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English water companies have collectively been given the lowest environmental rating by the Environment Agency (EA) since records began. Companies were ranked on a scale of one to four stars. Out of a maximum score of 36 stars for all nine companies, the firms together scored 19, the lowest since …

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. What if you could make hundreds of millions of dollars with cheaply produced content, all while sidestepping powerful distribution platforms like Netflix and YouTube? This …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michael J. Fox is blasting “bully culture” and sharing his own experience with what he calls his biggest bully — Parkinson’s disease. For the 40th anniversary of “Back to the Future,” Fox and his co-stars — Christopher Lloyd (Doc Brown) and Lea …

Saracens’ Sophie de Goede, Canada’s World Player of the year, also went away after the World Cup final, travelling to Portugal with three international team-mates. “We just kind of tuned out of everything, but when I got back to London and turned my phone back on, there was this big …

Apple TV may have rebranded by removing the Plus from its streaming service’s name, but the shows on the platform are still there — and there are so many that you should probably be watching. For years, Apple TV has flown under the radar for viewers, which is a shame considering …

Key European aerospace firms have agreed to pool their space operations into a single business in a bid to compete in the rapidly developing space industry against rivals including SpaceX. Pitched as a ‘European Space Champion’, the new company will be headquartered in Toulouse, employ around 25,000 people and have …

Thames Water has been given a one star rating for its poor environmental performance by the Environment Agency (EA) in 2024, as part of a scathing assessment of England’s water companies. All but one of the nine English water and sewerage companies were rated as “requiring improvement” – or worse …

Chimpanzees went ape for basketball and sea lions made a splash after 40 balls were donated to Colchester Zoo. They were gifted to the animals by basketball and volleyball players based at the University of Essex. One of the stars of the day was 24-year-old Patagonian sea lion Sydney, who …

Victor Wembanyama scored 40 points as the San Antonio Spurs started their season with a convincing 125-92 win over the Dallas Mavericks. The Frenchman, making his first appearance in the regular season since undergoing surgery on his shoulder for deep vein thrombosis in February, recorded the fifth 40-point match of …

A top-tier smartphone camera needs to perform, but also make it look like it’s not trying very hard. We expect a tap of the shutter button to create a great image in any circumstance, regardless of whether the person making the image knows anything about photography. Many phones include decent …

Two men have admitted restraining a father and beating him to death in Inverness. Craig Hayden, 30, and Leon Headey, 23, killed Ross MacGillivray at a property in the city’s St Ninian Drive on 11 November 2023. The High Court in Glasgow heard the 36-year-old was restrained, punched, kicked and …

It was Scarratt’s only game time of the campaign, but she says she feels that her contribution on the sidelines and around the camp was just as crucial as her more obvious involvement in four previous World Cups. “I genuinely really enjoyed the whole tournament, obviously I am a rugby …

Weapons is set to inhabit your TV this season. The horror mystery movie follows the unraveling of a tight-knit community after a class of children — all but one kid — goes missing, all in the same night. It’s a haunting story that explores themes of loss, grief and paranoia.  …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jennifer Aniston didn’t ask for a fancy car or lavish gifts to celebrate her rise to fame on “Friends.” During an appearance on the “Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard” podcast, Aniston, 56, discussed the practical gift she once asked for from NBC. …

Kevin Duala,BBC Radio Merseyside and Lynette Horsburgh,North West Getty Images Will Arnett plays the lead in Is This Thing On?, a role which was based on John Bishop Comedian John Bishop has said seeing a film based on his life-changing first stand-up gig has been a “bizarre” but “brilliant” thing …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Heather Rae El Moussa is getting honest about love, marriage — and what really keeps her relationship with husband Tarek El Moussa strong behind the scenes. The “Selling Sunset” star shared that she and Tarek are currently in couples therapy, calling it …

As it rushes to meet its pledge for “100 percent” of trips in electric vehicles by 2030, Uber is offering grants of $4,000 for drivers to swap their gas-guzzlers for zero-tailpipe emission vehicles. The company is also dropping its “Uber Green” branding in favor of the more simple “Uber Electric.” …

The Premiership Women’s Rugby season kicks off on Friday following England’s World Cup triumph at Twickenham in September. The World Cup final against Canada was played in front of 81,885 fans – a record for a women’s rugby match and the second-highest attendance for a men’s or women’s World Cup …

Paul GlynnCulture reporter BBC Saunders (left) and Dame Joanna are better known to millions as Ab Fab’s Edina and Patsy Jennifer Saunders will play the sister of her Absolutely Fabulous co-star Dame Joanna Lumley in the Christmas special of sitcom Amandaland, the BBC has announced. Saunders will appear as Joan, …

Lime Pictures Ricky Tomlinson reprises the role of Bobby Grant for the special episode As the rain poured down on Brookside Close, nothing could dampen the spirits of the familiar faces whose characters once resided on the famous cul-de-sac. TV royalty Sue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson were among the cast …