Author: SKYNEWS

A teenager from Oklahoma appears to have become the first person to “beat” Tetris.Willie Gibson posted a video on YouTube which shows the moment when the classic video game crashes as he reaches level 157. The stunned 13-year-old gasps: “Oh my god … I’m going to pass out.””I can’t feel my fingers, I can’t feel my hands… I’m going to pass out,” Willie adds, as he tries to catch his breath. “I’m shaking so bad.”It took the teenager, who goes by the name blue scuti on YouTube, just 38 minutes to cause the game to crash – which has never…

Vanessa Feltz has been the subject of over 2,000 Ofcom complaints after her controversial comments on coeliac disease.The This Morning presenter came under fire after saying a caller’s mother-in-law not allowing them to bring their own food to a gluten-free Christmas dinner was “completely unreasonable”. During the episode of the ITV show on 18 December, the caller explained that their mother-in-law made the meal gluten-free to accommodate a guest who had coeliac disease.Feltz responded, saying: “So she’s treating coeliac disease as if it’s a potentially fatal peanut allergy and they can’t have anything with gluten in the house, which is…

Michelle Mone has hit out at the “obsession” with her personal life – claiming she is surprised the Daily Mirror hasn’t asked about her “bras and knickers” following their latest report.Baroness Mone, who had been a Tory before she had the whip removed, admitted she lied when she denied links to firm PPE Medpro – a group led by her husband Doug Barrowman – which won contracts worth more than £200m to supply gowns and face masks during the pandemic. She also conceded in an interview last month that she and her family stand to benefit from the £60m in…

British police are reportedly investigating the sexual abuse of a child’s avatar in the metaverse – prompting the NSPCC to warn that tech firms must do more to protect young users.Online abuse is linked with physical abuse in the real world and can have a devastating impact on victims, the charity’s campaigners said. The comments were made in response to a report published by Mail Online that officers are investigating a case in which a young girl’s digital persona was sexually attacked by a gang of adult men in an immersive video game.It is thought to be the first investigation…

Andrew Lloyd Webber said he once called a priest to his London home to help remove a poltergeist.The acclaimed composer, whose hit West End musicals include The Phantom Of The Opera, claimed the spirit would place theatre scripts in an “obscure room”. The spooky activity came to an end after a priest had visited the 19th-century property he owned in Belgravia, he said.In an interview with The Telegraph, Lord Lloyd Webber was discussing whether any of his theatres were haunted.The 75-year-old said he had never seen a ghost – but had witnessed some unusual activity at his home. He said:…

Price cuts to lure shoppers helped supermarkets rake in record revenues ahead of Christmas, according to industry data.Kantar Worldpanel, which tracks sales and prices among chains, said £13.7bn passed through tills or via websites over the four weeks to 24 December. It took average household grocery spending to an all-time high of £477 across the month, the report said, an increase of £28 on 2022.The research noted a 2% rise in sales volumes – a statistic that will be particularly welcomed by chains.It said that almost a third of all spending over the four-week period was made on items with…

Fossils once thought to be the skulls of teenage Tyrannosaurus Rexes actually belonged to a different species of dinosaur, scientists have concluded.First unearthed in Montana, US, in 1942, the remains have been the subject of debate as to whether they were from junior T. Rexes or from Nanotyrannus lancensis – smaller relatives of the iconic dinosaurs. According to research from the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath, the fossils were from adult dinosaurs, meaning the 66-million-year-old remains are more likely from the Nanotyrannus.The university’s Dr Nick Longrich said he was “pretty blown away” by the findings, based…

Eurovision organisers have teased an apparent Caribbean appearance at this year’s contest.”New Year! New News!” they announced, in a message shared with more than 1.3 million followers through the official Instagram page, alongside a clip showing crystal clear waters and golden beaches. “We’re thrilled to confirm that THE CARIBBEAN is coming to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024,” the post said. “Stay tuned, we can’t wait to tell you more.” Image: Olly Alexander will represent the UK this year. Pic: Millie Turner/Invision/AP The 2024 event takes place in Malmo in Sweden, with Olly Alexander recently announced as the UK’s act.Could he…

Philip Jansen, the outgoing BT Group boss, has been approached about becoming the next chairman of WPP, the FTSE-100 marketing services giant.Sky News has learnt that Mr Jansen, who is to step down from the telecoms company in the spring, is one of a number of prospective candidates to have been sounded out in recent weeks about the post. City sources said on Monday that WPP’s search was not yet at an advanced stage and there was no certainty that Mr Jansen or WPP would decide to progress his candidacy further.His impending exit from BT has prompted speculation about his…

Google and Amazon must do more after a British woman made a suicide pact with two people she met online and used the internet to buy poison, a coroner has said.Chloe Macdermott, 43, died in May 2021 after buying a lethal substance from the US on Amazon.An inquest at Inner West London Coroner’s Court was told earlier this month she had “formed an association” with two people.A day later, she contacted them while her husband was away and “an agreement was made to act that night”.Coroner Paul Roger, recording a conclusion of suicide, issued a prevention of future deaths report…