Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Airways is in talks with shareholders and creditors about a further £160m support package just six months after securing a £1.2bn rescue deal. Sky News has learnt that the billionaire tycoon’s flagship company is this weekend close to finalising the new funding, which will include a £100m loan from his
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Two of New York state governor Andrew Cuomo’s fellow Democrats have called on him to quit over allegations he sexually harassed several women. His accusers, including some of his female aides, have said he behaved in a sexually suggestive manner and made similar such remarks. One woman said the 63-year-old had asked her if she
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court charged with kidnapping and murdering Sarah Everard, who went missing in south London last week. Wayne Couzens, 48, appeared in person before Westminster Magistrates’ Court for the first time following his arrest on Tuesday. He confirmed his name and address. The case will be sent to
A homemade submarine capable of smuggling up to 2,000kg of drugs has been seized by police in Spain. Investigators discovered the 9m (30ft) narco craft while it was being built in Malaga, on the Costa del Sol, during an international drug operation. The light blue semi-submersible vessel, which is 3m (10ft) wide, is made of
Elon Musk says that has Tesla removed from the Full Self-Driving Beta drivers who they determined weren’t paying enough attention. The automaker also expanded the beta to now a total of roughly 2000 Tesla owners. Last week, Musk announced that Tesla is doubling the size of its Full Self-Driving beta program. Back in October 2020,
Andrew Holt | The Image Bank | Getty Images The Port of London Authority has given the go ahead for trials of tidal energy technology on a section of the Thames, in a move which could eventually help to decarbonize operations connected to the river. The mooring for the trials is situated on a part
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the sounding rocket (RH-560) to study attitudinal variations in the neutral winds and plasma dynamics carried out on Friday at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota Range (SHAR). “Launch of sounding rocket (RH-560) to study attitudinal variations in the neutral winds and plasma dynamics carried out today at SDSC
An announcer at a girls’ high school basketball game in Oklahoma used a racial slur as players kneeled during the national anthem. The Norman High School team took the knee before their quarter-final game against Midwest City – a familiar way of protesting racial and social injustice. One of the livestream’s broadcasters, who didn’t realise
Tesla is getting ready to open a warehouse in the historic Manchester area of Richmond, Virginia, Richmond Biz Sense reports. The location will be 300 Stockton Street and is around 19,500 square feet according to the city documents. The warehouse is related to Tesla’s energy business, not its car business. Tesla, which offers solar panels,
Apple on Friday said that it is discontinuing the original HomePod smart speaker and will instead focus on the smaller, more affordable and newer HomePod mini. The original HomePod was launched in 2018 but never quite grabbed the mass market the way competing products like the Amazon Echo or Google Home smart speakers did. While
Mar 2, 2021 So this NFL rookie kicker walks into a pro shop … Sounds like the beginning of a joke, right? But if a Josh Scobee movie was ever made, that would be the very first golf scene. At one point, the Jacksonville Jaguars’ all-time leading scorer was the top-ranked golfer from another sport.
The prime minister has backed a national day of reflection to mark the anniversary of the first coronavirus lockdown. The end-of-life charity Marie Curie is planning the day for 23 March to remember those who have died during the coronavirus pandemic. This was the date in 2020 when Boris Johnson first told UK residents they
Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish National Party have passed their peak and Scotland has had enough of them, according to Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson. “We’ve passed ‘peak Nat’ and, more and more, Scotland is saying ‘enough’,” she is claiming in a battle cry ahead of the elections for the Scottish Parliament in May. Her
Serendipity is when things just seamlessly come together in a way that benefits all concerned. It happened in the small town of Aromas, California, population 2650, one summer night in 2017. Aromas is home to the A.R. Wilson Quarry. The granite quarry is part of Graniterock, a family-owned mining and building materials supply company that
Nearly 50,000 businesses have signed up for the government’s free workplace COVID tests, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced. The government claims this is a vital step towards restoring normal life after the pandemic. Tests can give a result within 30 minutes – and NHS Test and Trace analysis suggests they have a specificity of
Golabs Inc via Amazon is offering its Gotrax XR Elite Electric Scooter for $340.99 shipped when you clip the on-page coupon. Down from its $421 going rate at Amazon, today’s deal is among the best pricing that we’ve tracked all-time. You’ll find a powerful 300W motor here that can propel you up to 15.5MPH and
Workers clean the bay of the furnace at the steel plant of Salzgitter AG in Salzgitter, Germany, on March 2, 2020. MORRIS MAC MATZEN | AFP | Getty Images A major green hydrogen facility in Germany has started operations, with those behind the project hoping it will help to decarbonize the energy-intensive steel industry in
Minneapolis City Council will pay George Floyd’s family $27m (£19.4m) to settle a civil lawsuit over his killing in police custody. The settlement includes $500,000 for the neighbourhood where Mr Floyd was arrested, the council said. Mr Floyd’s family filed the federal civil rights lawsuit against the city last July, alongside ones against police officer
People have really just scratched the surface when it comes to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Mike Winkelmann, a digital artist who goes by Beeple and recently sold a piece for $69 million, told CNBC on Friday. “I really think this is a technology that has just so many use cases,” Winkelmann said in a “Squawk Alley”
The owner of All Bar One is facing a shareholder revolt over plans to bolster the guaranteed pay awards of its top executives amid a broader firestorm over corporate governance at the company. Sky News understands that several major institutional investors are planning to oppose Mitchells & Butlers’ (M&B) remuneration policy because it plans to