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Former Manchester United and Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon is plotting a takeover bid for Newcastle United that could end Mike Ashley’s decade-long ownership of the Premier League club. Sky News can reveal that Mr Kenyon has approached a number of potential financial backers in recent weeks about the idea of collaborating on a deal.City sources said this weekend that he was working on a bid with Rockefeller Capital Management, a New York-based firm run by Greg Fleming, one of the most prominent figures on Wall Street from his time at Merrill Lynch and then Morgan Stanley’s wealth and asset…

Allergy sufferers have been advised to rely on out-of-date EpiPens amid a global shortage of the life-saving adrenaline injectors. Those affected have been told to use the device past their normal expiry date, with campaigners urging people not to dispose of it until they have a new one.The medicines regulator has taken the measure of certifying batches of expired EpiPens as safe, amid fears those going into anaphylactic shock might otherwise be left with nothing.The body said it has agreed to extend the use-by date of some EpiPens by four months, with pharmacies now rationing them and GPs being forced…

Paramedics have treated 40 people after an irritant, suspected to be tear gas, was released during a hip-hop gig at a nightclub. Cameo nightclub in Bournemouth was evacuated at 2am after a number of revellers complained of shortness of breath and itchy eyes.One person was taken to hospital as a precaution, while South West Ambulance Service initially said 20 patients were treated for “minor throat irritation”.British hip-hop artist Yungen had been performing at the venue as part of university freshers’ week events. I spoke to a police officer and some sort of canister has been let off inside the venue.…

At least 384 people have been killed after an earthquake and tsunami struck Indonesia. The figure comes from one city – Palu – where hundreds of people are injured and thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed, a spokesman for the disaster mitigation agency confirmed.At least 540 people were badly injured, he added. Image: A street full of debris after an earthquake and tsunami hit Palu, on Sulawesi island Waves of up to two metres (6.6ft) high swept through the city on Sulawesi island after the magnitude 7.5 quake brought down several buildings and sent people fleeing from their…

Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court will face a week-long FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations following a dramatic day in the US Senate. The president has directed the FBI to launch a supplemental investigation into Brett Kavanaugh at the request of the Senate judiciary committee.Mr Kavanaugh cleared the first hurdle towards being confirmed as a new judge in America’s highest court, after his nomination was approved by the US Senate’s judiciary committee on Friday by an 11-10 vote.However, in late dramatic scenes just moments before the crucial vote was held, Republican senator and committee member Jeff Flake called…

Facebook has said 50 million users were affected by a security breach which potentially enabled hackers to take over people’s accounts. The social media giant has not yet determined whether the accounts were misused or what information was accessed.Nor does it know who is behind the breach or where they are based.Facebook said the breach was discovered on Tuesday afternoon, and stemmed from a change it made to its video uploading feature in July 2017.Something called “View As”, which allows users to see what their profile looks like to someone else, subsequently became vulnerable.Guy Rosen, from the California-based company, said…

The chairman of Unilever and other board members are at risk of huge investor revolts at next year’s annual general meeting over their handling of plans to scrap the consumer goods giant’s UK headquarters. Sky News has learnt that several large institutional shareholders are already drawing up plans to oppose the re-election of Marijn Dekkers, the Dove- and Lynx-maker’s chairman since 2016, and Professor Youngme Moon, its senior independent director, next year.One of Unilever’s top ten investors also said on Friday that they were likely to vote against Graeme Pitkethly, the chief financial officer, over the “aggressive” way he had…

A lorry driver has died after several heavy goods vehicles crashed and caught fire on the M40 in Warwickshire. When paramedics arrived they found two lorries on fire and a third just in front, West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said.A WMAS spokesman said: “Unfortunately, the driver of one lorry died at the scene.”The driver of a second lorry, a man in his 60s, was treated at the scene for a medical condition and was taken to Warwick hospital.”The third driver was uninjured.”The motorway has been closed in both directions and drivers cannot join the M40 from the M42.Highways England warned…

Banks are facing calls to get their act together after three major lenders reported digital banking outages on Friday following a spate of recent disruption to services. HSBC first alerted its UK customers to a problem in a social media post, on what will be payday for many thousands, after people started reporting problems with its mobile app at 7.45 this morning.It later said it had resolved its glitch but gave no explanation.A statement said: “An earlier issue where some customers were unable to log on to the HSBC mobile banking app has been resolved and users of the app…

A passenger plane has crashed into the sea after missing the runway of a tiny Pacific island – with everyone on-board surviving. The Boeing 737-800 plane was attempting to land at Chuuk Airport on the remote island of Weno in Micronesia but ditched in a lagoon at about 9.30am local time (12.30am UK time).Images posted online showed dozens of people on boats surrounding the wreckage as they attempted to rescue those on-board the Air Niugini plane. 0:22 Video: All crew and passengers were safely rescued after an Air Niugini plane crashed in a lagoon in Micronesia. All 36 passengers and…