Iraq war veteran Andy Tosh points to his nose where he was treated for skin cancer and shows the red marks on his hand. His health has been permanently damaged – not by the baking heat of the Iraqi desert, he says, but by a toxic chemical at the industrial site he was ordered to
OA had himself one lousy day, didn’t he? First, it was his new girlfriend, Gemma, on FBI Season 6 Episode 4. Then, it was a wild card of a Muslim FBI agent who served as a funhouse mirror for Omar. Let’s start with the latter first, since it was the more intriguing of the two storylines.
Rishi Sunak appears to have ruled out returning money to a Tory donor who allegedly said Diane Abbott made him “want to hate all black women” and “should be shot”. Asked at Prime Minister’s Questions by Labour MP Marsha De Cordova if he would hand back one of the specific donations from Frank Hester’s company
The title of Laura Bontje’s playful picture book is a palindrome sentence that can be read forward or backward. Palindromes are something that Hannah, protagonist of the delightful Was It a Cat I Saw?, loves: As Bontje tells us, “Anything Hannah could do forwards, she could do backwards too.” Hannah likes palindromes so much that
Millie Bobby Brown knows friends don’t lie. That’s why the Stranger Things star got straight to the point about when fans can expect to watch season five of her hit Netflix show. In fact, when asked if the final season of the Duffer Brothers franchise—which started filming in January—had finished shooting during a March 9 appearance on The Jonathan Ross
In the more than 100 years that Walt Disney Company has been making films and television. They have created some of the most iconic heroes. in the history of cinema and every good hero needs a good sidekick. Unfortunately, not every great hero gets a great sidekick. Some Disney sidekicks are incredible. They add something
A polio survivor, who lived inside an iron lung for 70 years, has died at the age of 78. Paul Alexander, widely known as “Polio Paul”, contracted the viral disease in the summer of 1952 when he was six years old and was left paralysed from the neck down. He was rushed to hospital in
A Conservative minister says he does not believe his party’s biggest donor is a racist, despite alleged comments he made about former Labour MP Diane Abbott – apparently saying she made him “want to hate all black women”. Rishi Sunak took the whole of Tuesday to call out the remarks from businessman Frank Hester –
Growth returned in the UK economy in January, according to official figures. The measure of everything produced in the UK – a metric called gross domestic product (GDP) – rose 0.2%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. It’s the first official economic growth announcement since a recession was declared last month as there were
A long-time ally of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been attacked with a hammer near his home in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. Lithuanian police are investigating the assault on 43-year-old Leonid Volkov as it remains unclear who carried it out – and their motive. A pine forest near Mr Volkov’s house was
When you hear the word “Adidas,” the first thing that comes to mind might be a pair of Stan Smith Sneakers, or maybe it’s the iconic tracksuit. However, a lot of people tend to forget that Adidas offers an extensive line of men’s fragrances. First and foremost, Adidas cologne for men is inexpensive. In a
Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. I go away for a week and we get both a new online bookstore from RuPaul (didn’t have that one on my publishing bingo card) and a new publishing startup from some industry heavy hitters! If you’re in catch-up
The online community is remembering an inspirational influencer. Leah Smith, a 22-year-old based in Liverpool, England, who documented her battle with stage four bone cancer Ewing’s Sarcoma, died on March 11 at around 11:30 local time, a loved one shared on her TikTok account. “This is a message to anyone that’s followed Leah, or gave
It’s been a big week for 2024 Oscar winners like Robert Downey Jr., Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Emma Stone, but on the opposite side of the spectrum, the Razzies also announced their winners. Shortly after Megan Fox landed two of the not-so-wonderful trophies for her roles in the Expendables 4 and Johnny & Clyde, she
Joe Biden has become the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Sky News’ US partner network NBC News projects. The sitting president is widely expected to face Donald Trump in the election later this year – a re-run of the 2020 vote. This will be the first time since 1956 that two presidents will go head-to-head.
A US court has dismissed a defamation case brought against the Duchess of Sussex by her half-sister. Samantha Markle had taken legal action against Meghan Markle over comments she made to Oprah Winfrey and on her Netflix show, Harry And Meghan. However, she will not be able to refile the case, after Florida judge Charlene