Sting has paid £595,000 to his former The Police bandmates since facing legal action over unpaid royalties, the High Court has heard. Drummer Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andrew Summers contend they are owed more than $2m (£1.49m) in “arranger’s fees” by bassist Sting and his company Magnetic Publishing. Their barrister claimed that arranger’s fees – […]
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A suspected hitman who disguised himself as a Deliveroo e-bike rider to shoot three people, including a girl celebrating her eighth birthday, has been jailed for 38 years. Jazz Reid, 33, fired 11 bullets, hitting the child twice and her 34-year-old father five times, as they sat with other family members in a car in
The home secretary has said she no longer has confidence in the chief constable of West Midlands Police after a “damning” report into the force’s decision to ban Israeli football fans from attending a game in the UK. Shabana Mahmood told MPs a review by a police watchdog into the force showed “confirmation bias” over
Spanish prosecutors are investigating allegations that singer Julio Iglesias sexually assaulted two former employees in the Caribbean. The singer is accused of sexually assaulting the workers in his Caribbean residences between January and October 2021. It comes after Spanish online newspaper elDiario.es and Spanish-language television channel Univision Noticias published a joint investigation into Iglesias’ alleged
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Elon Musk’s X is acting to comply with UK safety laws and the government “won’t back down”, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The prime minister told PMQs that the nonconsensual sex images produced by the platform’s Grok AI tool are “disgusting” and “shameful” . Politics Live: Elon Musk is complying with UK law in relation
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The former P&O Ferries chief once described as “Britain’s most hated boss” saw his pay slide in his final full year in the job – but still earned more than £600,000. Sky News can reveal that Peter Hebblethwaite was paid £622,000 in 2024, down from £683,000 the year before. The figure is contained in accounts
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1st Central, a car and home insurer with more than 1.5 million active policies, is in talks with advisers about a potential London flotation. Sky News has learnt that 1st Central, which is run by former Hastings executive Michael Lee, is arranging a beauty parade of investment banks to take place in the coming months.
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South East Water (SEW) is being investigated by regulator Ofwat after repeated outages since November have left tens of thousands of households and businesses across Kent and Sussex without drinking water. In an update on Thursday, the firm said around 8,500 addresses were still without water. With some properties entering a sixth day without water,
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The Scottish government has unveiled its draft budget for 2026-27 – with a boost to its child payment benefit, changes to income tax and new taxes on expensive homes and private jet travel. Finance Secretary Shona Robison says the SNP administration’s spending plans would benefit families and was a budget for a “more prosperous Scotland”.
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Actor Kiefer Sutherland has been arrested after allegedly assaulting a ride-share driver in Los Angeles, police said. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said the London-born Canadian actor entered a ride share vehicle at around 12.15am on Monday in Hollywood (8.15am UK time), where he allegedly “physically assaulted the driver, and made criminal threats”. Sutherland