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Rob Lowe has said he and actress Demi Moore “briefly had a thing” back in the 1980s, at the height of their Brat Pack fame.The 60-year-old West Wing actor was part of the hit coming-of-age movie St Elmo’s Fire alongside Moore, 61, in 1985. He told Kelly Ripa on the Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast: “Demi and I briefly, I’m not telling tales out of school – we briefly had a thing.” Image: The cast of St Elmo’s Fire. Pic: Columbia Pictures/Shutterstock The St Elmo’s Fire cast featured a host of hot young eighties stars including Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy,…

Thames Water has secured a £3bn injection to avoid running out of cash.There were fears the UK’s biggest water supplier, which serves 16 million customers, could have run out of money by Christmas. But the cash injection secures its financial future for at least the next year, or possibly until the end of May 2026.The deal reached with creditors, however, is subject to court approval as it involves a restructuring of debt. An interest rate of 9.75% will be payable on the sum. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:53 Thames Water boss can ‘save’ company.…

A surgeon is removing brain tumours “the size of large apples” through patients’ eyebrows, in what is believed to be a world first.Consultant neurosurgeon Anastasios Giamouriadis, based in Aberdeen, has adapted an existing technique to remove the growths, leaving patients with only a small scar and black eye. The operation can be over in three hours, and some people can leave hospital just 24 hours later and return to work within days.”With this technique patients wake up straight way, they sometimes go home the day after the operation, where we know patients have quicker and better recoveries,” said Mr Giamouriadis.Dealing…

Banksy prints, handwritten notes, a pair of trainers – and even a collection of “burner phones” – are among scores of items set to be auctioned from “the most definitive archive” of his early work.Steve Lazarides, the anonymous street artist’s former agent and photographer, is auctioning artwork and other mementos amassed over more than 10 years of collaboration from the late 1990s. He has held on to his collection since he and Banksy parted ways, but told Sky News it is now time “to move on”. The sale is estimated to make $2m (about £1.54m).Julien’s, in California, will host the…

Boeing staff have rejected the latest 35% pay rise, committing to further strikes as the company faces massive losses and delivery delays. As many as 33,000 workers at Boeing plants in Washington state, Oregon and California have rejected a proposal to increase wages by just over a third over four years as their union said “after 10 years of sacrifices we still have ground to make up”. Just hours earlier the plane maker published results showing whopper losses of $6bn (£4.6bn) for just three months in part due to the industrial action as it deals with the fallout of a…

As new laws go, the Data Use and Access Bill sounds like one of the most boring imaginable. But don’t nod off just yet…The revamp of data laws, claims the government, has the potential to boost the economy, benefit patients, police and parents – even help reduce disruption from road repairs. But done wrong, privacy and digital rights campaigners warn it could open the door to the state or shady big-tech firms using our data for their benefit not ours.Streamlining the use of and access to data could generate £10bn of economic benefit, the government says.In the NHS for example,…

Liam Payne’s girlfriend has said they planned to get married next year in a statement a week after his death. The former One Direction star died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after falling from a third-floor balcony at the Casa Sur hotel. Kate Cassidy, who had been in Argentina with Payne, 31, until two days before his death, wrote on Instagram: “A few weeks ago, we sat outside on a beautiful evening manifesting our lives together.”I keep your note close, even though you told me not to look at it. It said ‘me and Kate to marry within a year/engaged &…

A healthcare software company which helps medical professionals manage patient data has clinched a £10m-plus funding boost from a string of prominent technology investors.Sky News understands that Semble, formerly known as Heydoc, is close to announcing its largest funding round to date. Octopus Ventures and Mercia are backing Semble for the first time, while Smedvig Capital and Triple Point Ventures, both of which are existing investors, are also participating in the round, according to insiders.Launched in 2018, the company provides software to medical practitioners to help them overcome the administrative challenges posed by legacy technology systems.One source said that Semble…

A new pioneering Alzheimer’s drug has been rejected for widespread use in the NHS in England.The announcement comes as the UK’s medicines regulator said that donanemab could be licenced for use in the UK. However the health spending watchdog, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), said that it “does not currently demonstrate value for the NHS”.It is the second time a new Alzheimer’s treatment has been rejected by NICE in a matter of months.Manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, donanemab is a targeted antibody drug that slows down the early stages of Alzheimer’s. Along with another new…

A new interactive space – offering visitors hands-on access to over half a million creative objects – will open in east London next spring.V&A East Storehouse will open its doors on 31 May 2025, and will offer items spanning 5,000 years of history – from costumes belonging to Sir Elton John and the Sex Pistols, to Roman frescos and Mid-Century furniture, through to the journey of the iPhone and vintage football shirts. Image: The David Bowie Centre opens on 13 September 2025. Pic: Victoria And Albert Museum The vast warehouse space sits across four levels, and at 16,000 square meters…