, in central Africa, appears at the bottom of the list with a £40 bill.Among all embassies, the total unpaid fees and fines accrued by diplomats between the launch of the congestion charge in London in 2003 and the end of last…

Scarlett Johansson has said she was “shocked” and “angered” after OpenAI allegedly recreated her voice without her consent for a new ChatGPT system.The actress released a statement where she personally criticised the company’s CEO Sam Altman for insinuating she was the voice named ‘Sky’ by posting the word ‘her’ on X, a reference to a film where she voiced an AI which a human fell in love with. “Last September, I received an offer from Sam Altman, who wanted to hire me to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system,” the 39-year-old Oscar nominee said.”He told me that he felt that…

The former home and burial site of Elvis Presley is set to be sold at a foreclosure auction on Thursday – but his granddaughter is attempting to halt the court-approved sale of Graceland.Actress and model Riley Keough – Elvis’s granddaughter, who became the new owner of Graceland when her mother Lisa Marie Presley died at the age of 54 in January 2023 – alleges in a lawsuit that the pending sale is “fraudulent”, reports Sky’s US partner network NBC News. Image: Riley Keough at this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California. Pic: Reuters The case stems from a…

Traders are facing increased costs and more paperwork due to Brexit border controls, according to a new report from the independent public spending watchdog.The government is estimated to have spent £4.7bn so far but some of that spending was not necessary, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said. Despite the UK voting to leave the European Union in 2016 – and officially exiting in 2020 – many border control checks are yet to be implemented.Money latest: August interest rate cut on cards – economistsIt is “not clear” when the checks will be fully in place, said Parliament’s spending authority in…

Sienna Miller has walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival with her daughter Marlowe Ottoline Layng Sturridge.The 42-year-old actress, who was born in the US but brought up in the UK, has been promoting her new film Horizon: An American Saga, directed by Kevin Costner. Image: Kevin Costner with Miller. Pic: Doug Peters/PA Miller – who will appear in this film and its next instalment – plays East Coast settler Frances Kittredge, who moves to the Horizon settlement with her husband and two children.Miller wore a pale blue floor-length gown, while 12-year-old Marlowe wore a white dress with…

Ryanair has reported another year of record profits and passenger numbers. The average fare at the airline, which is Europe’s largest by passenger numbers, was 21% more expensive than 12 months earlier, its annual results showed. But the company suggested a cut in ticket prices could be on the way after this summer when prices will either be the same or more expensive than last year.Annual profits reached €1.92bn (£1.64bn), surpassing the previous record of €1.45bn (£1.26bn) made in the year ending March 2018.Passenger numbers also outpaced previous all-time highs and are now well above pre-pandemic numbers at 184 million…

A portal which links people in Dublin and New York via a live stream has been reactivated after “mooning” and other inappropriate behaviour was reported.The artwork had been temporarily shut due to “inappropriate behaviour” which included people flashing body parts to the camera, swearing and displaying images of 9/11. The portal has now reopened with set times of operation – 6am to 4pm in New York City and 11am to 9pm in Dublin.In a bid to tackle antisocial behaviour at the installation, the team behind it – Portals.org – has adopted a “proximity-based solution” whereby if people now try stepping…