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Unions have warned of a bitter fight ahead, saying their plans to avert thousands of job losses at Tata Steel have been rejected by the company.Tata had announced in January a consultation on cutting up to 2,800 jobs in the UK, the majority of them at the country’s biggest steelworks in Port Talbot, South Wales. It followed confirmation that the Indian-owned firm wanted to close down the blast furnaces at the plant and replace them with electric arc furnaces under a plan to reduce emissions and costs.GMB, Unite and Community union representatives met Tata counterparts at a London hotel to…

TikTok has promised a court battle over a new law that threatens to ban it in the US – with the app’s boss saying “we aren’t going anywhere”.President Joe Biden approved the law that states the platform will be blocked if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell it within nine months. US politicians are worried the company could share user data with the Chinese government, despite repeated assurances from TikTok that it would not. Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to…

Matty Healy has reacted to new tracks by supposed ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift that are rumoured to be about him.The 1975 frontman is never named in any tracks featuring on Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, but fans have assumed several references are about him. Her fans, commonly referred to as Swifties, have suggested the song The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived appears to allude to Healy “ghosting” her – when someone ends a relationship suddenly and with no communication or explanation.”You tried to buy some pills, from a friend of mine, they just ghosted you, now you know what…

McLaren Group, the British supercar maker and Formula One team-backer, has given lenders signs of an improvement in its financial performance even after a £375m impairment charge propelled it to a record loss last year.Sky News has learnt that McLaren has told bondholders that it made losses of £873m in the 12 months ending December 31. The Woking-based company’s financial travails reflected an ongoing financial restructuring that was completed earlier this year.Mumtalakat, Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund, has taken full ownership of the group, and is now engaged in talks about technology partnerships which could lead to the sale of a…

Most plant-based meat and dairy alternatives have lower levels of saturated fat and higher fibre than their animal-derived counterparts, researchers have found.They also have substantially lower environmental impacts, including lower greenhouse gas emissions, use of water resources and land use, according to a review of evidence on plant-based alternatives to meat, cheese, eggs and yoghurt. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) who analysed over 90 studies and reports from 2016 to 2022 suggested plant-based alternatives could be a “useful steppingstone” towards a healthy and sustainable diet, though they warned nutritional value can vary considerably between…

Tupac Shakur’s estate has threatened to sue Drake and ordered him to delete a track featuring an AI-generated copy of the late rapper’s voice.Drake released the song Taylor Made Freestyle – a diss track aimed at Kendrick Lamar – on his Instagram page on Friday, which features verses created by AI software mimicking both Shakur and Snoop Dogg. In a cease-and-desist letter seen by Sky News’ US partner NBC News, Howard King, an attorney who represents Shakur’s estate, requested that Drake remove the track from all platforms where it is publicly available.The letter sent on Wednesday states the Canadian rapper…

Labour will promise to deliver the biggest shake-up to rail “in a generation” by establishing the long-delayed Great British Railways (GBR) organisation and bringing routes back into public ownership. Making the announcement in a speech on Thursday, shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh will also pledge to establish a “best-price ticket guarantee” for travellers, offer automatic “delay repay” schemes and make digital season tickets available across the network. But the proposals have been attacked by the Conservatives, who claim Labour has no plan to pay for them. Follow Sky News on WhatsApp Keep up with all the latest news from the…

A spaceport that hopes to launch the first rockets vertically into orbit from British soil has been given a crucial safety licence.SaxaVord Spaceport, which is on the northern tip of the Shetland Islands, will be allowed to clear and control a hazard area downrange of the launchpad to reduce the risks to aircraft and shipping. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which has responsibility for regulating space launches, said it was satisfied that the spaceport operator can provide what it called “range-control services”, keeping people out of the danger zone and safely monitoring the progress of a rocket in flight. Please…

US actor Terry Carter, who starred in 1970s TV shows including Battlestar Galactica and McCloud, has died at the age of 95.Carter “died peacefully” at his New York home on Tuesday, it was announced on his official website. He was best known for his roles as Colonel Tigh in the original Battlestar Galactica series and Sergeant Joe Broadhurst on McCloud.During his decades-long career he was seen to break down barriers, including in 1956 becoming one of the first black actors to become a TV sitcom regular, playing Private Sugarman on The Phil Silvers Show.His first major Hollywood role was playing…

John Barnes has been banned as a director after his company failed to pay almost £200,000 in tax.The ex-England and Liverpool star signed a disqualification undertaking which barred him from being a company director for three-and-a-half years, the Insolvency Service has said. This came about because his company John Barnes Media Limited, failed to pay any corporation tax and VAT from 2018 to 2020The Insolvency Service launched an investigation in September 2023.Barnes was the sole director of the company, based in West Byfleet, Surrey, which said it offered media representation services. From November 2018 to October 2020, John Barnes Media…