How this steel town is grappling with ‘life-changing’ loss of more than 2,000 jobs

How this steel town is grappling with ‘life-changing’ loss of more than 2,000 jobs

One year ago, Cassius Walker-Hunt was working at Port Talbot's steel plant.Now, he's running his own coffee shop in the town centre, having been made redundant when Tata Steel announced the closure of the plant's blast furnaces.The 28-year-old told Sky News the situation the town faced was "completely life-changing"."They called it an end of an era, and it was. That type of workforce in Wales now is gone, it wasn't just a company shutting down, it was generations of knowledge […]

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‘It was a storm… now it’s a hurricane’: Has the cost of living crisis been forgotten?

With £99 a month to live off Aida has turned to a food bank."It's very difficult. Extremely difficult. But I have to live," says Aida Mascarenhas. The 75-year-old tells us £99 is all she has left after paying her bills. Aida's accommodation is provided by the local authority."Ninety-nine pounds in a month - even for bedding, pillows or something. So many things for a house."At the food bank, Aida is called forward to collect handouts to get her through the […]

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Tickets go on sale for Electoral Dysfunction live show in London

Tickets go on sale for Electoral Dysfunction live show in London | Politics News | Sky News The latest Electoral Dysfunction live show will be held on 20 May at Cadogan Hall in London.Friday 11 April 2025 10:00, UKSpreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Spreaker cookies or […]

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Why isn’t Keir Starmer saying what he really thinks?

Why isn't Keir Starmer saying what he really thinks? | Politics News | Sky News PodcastPodcastFriday 11 April 2025 05:10, UKSpreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Spreaker cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via thePrivacy Options. Unfortunately […]

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Investigators looking into reports flock of birds spotted near helicopter crash site

Investigators say they are "looking into" reports a large flock of birds was seen before a deadly helicopter crash in New York City.The helicopter's pilot and a family of five Spanish tourists, including three children, were killed in the crash in the Hudson river at around 3.17pm on Thursday.Agustin Escobar, a Siemens executive, and his wife Camprubi Montal had booked the helicopter tour to celebrate their eight-year-old child's birthday.Giving an update on the investigation into the crash, National Transportation Safety […]

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Tech executive and his family die after sightseeing helicopter crashes in New York

A family of five Spanish tourists, including three children, have been killed in a helicopter crash in New York City.

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The King’s cancer diagnosis feels a world away after trip to Italy with the Queen

The King and Queen were doing a walkabout in the Italian city of Ravenna and it felt like a world away from last year.It was chaos, and in the middle of it, a man still having cancer treatment.If you remember this time 12 months ago, he wasn't even allowed out on full public engagements. Now he was in the middle of what can only be described as a scrum.Security, the Italian president's entourage and members of the royal team all […]

10/04/2025

Politics

Victim’s dad says government should be ‘ashamed’ over grooming gangs inquiries confusion

The father of a grooming gang victim has told Sky News the government should be "ashamed" of itself over the confusion surrounding inquiries - accusing it of "messing around with survivors' lives".Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips this week sparked fresh uncertainty over whether regional inquiries into grooming gangs - promised by the government in January - would go ahead.Following two days of confusion, the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, insisted on Thursday that five local inquiries will take place - and hinted […]

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UK economy grew faster than expected in February

The economy performed better than expected in February, growing by 0.5% according to official figures released on Friday, but comes ahead of an expected hit from the global trade war.The standard measure of an economy's value, gross domestic product (GDP), rose in part thanks to a suprisingly strong performance from the manufacturing sector, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggested.Following the publication of the figures, the British pound rose against the dollar, jumping 0.4% against the greenback to […]

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