Sky Marks End of an Era as ‘Sky One’ Channel Is Retired in a Major Rebrand

This summer has been a bit of a weather rollercoaster, with sun and rain all thrown into one. Sun is due to come and greet us once more though as August nears to an end next week, with Brits expected to enjoy another sizzler.

Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis, Holly Humberstone and Mabel are among the names who have signed a new open letter calling for an end to the harassment of women, girls and marginalised genders at gigs and music festivals.The initiative has been launched today (August 13) by the UN Women’s Safe Spaces Now project to coincide with the return of live music in the UK this summer.The open letter says that over 40 per cent of women under the age of 40 have been sexually harassed at a live music

13-year-old skateboarding pro Sky Brown has just become Britain’s youngest ever Olympic medallist in Games history.The superstar from Oceanside won a bronze medal in the women’s skateboard park event in Tokyo on Wednesday. She joins athletes like Tom Daley, Max Whitlock and Adam Peaty in Team GB Olympic glory.

iOS - Android At its peak, around 900,000 people across the UK were using the Post office to collect payments, but over the past three years the DWP and HMRC have been writing to claimants and encouraging them to have benefits and pensions paid directly into a bank account instead.HMRC recently issued a warning to Tax Credit claimants that the POCa deadline is drawing nearer and urged its customers to use the renewal pack to enter updated payment information, including a change of account such

The spotlight at this year's Olympics in Tokyo has been on the importance of mental health as well as winning gold, especially after the decision by Team USA gymnast Simone Biles to remove herself from some of her events due to a mental block. Now Olympic star Luke Campbell has opened up to OK! to talk about his own conflicts as a sports star who won gold at London 2012 and became the first British boxer to win in his weight division since 1908.

sells. Covid restrictions have prevented owner Billy Wilson meeting European manufacturers to smooth out problems.And with the clock ticking down Mr Wilson believes the deadline for implementing the new scheme should be extended.

BTS‘ ‘Butter‘ has surpassed Olivia Rodrigo‘s eight-week run at the top of Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart.The K-pop group’s second English language single, which was released in May, has now reached nine consecutive weeks in the Number One spot, beating Rodrigo’s previous US record so far in 2021 for ‘Drivers License‘.According to Billboard today (August 2), ‘Butter’ holds the top spot with 30.5million radio airplay audience impressions, 8.1million US streams and 112,900 downloads

The Weeknd has announced the start of a new era "tonight" (August 2) along with a preview of a new song. 

coronavirus pandemic continues to rumble on - but it could end in a matter of months. Expert epidemiologist Neil Ferguson this week predicted the bulk of the pandemic will be behind us by the autumn.He hailed the UK's world-leading vaccine roll-out for having “fundamentally changed the equation” in combating the disease, with more than 37 million people now double-jabbed.

TV giants Sky have announced they are overhauling their UK portfolio and will be retiring flagship channel Sky One after nearly 40 years.The shake-up will also include the launch of two new channels, Sky Max and Sky Showcase in its place. Sky Showcase will replace Sky One on the TV listing and will feature a specially curated selection of Sky’s best content from across its portfolio, including Sky Crime, Sky Nature, Sky Arts, Sky Max, Sky Comedy, Sky History, Sky Kids, SyFy and E!.

Comcast-owned European pay-TV giant Sky is overhauling its UK channel portfolio, retiring its flagship Sky One after nearly 40 years and launching Sky Showcase in its place.

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