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Sanjeev Gupta, the metals tycoon whose main British business was forced into compulsory liquidation last week, is facing a deepening probe by Australian regulators into his operations in the country.Sky News has learnt that officials from the Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) last week served Mr Gupta’s Liberty Steel group with a new demand for information about its activities. Sources said the regulator had also taken possession of a mobile phone belonging to Mr Gupta as part of the probe.Money latest: Airline makes plus-sized travellers buy two seats One insider said that other senior executives at the company may…

Paul Gallagher, the older brother of Oasis stars Noel and Liam, has appeared in court charged with rape, sexual assault and other offences.Gallagher, of East Finchley, north London, is accused of rape, coercive and controlling behaviour, three counts of sexual assault, three counts of intentional strangulation, two counts of making a threat to kill, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The alleged offences are claimed to have taken place between 2022 and 2024, the charge sheet showed.During a five-minute hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, Gallagher spoke to confirm his name, age and address, but entered no pleas.He has…

SpaceX has successfully launched its biggest ever rocket, named Starship, from Texas after a year of mishaps.Elon Musk’s flagship spacecraft, which has been earmarked for future missions to the moon and Mars, took off just after 6.30pm local time on Tuesday. It launched into orbit and deployed eight dummy satellites before splashing down as planned in the Indian Ocean.The aim was to test the 403ft-tall ship’s new heat shield tiles and satellite deployment abilities, among hundreds of other upgrades from past iterations.Three minutes into the flight and dozens of miles above ground, the rocket’s upper half separated as planned from…

The small increase in domestic energy bills announced today confirms that prices have stabilised since the ruinous spikes that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but remain 40% higher than before the war – around 20% in real terms – with little chance of falling in the medium-term.Any increase in the annual cost of gas and electricity is unwelcome. But, at 2%, it is so marginal that in practice many consumers will not notice it unless they pay close attention to their consumption. Regulator Ofgem uses a notional figure for “typical” annual consumption of gas and electricity to capture the impact…

The second season of the Duchess of Sussex’s lifestyle show With Love, Meghan, has been released.Over the eight-episode series, which features celebrity guests including US model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen and Queer Eye’s Tan France, Meghan opens up about what she misses most about the UK, the meal she cooked on the night Prince Harry proposed, and who said “I love you” first. The premiere of the second series comes two weeks after Harry and Meghan announced a watered-down deal with the streaming giant Netflix.Despite Harry not making a cameo in the show, Meghan does give some insight into…

Sweeping new rules designed to deal with the “total Wild West” young people were experiencing online have now been in place across the UK for a month.Ofcom’s Children’s Codes require pornography and other harmful content to be kept away from young people, either through age verification or algorithm changes.More than half a million people have signed a petition calling for the Online Safety Act to be repealed, while ministers insist the legislation’s been a success.So what difference have these controversial new regulations made?’I feel more clean’In the days before they were enforced, Sky News spoke to a group of teenagers…

President Trump says he is firing a governor of the US central bank, a move seen as intensifying his bid for control over the setting of interest rates.He posted a letter on his Truth Social platform on Monday night declaring that Lisa Cook – the first black woman to be appointed a Federal Reserve governor – was to be removed from her post on alleged mortgage fraud grounds. She has responded, insisting he has no authority over her job and vowed to continue in the role, threatening a legal battle that could potentially go all the way to the Supreme…

The creator of a new movie about the aftermath of sexual assault says comparisons with stars including Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Michaela Coel are flattering, but “aren’t ultimately helpful”.Eva Victor, who rose to fame after creating viral comedy videos on X, wrote and directed their debut feature – Sorry, Baby – as well as playing the lead role. They were encouraged to both write and then direct the movie by Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins, after he saw Victor’s videos online. Image: Eva Victor, who first gained attention for their viral comedy videos, has released their first feature, Sorry, Baby. Pic: A24…

A case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been detected in a person in the United States for the first time.The parasitic flies eat cattle and other warm-blooded animals alive, with an outbreak beginning in Central America and southern Mexico late last year. It is ultimately fatal if left untreated.The case in the US was identified in a person from Maryland who had travelled from Guatemala.Beth Thompson, South Dakota’s state veterinarian, told Reuters on Sunday that she was notified of the case within thelast week. A Maryland state government official also confirmed the case.The person was treated and prevention measures…

The owners of New Look, the high street fashion retailer, have picked bankers to oversee a strategic review which is expected to see the company change hands next year.Sky News has learnt that Rothschild has been appointed in recent days to advise New Look and its shareholders on a potential exit. The investment bank’s appointment follows a number of unsolicited approaches for the business from unidentified suitors.New Look, which trades from almost 340 stores and employs about 10,000 people across the UK, is the country’s second-largest womenswear retailer in the 18-to-44 year-old age group.It has been owned by its current…