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The fashion sector is facing calls to scale back production amid revelations Burberry deliberately destroys stock worth millions every year. Figures from the British luxury company showed it burned fashion and beauty products worth £28.6m in its last financial year.The practice, understood to be rife throughout the sector, means unwanted items cannot fall into the hands of counterfeiters or find their way onto other shelves or websites.In Burberry’s case, it is believed trademark items from coats and bags to perfume are incinerated though the company insists the procedure carries an energy benefit to limit the environmental impact. Image: Clothes and…

The leader of neo-Nazi group National Action has been jailed for eight years after he was found guilty of membership of the banned group . Christopher Lythgoe, 32, from Warrington, was sentenced at the Old Bailey. Another prominent National Action member, Matthew Hankinson, 24, was jailed for six years for membership of the group.The far-right group was banned by the Home Secretary over its support of the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox, who was shot and stabbed to death in 2016 by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair.The court was told that Lythgoe had regarded the death of the Batley and Spen…

The crisis engulfing Britain’s high streets will deepen on Wednesday when Gaucho, the steak restaurant chain, crashes into administration after its lenders opted not to pursue a rescue deal. Sky News has learnt that the company, which employs about 1,500 people, has filed a notice of intention to appoint Deloitte as its administrator.While that gives it up to ten days’ breathing space from creditors, sources close to the company said it could fall into administration as soon as Wednesday afternoon.The decision will come after weeks of talks about a sale to new investors, with the restaurant entrepreneur Hugh Osmond among…

Police in Brazil are hunting a celebrity plastic surgeon known as Dr Bumbum after one of his patients died just hours after undergoing an operation at the doctor’s home. Denis Furtado amassed 650,000 Instagram followers by posting pictures of his work, with the 45-year-old renowned in his home country for “performing magic” on women’s bodies – notably their bottoms.But now he is on the run following the death of Lilian Quezia Calixto, who underwent a procedure for the enhancement to her buttocks at his lavish apartment in the swanky neighbourhood of Barra de Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro.She had travelled…

A Labour MP who was suspended over a sexual harassment allegation has quit the party and launched a scathing attack on Jeremy Corbyn. In his resignation letter, Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock said there was “clear evidence” the investigation into the claim, which he denies, had been “manipulated for factional purposes”.Mr Woodcock has been accused of sending inappropriate texts and emails to a former female staff member between 2014 and 2016.He is a long-standing critic of Mr Corbyn’s leadership, clashing with his now former boss on issues like nuclear weapons and anti-Semitism. Image: A party spokesman said: ‘Jeremy thanks…

Google has been fined €4.34bn (£3.8bn) by the EU for abusing its control of the Android operating system by forcing vendors to pre-install its apps. Announcing the record fine, the EU’s competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Google was in breach of competition law barring companies from exploiting their market dominance.”Google must now bring the conduct effectively to an end within 90 days or face penalty payments of up to 5% of the average daily worldwide turnover of Alphabet, Google’s parent company,” the EU said.Google plans to appeal against the decision.”Android has created more choice for everyone, not less. A vibrant…

Elon Musk has apologised for calling a British caver involved in the Thai rescue mission a “paedo” on Twitter. The comments were made in a row which erupted during efforts to save 12 boys and their football coach trapped for days in the Thai caves.The caver, 63-year-old Vernon Unsworth, had dismissed Mr Musk’s suggestions to recover the trapped group using a miniature submarine.All of the boys and their coach were rescued in a successful three-day operation without Mr Musk’s help.Mr Musk, the CEO of Tesla, said in a tweet: “His actions against me do not justify my actions against him,…

The proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) has sparked a bitter divide between the trans community and groups of feminists across the country. At one protest in Newcastle, the frustration was palpable. Protesters, who chanted “transphobia has got to go”, were upset about a meeting of feminists taking place to discuss their concerns about the reforms to the law.A protester told Sky News: “No one has the right to tell you how to identify, that is up to you. These groups, they sit and perpetuate hateful rhetoric.”But feminist campaigner Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans, who was speaking at the event…

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has cast doubt on the government’s claim that a £20.5bn annual increase in NHS funding will be partly paid for by a so-called “Brexit dividend”. The independent watchdog’s Fiscal Sustainability Report also estimated that – in the absence of any planned tax changes or spending cuts being set out yet – the spending increase would add 1.5% of GDP to the annual deficit over the long term, pushing up the UK’s debt pile.It warned public sector net debt could rise from 80% of GDP in 2022 to almost 283% by 2067. 1:07 Video: OBR…

A woman from London was impaled by a beach umbrella after it flew towards her due to strong winds on the US east coast, police have said. Margaret Reynolds, 67, was on a beach at Seaside Heights in Ocean County, New Jersey, when the freak accident happened on Monday afternoon, with police and fire crews both called to the scene.The Asbury Park Press reported that the umbrella pierced her right ankle and was completely driven through because of the “force of the wind”.Local police chief Tommy Boyd told the newspaper that a bolt cutter was used to cut through the…