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Next weighs transfer for stricken cosmetics chain The Body Shop

24Feb

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Business

Next weighs transfer for stricken cosmetics chain The Body Shop

Next has approached directors to The Body Shop a couple of potential deal to buy components of the stricken cosmetics chain.Sky News has learnt that executives from the UK style retailing large have contacted FRP Advisory to specific an curiosity in buying property as a part of any sale course of it decides to launch. There have been doubts this weekend, nonetheless, that FRP, which was appointed to deal with the insolvency of The Body Shop within the UK earlier this month, would elect to run a standard public sale, with one supply suggesting that contact between FRP and Next had already stalled.Read extra: The Body Shop UK in administration - what went improper?Next is known to have been monitoring The Body Shop for a while, however individuals near the FTSE-100 firm confirm...

Lee Anderson responds after suspension from Conservative Party over ‘Islamophobic’ feedback

24Feb

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Politics

Lee Anderson responds after suspension from Conservative Party over ‘Islamophobic’ feedback

Lee Anderson has stated he accepts the Tory get together had "no option" however to droop him over "Islamophobic" feedback he made concerning the mayor of London.In a put up on X after he was suspended on Saturday afternoon, the previous Tory deputy chairman stated: "Following a name with the chief whip, I perceive the troublesome place that I've put each he and the prime minister in with regard to my feedback. "I fully accept that they had no option but to suspend the whip in these circumstances."However, I'll proceed to help the federal government's efforts to name out extremism in all its kinds - be that antisemitism or Islamophobia."Pressure had been mounting on Rishi Sunak to behave after the MP for Ashfield stated he believed "Islamists" had "obtained management" of Sad...

Scientists unveil 240-million-year-old reptile likened to ‘Chinese dragon’

24Feb

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Technology

Scientists unveil 240-million-year-old reptile likened to ‘Chinese dragon’

A 240-million-year-old marine reptile with an awfully lengthy neck - likened to a "Chinese dragon" - has been depicted in full for the primary time.The Dinocephalosaurus orientalis fossils had been first found in Guizhou province in southern China in 2003. After discovering different, extra full specimens, scientists have now been capable of current a full depiction of the creature.The dinosaur, which lived through the Triassic interval, had 32 separate neck vertebrae, and flippered limbs. Image: The Dinocephalosaurus orientalis fossils had been found in Guizhou province in southern China in 2003. Pic: National Museums Scotland/PA A workforce of worldwide researchers discovered properly preserved fish in its a...

Pete Doherty: Libertines singer reveals he has Type 2 diabetes

24Feb

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Entertainment

Pete Doherty: Libertines singer reveals he has Type 2 diabetes

Pete Doherty has revealed he has been identified with Type 2 diabetes as he battles with ongoing well being points.The Libertines singer and guitarist, 44, has been open about his battle with alcohol and medicines through the years. In an interview with the Guardian's Saturday journal, Doherty mentioned he gave up "the main poisons" and his well being improved."Then you get told alcohol and cheese and sugar are just as bad and you were healthier when you were on heroin."He admitted he was "a bit of a glutton", including: "It's not a joke. I've been identified with Type 2 diabetes. "And at the moment I'm lacking the discipline to tackle cholesterol."Read extra from Sky News:BBC apologises for 'misjudged' interview with Andrew ScottEllie Goulding breaks silence on cut up from h...

With Kodai Senga Injury, Mets Rotation Already Takes a Hit

23Feb

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Baseball

With Kodai Senga Injury, Mets Rotation Already Takes a Hit

Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports After the trades of Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander final summer time, Kodai Senga assumed the function of the Mets’ workers ace, and figured to be the crew’s Opening Day starter this 12 months. Already, nonetheless, the Mets are within the place of getting to regulate. A day after Senga missed a crew exercise attributable to what was initially described as arm fatigue, president of baseball operations David Stearns revealed that the 31-year-old righty will begin the 12 months on the injured listing with a shoulder pressure. For as tantalizing as the potential of a free agent addition could also be, the crew plans to remain in-house to soak up his absence. In Wednesday’s media session, supervisor Carlos Mendoza mentioned that after Tuesday’s aspect ses...

Rivals Rafa and Novak Fly Into Every Different

23Feb

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Tennis

Rivals Rafa and Novak Fly Into Every Different

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Friday, February 23, 2024They share probably the most prolific rivalry in ATP historical past.Iconic rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic run into one another even once they're sky excessive.More: James Blake Q&AMore: Richard Evans Q&AGrand Slam king Djokovic, who has been coaching in Spain, shared this shot of working into king of clay Nadal on the flight from Spain to Los Angeles the place each males plan to play Indian Wells subsequent month. Great firm on the best way to USA 🇺🇸 😎💪🎾 @RafaelNadal #idemooo #vamos @atptour #TennisParadise pic.twitter.com/UDB13mp4Ux — Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) February 23, 2024 "Great company on the way to USA," Djokovic wrote in a social media publish alongside a mid-flight picture of the superstars ta...

Ukraine struggle: Hundreds of latest sanctions positioned on Russia by US and EU after Alexei Navalny’s dying

23Feb

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US

Ukraine struggle: Hundreds of latest sanctions positioned on Russia by US and EU after Alexei Navalny’s dying

Hundreds of latest sanctions have been positioned on Russia by the US and the EU on the eve of the second anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine and every week after Alexei Navalny's dying.Among these focused by Washington's greater than 500 new sanctions are individuals concerned in Mr Navalny's imprisonment and three Russian officers the US has stated are related to his dying. The Russian opposition chief, who was a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, fell unconscious and died immediately final Friday in an Arctic penal colony.Ukraine-Russia struggle newest: Putin 'could obtain struggle purpose' Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant ...

Hiroshima watch with arms caught at actual time of bombing sells for hundreds

23Feb

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World

Hiroshima watch with arms caught at actual time of bombing sells for hundreds

A melted watch frozen in time throughout the Hiroshima bombing has been offered for greater than $31,000 (£24,000) at public sale.The wristwatch reveals the precise second the atomic bomb was detonated over the Japanese metropolis, at 8.15am on 6 August 1945, throughout the remaining days of the Second World War, based on Boston-based public sale home, RR Auction. The brass-toned timepiece is believed to have been recovered from the ruins of the blast zone by a British soldier on a mission to supply emergency provides and assess the injury.It fetched a complete of $31,113 (£24,550) at public sale on Thursday, with quite a few different traditionally important gadgets additionally listed.Despite the cloudiness of the crystal, the watch's arms stay at 8.15am, when the B-29 Enol...

Ian King Business Podcast: Vitality costs fall, client confidence, and mergers and acquisitions

23Feb

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Business

Ian King Business Podcast: Vitality costs fall, client confidence, and mergers and acquisitions

As family vitality payments are set to fall in April, Ian King talks to Sky's enterprise correspondent Paul Kelso.He additionally speaks to Bill Winters, the chief government of Standard Chartered, about its $1bn share buyback.Erik Hirsch, co-chief government of Hamilton Lane, a number one personal markets funding agency, additionally joins Ian.Listen and subscribe to The Ian King Business Podcast right here. Content Source: information.sky.com

Former Tory MP Bob Stewart has racist abuse conviction overturned

23Feb

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Politics

Former Tory MP Bob Stewart has racist abuse conviction overturned

A former Tory MP's conviction for a racially aggravated public offence has been overturned on enchantment. Bob Stewart, who now sits as an unbiased, was discovered responsible final 12 months after he obtained into an argument with an activist outdoors the Foreign Office's Lancaster House in Westminster. Mr Stewart was convicted after telling Bahraini refugee Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei to "go back to Bahrain" through the incident in December 2022.The MP, who represents Beckenham in southeast London, surrendered the celebration whip after he was discovered responsible. Electoral Dysfunction Listen to Beth R...