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Hit animated film Moana is getting a sequel which is due to hit screens in November.Originally planned as a TV series, Disney boss Bob Iger revealed on Wednesday that it would now be a second movie, adding, “we can’t wait to give you more of Moana and Maui”. The first film made more than $680m (£538m) at the global box office and has been streamed for over one billion hours on Disney+. It was also nominated for two Oscars.In the first film, Moana – who lives on the fictional Polynesian island of Motunui – goes on a journey across the…

The state-backed lender NatWest Group has raided the Swiss banking giant UBS to replace a top Coutts executive who was forced out during last year’s ‘debanking’ row involving Nigel Farage.Sky News has learnt that NatWest has lured Emma Crystal, who has also worked for Credit Suisse, to become the next chief executive of its wealth management division, which includes Coutts. Ms Crystal, who is expected to join later this year, will replace Peter Flavel, who left NatWest last summer.The role is one of the most senior executive positions at NatWest, which is 36%-owned by the government but is now on…

Kate Garraway has thanked Good Morning Britain viewers for the “incredible” love and support she has received since her husband Derek Draper’s death – having returned to presenting the show less than a week after his funeral.The TV presenter returned to host the ITV breakfast show following an emotional appearance on the programme on Monday when she discussed how her children have been handling the loss of their father.Derek Draper, a former political adviser, died at the beginning of January after several years of serious health complications due to coronavirus.The 56-year-old was said to be one of the UK’s longest-suffering…

Sainsbury’s has refused to rule out job losses under a strategy update that aims to save £1bn over the next three years and focus more heavily on food.The company, which also owns Argos, said its plans included an overhaul of its supermarket offering that would see general merchandise and clothing space reduced across many of its main stores to make way for more groceries. The decision reflects recent sales trends at the chain, which trails only Tesco in terms of grocery market share.Money latest:How much you need to retire ‘comfortably’The new £1bn savings target would include savings from reduced deliveries,…

Labour “will” spend £28bn a year on green plans in the next parliament if they enter government, according to a shadow minister.The party has been mired in uncertainty over the commitment, with the Conservatives repeatedly attacking Labour – saying the current opposition’s plans would mean they would need to borrow extra money to meet the target. Sir Chris Bryant, a shadow digital minister, was speaking to Sky News this morning.Asked about the pledge, he said that “we are doing it” – adding that “it will be £28bn”.Politics latest: ‘We should all calm down’ over King’s cancer diagnosis Politics Hub with…

Actress Gina Carano is suing Disney and LucasFilm for wrongful termination and discrimination, claiming she was dropped from The Mandalorian for expressing her “personal political opinions”.Carano was fired in February 2021 over political opinions she expressed on social media, the lawsuit said, after starring in two series of Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian as Rebel ranger Cara Dune. The 41-year-old had referenced the Nazis’ treatment of Jewish people while discussing political differences in the US at the time.Production company LucasFilm then released a statement suggesting her “social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are…

Labour will announce on Thursday that it is scaling back its flagship green prosperity plan, Sky News understands.The policy will not be dropped altogether, but the party is ditching the financial target to spend £28bn a year on environmental schemes. Politics Live: PM ends ‘disaster’ of a day with invitation to Brianna Ghey’s familyLabour will put this down to uncertain public finances and is also likely to say that this is the outcome of finalising ideas for their manifesto for the next general election, expected later this year.The major U-turn comes after weeks of confusion surrounding the policy. Last week,…

Disgraced singer Gary Glitter will not be released from prison, the Parole Board has said. The 79-year-old was recalled to jail less than six weeks after he was released halfway through his 16-year sentence in February last year for breaching his licence conditions by allegedly viewing downloaded images of children.A parole hearing to decide whether he should be freed again was held behind closed doors two weeks ago after a request for it to take place in public was turned down on the grounds that it was too difficult to contact all his victims.A Parole Board panel decided it was…

The culture secretary will hold talks this week with the Premier League and its 20 clubs amid the continuing impasse over a financial redistribution deal for English football.Sky News has learnt that Lucy Frazer will attend a dinner on Thursday evening with executives from the top-flight clubs, as well as Alison Brittain, the Premier League chairman, and Richard Masters, its chief executive. Sources in Whitehall and the football industry confirmed that Ms Frazer planned to accept an invitation to attend the meeting, which will come midway through a Premier League summit with clubs to address a number of new proposals…

As Valentine’s Day rolls around, Netflix has released its limited series One Day about a decade-long relationship that is revisited on the same day each year.Ambika Mod stars alongside The White Lotus’s Leo Woodhall in the show, based on the David Nicholls novel of the same name. Mod, who starred in the BBC series This Is Going To Hurt, says it allowed her to have some “amazing meetings” with people in the industry.”I spent an afternoon with Emma Thompson who is one of my icons,” she told Sky News.”She was so generous and attentive, and I remember her saying there’s…