With many series wrapping up with their season finales, fans have gravitated to shows that are still going or just starting for the season. Mayor of Kingstown is on its third season and fans are loving every minute of the unique show and its leading man. Most Jeremy Renner fans worried that there wouldn’t be
Month: June 2024
Ten episodes were not enough for the enormity of 9-1-1 Season 7. Ten episodes were not enough time to spend with Athena, Maddie, and the 118. But ten episodes is what we got, and we’re going to dive into the season as a whole, which started hot, with a multi-episode emergency that put two mains
Who’s who on FBI: Most Wanted? The oldest spinoff of the FBI series features a small but dedicated team of special agents determined to bring the most violent criminals to justice. This show has been renewed for a sixth season, so the summer hiatus is a great time to dive into the FBI: Most Wanted
As the competition series that revived the career and public image of Donald Trump, The Apprentice might be the most impactful — and infamous — reality show in TV history. Seventeen years after it wrapped up its original run, the NBC series still occupies a surprisingly large place in our national consciousness. In fact, it’s
Reform UK has officially surpassed the Tories in a new poll in a fresh blow for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The party led by Nigel Farage polled at 19% compared with 18% for the Conservatives, according to a YouGov poll shared with The Times. Mr Farage, who made the shock announcement last week he was
An American journalist who has been held in Russia for more than a year will stand trial on espionage charges, authorities have said. The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is accused of “gathering secret information” for the CIA about Uralvagonzavod, a facility that produces and repairs military equipment, Russia‘s Prosecutor General’s office said. This
Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a US middle school, making up about 10% of the eighth-grade year group. The identical and fraternal twins graduated from Pollard Middle School in Needham, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. Headteacher Tamatha Bibbo described the event as “quite unusual”. “We typically have anywhere from five to 10 sets at most.
Let’s party like it’s 1997. That could be the message from Labour’s 2024 general election. Back in ’97, the front cover of Labour’s manifesto showed a full-page photo of a mean and moody-looking Tony Blair. The title then was “New Labour, because Britain deserves better” and the campaign song was D:Ream’s Things Can Only Get
Thomas Edison didn’t invent baseball any more than Abner Doubleday did. But his interest in the game might hold the key to unlocking a surprising secret. The Deadball Era was a time when pitchers threw hundreds of innings, home runs were rare, and the game was played spikes up, a time marked by the consolidation
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he is “disappointed” after his aide Craig Williams bet on a July election. Mr Williams, who was the PM’s parliamentary private secretary (PPS), is facing an investigation after he “put a flutter on the general election” just days before the 4 July date was announced. A PPS is a
Tariffs are rarely a good idea. The imposition – or raising of tariffs – invariably invites retaliation from the country or countries whose goods or services you are targeting. They also, invariably, hurt consumers. Donald Trump‘s trade wars with China made for populist politics but ultimately pushed up prices for ordinary Americans. Worse still, they
Wayne Lineker has spoken out about a “disturbing” incident in Ibiza which left him with “stitches and a swollen lip” after he tried “to protect a girl from being harassed”. The 62-year-old, who is the younger brother of former England footballer Gary Lineker, shared an update on Instagram after a video circulated earlier this week,
A 16-time hot dog eating champion says he has been banned from a New York contest after signing a deal with a vegan food company. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, 40, is the reigning champion of the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, having won all but one of the competitions every year since
Sir Keir Starmer said he “rejects the argument” tax rises are required to rebuild public services – as he insisted there will be “no return to austerity” under a Labour government. The Number 10 hopeful told Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby that he will “properly fund” the UK’s creaking infrastructure – despite very few giveaways
Americans will still be able to buy an abortion pill after the US Supreme Court threw out a bid by campaign groups to restrict access to it. The decision was made by the same court that two years ago overturned Roe v Wade – which had previously given women rights to terminate a pregnancy. The
The owner of some of London’s best-known restaurants, including The Wolseley, has called for fresh help from restructuring advisers more than two years after its parent company emerged from administration. Sky News has learnt that Minor Hotels has drafted in AlixPartners to advise on cashflow issues at Wolseley Hospitality Group. The project is said to