Saywah Mahmood

1 month ago | news.sky.com | Saywah Mahmood |Kate Schneider

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is making major changes to how it gathers some of the UK's most important data. These figures shape decisions on wages, benefits, and public spending. One of the biggest shifts involves how inflation is measured, which is changing on Tuesday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which tracks the cost of everyday essentials like food, energy, and transport, is being updated with a new system that aims to capture price changes more accurately.

1 month ago | news.sky.com | Saywah Mahmood

With the gory body horror The Substance and musicals Emilia Perez and Wicked competing for top Oscars, this marks the biggest year for both genres in over 50 years. Sky News analysis last year found that top Oscar nominees were often lesser-known, artistic films rather than major box office hits. But the success of Barbie and Oppenheimer signalled a shift, which horror and musicals have continued this year, with The Substance and Wicked earning both critical and commercial success.

1 month ago | msn.com | Saywah Mahmood

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1 month ago | msn.com | Saywah Mahmood

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1 month ago | news.sky.com | Tom Cheshire |Saywah Mahmood

The ongoing war in Sudan is a vicious and complex conflict. After a military coup ended a fledgling civilian government in 2021, the two forces who launched it - the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - eventually turned on each other, kicking off an all-out war in April 2023. By July last year, this was the territory controlled by each side, when the RSF were at the peak of their territorial control.