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Dave Edmunds suffered a βmajor cardiac arrestβ and faces a βvery long journeyβ to recovery, according to his wife, who detailed the Welsh musicianβs health struggles in a Facebook post. Best known perhaps for his 1970 hit βI Hear You Knocking,β Edmunds β who also formed the band Rockpile with Nick Lowe β βdied in…
David Ellisonβs Skydance Media has unveiled its leadership structure for Paramount, beginning a shake-up as the Shari Redstone era winds to a close. Ellison will become chairman and chief executive of the new Paramount Skydance Corp. with a goal of reviving the legendary entertainment company. The structure will largely be decentralized with Ellison entrusting his…
π Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app π If you bought a car as far back as 2007 with a loan organised through your car dealership, you could be eligible for a payout. The regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, is consulting on a compensation scheme – and it’s thought up to 40%…
On the Shelf Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run By Peter Ames CarlinDoubleday: 256 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Before βBorn to Run,β Bruce Springsteen was in danger of being dropped by his record label….
We all need to stop getting mad about the fact that our favorite streaming series are now full of ads and focus on how awful those ads are. Yes, it is infuriating that streaming platforms sold a product they could not reasonably hope to sustain. The promise that, for a small fee, viewers would be…
At a press conference on Monday in which Reform UK announced the Tory police and crime commissioner for Leicestershire and Rutland was joining their ranks, as well as former prison governor Vanessa Frake, I asked Nigel Farage a simple question. But his answer wasn’t what I expected. I asked the Reform UK leader if the…
Asher Bird spends just 12.5% of his earnings on rent and utilities each month. He has an investment portfolio, money goals and a trusty financial planning diary. But he’s not a millionaire – he’s a seven-year-old. “I didn’t grow up with a whole lot of financial education and so going out into the real world,…
NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff will join MSNBC full time once the progressive cable channel is spun off into a new company, which will be called Versant. Later this year, MSNBC is heading to Versant, which will be the new stand-alone home for current parent company Comcastβs cable networks. As a result, MSNBC will no…
The prime minister’s spokesman has refused eight times to confirm whether recognition of Palestine could go ahead if Hamas remainΒ in power and the hostages are not released.Β Keir Starmer’s spokesman was questioned by journalists for the first time since the announcement last week that the UK will formally recognise the state in September – unless…
Asda is in talks about a Β£400m deal to offload some of its supermarket real estate assets to a giant investment house as it looks to plough more funding into its turnaround plans. Sky News has learnt that Blue Owl Capital, the New York-listed asset management group, has emerged as the frontrunner to buy roughly…
