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Guy Garvey says he looked back to his “rock n’ roll years” when writing parts of his new album Audio Vertigo, drawing on “destructive,” “tumultuous,” and “toxic” relationships from his past for inspiration.Elbow’s lead singer tells Sky News: “Nobody wants to hear about how proud of my second hand Toyota RAV4 I am. It’s like I’m going to have to write about some of the more rock n’ roll years”. Image: Pic: PA Suffering for your art is a well-known trope, and having just turned 50 and with two and a half decades in the industry, Garvey knows well that…

The CBI, the business lobbying group, has negotiated an extension of its overdraft in a fresh move to shore up its balance sheet after a year in which it came close to collapse.Sky News has learnt that in recent weeks the CBI and a syndicate of high street lenders have agreed an increase in its borrowing capacity. People close to the talks said it reflected a slower-than-expected return of corporate members to the group, even as it has started to rebuild its credibility under new chairman Sir Rupert Soames.The CBI teetered on the brink of collapse for much of last…

Louis Gossett Jr, the first black man to win a supporting actor Oscar for his role in An Officer And A Gentleman, has died aged 87.The actor’s family released a statement confirming he died on Friday morning. “It is with our heartfelt regret to confirm our beloved father passed away this morning,” the statement said.”We would like to thank everyone for their condolences at this time. Please respect the family’s privacy during this difficult time.”Gossett’s nephew told The Associated Press the actor was in Santa Monica, California, at the time. No cause of death was revealed. Image: Gere and Gossett…

A man arrested in connection with the death of Gogglebox star George Gilbey has been released under investigation.The man, who is in his 40s, was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with Gilbey’s death on Thursday. The 40-year-old star reportedly died following an accident at work on Wednesday.Essex Police said: “As part of our ongoing investigation into the death of a man in Campfield Road, Shoebury, on Wednesday 27 March, a man aged in his 40s from the Witham area was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.”He has now been released under investigation. “This is a…

Song lyrics have become angrier and more repetitive over the past four decades, a study has found.Lyrics in rock, rap, country, pop, and R&B songs have also become simpler and more personal, according to research published in the journal Scientific Reports. Rap songs showed the strongest increase in anger and negative emotions, while country songs had the lowest, the researchers said.Eva Zangerle, an assistant professor at the University of Innsbruck’s department of computer science in Austria, said anger-related words may have become more common because music “reflects more general changes in society and culture”.Prof Zangerle and her colleagues analysed the…

The former UKIP leader Nigel Farage is demanding that a major City law firm discloses information that it holds about him, accusing it of “trying to hide the truth” as he fires another salvo in his debanking campaign.Sky News has learnt that Mr Farage has filed a data subject access request (DSAR) to Travers Smith, the firm commissioned by NatWest Group last year to investigate its handling of the decision to close his accounts with Coutts, the bank’s wealth management arm. NatWest originally claimed it had shut the accounts for economic reasons before he forced it to disclose that his…

Sam Bankman-Fried, also known by the initials SBF, has tumbled from crypto king to convicted fraudster.The founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange was found guilty in November of defrauding customers of his cryptocurrency exchange out of billions of dollars.A Manhattan jury convicted him on all seven counts after a month-long trial.FTX collapsed last November, shocking financial markets and wiping out the crypto tycoon’s estimated $26bn (£21bn) fortune.But how did the 31-year-old go from such astronomic financial heights to being sentenced to 25 years in prison?His early lifeBankman-Fried grew up in California’s wealthy San Francisco Bay area, where he attended a…

Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan says she was sent into a psychosis after suffering a “bad reaction” to her ADHD medication earlier this year.The 33-year-old TV star, who’s best known for her role as Rosie Webster in Coronation Street, shared the news on Instagram, after a couple of months away from social media. She said she was left “emotionally struggling” after splitting from the father of her children, footballer Scott Sinclair – with whom she shares Matilda, seven, Delilah, five, and Charlie, two.She also explained her reason for pulling out of a theatre tour of Cluedo 2 which kicked off…

The chief executive of Thames Water has refused to rule out bill increases of up to 40% for customers as the troubled company tries to secure its future.It comes as the business, which serves nearly a quarter of the UK’s population, struggles with more than £15bn of debt and the huge interest payments required to service it. Earlier on Thursday, its situation got worse when it was revealed that a £500m funding injection from shareholders expected by the end of this month would not be forthcoming.Analysis: Why nationalising Thames Water won’t workWhen asked by Sky News’ Ian King if bills…

New Earth-like planets could soon be discovered after scientists made a technological breakthrough.Physicists have developed an astrocomb that can analyse the blue-green light emitted by stars. Astrocombs can detect tiny variations in a star’s light created by orbiting exoplanets (those beyond our own solar system) – potentially revealing one similar to Earth.They have been mainly limited to the green-red part of the light spectrum, but the new system offers the chance to uncover even more space secrets.The breakthrough was made by physicists at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and Cambridge University. “This is a really exciting development that will enable us…