Author: SKYNEWS

Take a good, hard look at the world and what do you see?It certainly feels unpredictable. Old friends are unreliable, and the rules no longer seem to apply. For many, the global neighbourhood is getting distinctly scary. But don’t take my word for it. Listen to the head of UK intelligence agency, MI6.”The frontline is everywhere,” says Blaise Metreweli, who used a recent speech to warn of “the menace of an aggressive, expansionist” Russia, as well as aggressive and expansionist individuals.Her worries have been restated in remarks made by a host of military leaders. “The situation is more dangerous than…

The government has announced a sweeping crackdown on tech firms to protect children from illegal content.It will include measures to eliminate “vile illegal content created by AI”, and could even open the door to an Australia-style age limit on social media, a Number 10 spokesperson said. It also promises to shut down the loophole that has allowed chatbots to produce illegal content.On Sunday Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said “no platform gets a free pass” from the new restrictions. Image: Keir Starmer insisted no platforms would be given a ‘free pass’ from the new measures Under the plans, ministers will…

Nearly four years on from the emotional finale of Derry Girls, writer and creator Lisa McGee has released her new project on Netflix.How To Get To Heaven From Belfast blends her trademark humour with mystery as a group of women reunite following the death of their childhood friend. “I’ve always loved murder mysteries from when I was a little girl,” McGee told Sky News.”I was obsessed with Jessica Fletcher and Murder, She Wrote, so it was really like whenever someone gave me the chance to do it, I was going to grab it.”But I knew I needed to do it…

The Premier League could receive a £750m annual revenue boost by centralising perimeter advertising sales and increasing the number of top-level commercial partners associated with the world’s most lucrative domestic football competition, its clubs have been told.Sky News has learnt that the 20 top-flight sides were informed at a shareholder meeting this week that the Premier League had begun exploring an overhaul of some of its commercial rights activities that would mirror a structure used by a number of elite US sports. One source familiar with the presentation made by Premier League executives said its initial modelling projected that selling…

Four new astronauts have arrived at the International Space Station to replace their colleagues who pulled out early over health concerns.SpaceX delivered the US, French and Russian astronauts to the orbital research laboratory 277 miles (446km) up in space, a day after they launched from Cape Canaveral. The new crew members include NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, France’s Sophie Adenot and Russia’s Andrey Fedyaev.The last group of astronauts were forced to evacuate after one of them suffered what officials described as a serious health issue. Image: The SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the astronauts approaches the International Space Station. Pic:…

If you are a film fan, Autumn Durald Arkapaw is a name to remember this award season.Ahead of this year’s BAFTAs and Oscars, the cinematographer has already made history for her stand-out work on Ryan Coogler’s vampire horror film. She is the first woman of colour ever to be nominated for cinematography in the history of both awards, as well as being one of just a handful of women ever to have been nominated.Her work on Sinners, filming in the stifling heat of the deep south, certainly meant she earned her place in this year’s competition. Image: Michael B Jordan as Smoke and as Stack…

BrewDog, the leading independent craft brewer behind brands including Punk IPA and Elvis Juice, has called in advisers to oversee a sale that could trigger a break-up of one of Scotland’s best-known businesses.Sky News has learnt that the board of BrewDog has appointed AlixPartners, the restructuring experts, to field interest from potential bidders. Sources said that AlixPartners had begun sounding out prospective suitors in the last few days, with a quickfire deadline for indicative offers understood to have been set.A deal could see many of BrewDog’s roughly 220,000 individual shareholders, who became investors through its ‘Equity for Punks’ scheme, left…

Men who buy illegally-traded erectile dysfunction (ED) pills online have been warned they are gambling with their health – after authorities confiscated more than four million doses last year.The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said criminals were exploiting “stigma and embarrassment” and many pills had no active ingredient, the wrong dose, or toxic ingredients.The UK watchdog warned unlicensed pills were especially dangerous for men with heart disease, high blood pressure or those taking other medicines.Working alongside Border Force agents, the MHRA confiscated 4.4 million doses last year and about 19.5 million between 2021 and 2025 – enough to…

A GoFundMe collection set up following the death of Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek has raised over $2m (£1.5m) in just two days.The 48-year-old actor died on Wednesday, after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2023. He rose to fame playing Dawson Leery in the popular US drama Dawson’s Creek, which ran from 1998 to 2003, and followed a group of high school friends and the highs and lows of their friendships and romances. Image: Dawson’s Creek stars clockwise from top left: Joshua Jackson, Katie Holmes, James Van Der Beek and Michelle Williams. Pic: Fergus Greer/ Columbia TriStar…

You might have seen or used it – pay by bank is a new way to buy products online without the hassle of entering any of your card details. This week, we learnt that Amazon had become the latest mega merchant to roll out the payment method for shoppers to use when purchasing products or setting up Prime subscriptions. Here’s an example of what it looks like… Pay by bank allows customers to transfer funds directly from their bank accounts to retailers, without the need to enter any credit or debit card details.As well as Amazon, the method is supported…