The Bank of England has said that UK households and businesses have been “resilient” in the face of rising interest rates – but repeated previous warnings that the full effect of higher interest rates was yet to come through. Unveiling its latest Financial Stability Report – which is published twice yearly – the Bank said
Month: December 2023
A former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight will not face charges of attempted murder. Joseph Emerson has been indicted on 84 endangerment charges – for each person on the plane – and one charge of endangering an aircraft. He previously pleaded not guilty to attempted
Boris Johnson was interrupted as he apologised for the “suffering” caused by the COVID pandemic. Four people were subsequently removed from the hearing, where they had been in the public gallery holding up pictures. Mr Johnson had told the inquiry: “I am deeply sorry for the pain and loss and suffering.” One protester held up
In one of the most interesting takes on the “best of” lists for 2023 is the just-released list of books Goodreads staff members called their top of the year. The people asked include not only Goodreads’s Managing Editor and Senior Editor, but also their Visual Editor, Risk Manager, CEO, and more. Another aspect that makes
Graphic by Kayleen Dicuangco Were you Team Sofia or Beyoncé in 2023? By Annika Lautens Date December 5, 2023 Facebook Twitter Who here hasn’t fantasized about having a Pretty Woman moment? You know the one: You walk into a high-end boutique and spend “an obscene amount of money.” Or better yet, you drop an obscene
by Regina Avalos, December 3, 2023 (Photo: Prime Video) Riches will not be returning for a second season. Prime Video has cancelled the British drama that was released on the streaming service in December 2022. Six episodes were produced. Starring Deborah Ayorinde, Hugh Quarshie, Sarah Niles, Adeyinka Akinrinade, Ola Orebiyi, Nneka Okoye, and Emmanuel Imani,
This Barbie isn’t playing around. Margot Robbie revealed that a producer from Oppenheimer originally asked her to move Barbie‘s release date so the two films wouldn’t compete. “I was like, ‘We’re not moving our date,'” the Babylon actress told Cillian Murphy on Variety‘s Dec. 5 episode of Actors on Actors. “‘If you’re scared to be
Israel said its troops have entered Gaza’s second-largest city, while intensive bombardment has sent streams of ambulances and cars racing to hospitals with wounded and dead Palestinians. Here, Sky News’ chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay looks at the effects of a bloody new phase of the war. It’s hard to believe but it’s actually getting worse
As critics share their Wonka takes of both the sweet and sour variety, Hugh Grant has opened up about his own sour experience making the film. The actor plays an Oompa Loompa in the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory prequel, and he’s essentially all CGI. It turns out that the process of motion capture
One of Britain’s biggest tenpin bowling venue operators will this week disclose that it has become the latest London-listed companies to recommend a private equity-backed takeover. Sky News has learnt that Ten Entertainment, which trades from about 50 venues across the UK, is to recommend an offer from Trive Capital, a US-based buyout firm. A
Rwanda has not received any additional funding for the new treaty it has signed to revive the UK government’s asylum plan, the home secretary has said. James Cleverly told a press conference in the Rwandan capital of Kigali: “Let me make it clear. The Rwandan government has not asked for and we have not provided
Danger, intrigue and a hell of a lot of blood are splashed across the pages of Carissa Broadbent’s gripping fantasy romance, The Serpent & the Wings of the Night. The first entry in Broadbent’s Crowns of Nyaxia duology, The Serpent & the Wings of the Night grants more nuance than usual to vampires, casting them
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Here is a wrap-up of all the news you need to know from Monday, December 4, 2023. Kim Kardashian’s foray into acting will continue. Deadline reports that the Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum is set to headline a legal drama at Hulu. The project would reunite the reality TV star with Ryan Murphy, who
A highly caffeinated drink sold by US bakery chain Panera Bread has been blamed for two deaths after a second lawsuit was filed on Monday. Dennis Brown is said to have drunk three Charged Lemonades from a Panera Bread on 9 October before suffering a fatal cardiac arrest on his way home in Florida, according
A former beauty queen is getting candid about her journey to sobriety. Cullen Johnson Hill, who was first runner-up in the Miss America 1995 pageant, gave an unfiltered look at ”what addiction looks like” to inspire others to quit drinking. “I’ve just come from jail, serving my time that I owed from my second DUI, and this will
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