The UK has more than its fair share of looming infrastructure priorities. There’s a neglected water network that leaks sewage into rivers and clean water into the ground. A rail system in disarray after the last-minute scrapping of HS2. Not to mention roads filled with enough potholes to swallow fleets of electric cars there aren’t
Month: October 2023
A summit between between Palestinian, US, Jordanian and Egyptian leaders, has been cancelled, just hours before Joe Biden was due to visit the region. The US president was set to meet them after his visit to Israel on Wednesday. The summit’s cancellation is a blow to Mr Biden’s diplomatic efforts over the Middle East crisis.
Over the years, Daniel Radcliffe has said things along the lines of “conceptually, we are the same,” while speaking about how he frequently gets mistaken for Elijah Wood, and he’s totally right. This latest quote came from an interview where the Harry Potter star opened up about how he’s amused by fans comparing the two.
Sam Becker loves—or, okay, likes—his job. Sure, managing a bed and bath retailer isn’t exactly glamorous, but it’s good work and he gets on well with the band of misfits who keep the store running. He could see himself being content here for the long haul. Too bad, then, that the owner is an infuriating
Photography by Getty ImagesBetween the daily barrage of heartbreaking news to the economic pressures we’re facing in 2023, we could all use someone to talk to. By FASHION staff Date October 17, 2023 Facebook Twitter This article was originally published in January 2020 and has been updated. According to Health Canada, one in three Canadians
“Can you guess what I’m drinking?” she said in an Instagram video at the time, adding, “If you guessed my placenta, you’re right! Blended with fresh fruit and almond milk. Couldn’t taste the placenta at all.” Back on Oct. 13, Kailyn—who also shares son Isaac, 13, with ex Jo Rivera, son Lincoln, 9, with ex
This year could have been a Christmas disaster if not for Hallmark Media’s forward thinking. They’re known for bringing productions together in short order, contacting cast just before production begins on a movie. So how did they know that this year, time was of the essence? With the now-finished writers’ strike and the ongoing actors’
At least 500 people have been killed in a bombing of a hospital in Gaza City, the Palestinian Health Ministry has claimed. A spokesman for the ministry said in a statement: “Initial estimates indicate that between 200 and 300 martyrs were killed in the bombing that targeted Baptist Hospital in Gaza city.” The ministry later
Rishi Sunak is set to visit Israel, possibly as soon as Thursday, Sky News understands. The trip could be part of a broader visit to the region, which may include stops in Jordan and Egypt. It follows visits from Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz today and US president Joe Biden on Wednesday. And it comes amid
Former Tory minister Peter Bone has been kicked out the parliamentary party after a report found he committed acts of bullying and sexual misconduct. Mr Bone has lost the Conservative whip – meaning he will have to sit as an independent MP. A spokesperson for Chief Whip Simon Hart said: “Following a report by the
The upmarket shoe retailer Kurt Geiger is being groomed for a £400m sale by its private equity backers. Sky News has learnt that Cinven is working with advisers at Bank of America on a prospective auction of the brand. City sources said on Tuesday that a sale process was expected to begin in the coming
The rate of inflation failed to nudge downwards as expected last month, remaining at an annual rate of 6.7% according to official figures. The headline consumer prices index (CPI) measure had been predicted to slow to 6.6% in September by a Reuters poll of economists. The higher than expected number – largely a consequence of
Conservative HQ is claiming the Tory vote share in two upcoming by-elections could halve to around 30%, based on telephone canvassing data over recent days. The resignation of two Tory MPs have triggered by-elections this Thursday in Tamworth, Staffordshire and Mid Bedfordshire, with the party fighting hard to hold on to both. Party officials say
The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of those iconic films that has stood the test of time. After 30 years, the movie is as popular as it has ever been, and significantly more popular than it was upon initial release. Today, many have wondered if we might someday see a sequel to the movie considering
American Fiction, based on Erasure by Percival Everett, debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and will have a theatrical release in December. The movie stars Jeffrey Wright as Monk, a novelist frustrated by the kind of stereotypical Black narratives favored in the literary world. As a joke, he writes his own over-the-top
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Jeans aren’t actually that comfortable. Especially the tight-fitting kind. Something Leo Tropeano found out the hard way. After years of wearing ill-fitting jeans, a coworker finally hit him with a sartorial slap in the face, confirming Leo’s worst suspicions: his denim was in need of
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