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A leading shareholder in Currys is demanding that its board slaps an £800m price tag on the electrical goods retailer amid takeover interest from a former backer of Comet, its defunct rival.Sky News has been told by one of the company’s largest investors that they believe Currys’ board should hold out for at least 75p-a-share from Elliott Advisors, the private equity firm. Shares in Currys will be in sharp focus when trading opens in London on Monday morning after it confirmed a Sky News report over the weekend that it had received an indicative takeover proposal from Elliott.Elliott, the owner…

Influencer boxing is taking the sport by storm – but it’s also creating serious safety concerns.It consists of popular YouTubers and internet personalities fighting each other in the boxing ring. But thanks to their cult following, some of them – like Jake Paul, Logan Paul and KSI – have become the most recognisable names in the sport today, and some of their payouts are said to be into the millions.One of the biggest combat sports pay-per-view fights in 2023 came from an influencer boxing event held in Manchester, Sky News has learned. Image: The event, named the Prime Card, was…

Guests at this year’s BAFTAs ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall include Margot Robbie, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, David Beckham, Cillian Murphy, Colman Domingo, Bradley Cooper, Vivian Oparah, Paul Mescal, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Emily Blunt – and lots more. Source link

Britain’s biggest celebration of film – the BAFTAs – take place this Sunday, honouring the best movies of the last year.With a brand-new host, two special live musical performances, and a red carpet packed with celebrities, it’s set to be a star-studded night with plenty of surprises in store. Image: Pic: BAFTA/Marc Hoberman Here’s everything you need to know ahead of this year’s BAFTA Film Awards.Where are they being held?The ceremony will take place at the Royal Festival Hall in London’s Southbank Centre. Sky News will be liveblogging winners as they’re announced, ahead of the televised ceremony which will air…

Japan’s new H3 flagship rocket has reached orbit following a successful launch – in a key test almost a year after its debut flight failed.H3 lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Centre in the southwest of the country on Saturday morning, after a two-day delay due to bad weather. The rocket reached orbit at an altitude of about 420 miles (670km) and released two satellites, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said. Image: Pic: Reuters On its debut last March, H3’s second-stage engine failed to ignite because of possible electrical issues. And the rocket had to be destroyed 14 minutes…

Elliott Advisors, the owner of Waterstones, is plotting a £700m takeover of Currys, the London-listed electrical goods retailer.Sky News has learnt that Elliott, best-known for its activist sieges against the boards of some of the world’s largest companies, is working on a bid for one of Britain’s best-known high street names. This weekend, it was unclear whether Elliott had made a formal proposal to the board of Currys, although a conventional takeover premium of about 30% on the company’s current share price would value it at about £700m.Currys employs more than 15,000 people in the UK, trading from about 300…

Snoop Dogg’s younger brother Bing Worthington has died, the US rapper has said on Instagram.Paying tribute, he posted a series of photos, including one of his sibling and their mum with the caption “bac wit momma”, while in another he said “until we meet again”. Snoop Dogg also shared a video of himself with Worthington and others, along with a caption saying his brother “always made us laugh”.The 44-year-old died on Thursday, said the Orange County Sheriff’s Department in California. Instagram This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content,…

Fresh off the back of playing Basketball Ken in Greta Gerwig’s box-office hit Barbie, Kingsley Ben-Adir has transformed into the iconic Jamaican artist Bob Marley for his new film.The biopic looks at the life of the Redemption Song singer over a three-year period through his music, career and battle with melanoma. Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, the feature focuses on three years of the reggae star’s life, from 1976 to 1978, and includes archive footage of the star.The final project was years in the making with Marley’s family struggling to find the right person to represent their husband, father, and…

It’s a frosty morning on Kidsley Farm in Derbyshire, a rare thing in this unusually warm winter. Andrew Dakin’s beef herd is housed in the old brick barns, their breath steaming in the chill air. Alongside scuttling chickens and tractors of varying vintages, this is the very image of a traditional farmyard. But for how long? Andrew is a tenant farmer and his landlord, who owns the land, wants to turn his pasture into a solar farm. “Our old way of life will be gone forever. And I’ve worked on this farm all my life, seven days a week. I’ve…

Speculation that Russia might be developing a new space-based nuclear weapon has led to a flurry of discussion about what is going on – and what it could mean to see military installations in space.But space is already used for military purposes. Thousands of satellites orbiting the Earth are crucial to missile targeting, fighter jet navigation and nuclear weapons control. So is space the new frontier for warfare, or are the disadvantages so great that it’s just not worth it?Sky News spoke to three space experts to explore the topic.Thousands of satellites orbiting the Earth There are more than 8,000…