And Just Like That…, the reboot of 90s and early noughties show Sex and the City, will come to a close after its third season, HBO has announced. Show runner Michael Patrick King shared the news on Instagram, saying that as he wrote the last episode, “It became clear to …
Read More »The neighbourhood that could hold the secret to fixing the NHS
BBC Listen to this article on BBC Sounds Ministers, health staff and the public gathered in London last week for a summit to discuss the 10-year NHS plan in England. It was the final roadshow in a nationwide tour to help set out the strategy the government says will rescue …
Read More »Thurles: Republic of Ireland’s only privately owned racecourse closed with immediate effect
Thurles racecourse has been closed with immediate effect. The County Tipperary venue, the only privately owned racecourse in the Republic of Ireland, hosted its first recorded race meeting in 1732. Owned for more than a century by the Molony family, a statement said “ever increasing industry demands and the cost …
Read More »What’s coming up this week?
ITV/Shutterstock/Netflix This week, we will finally find out which couple has been crowned winners of the latest Love Island. But that’s not all the next seven days have in store. Netflix show Wednesday is back for series 2, new Sir David Attenborough-narrated series Parenthood is released, and MasterChef is scheduled …
Read More »Boris Johnson wanted authoritarian Covid rules, inquiry hears
PA Media Lord Patrick Vallance, former government chief scientific adviser, gave evidence to the inquiry in west London Boris Johnson pushed for a more “ruthless, authoritarian approach” towards people who refused to self-isolate during the pandemic, according to documents seen by the Covid inquiry. The instinct of policy makers was …
Read More »British and Irish Lions: How did it begin?
The British and Irish Lions were created by three former cricketers – Alfred Shaw, Arthur Shrewsbury and James Lillywhite. The team first toured in 1888, though the name ‘Lions’ did not originate until 1924 and was not adopted formally until 1950. The idea was to bring together the best rugby …
Read More »Jewish comedian says shows cancelled as Gaza in the spotlight at Edinburgh Fringe | Ents & Arts News
The Edinburgh Fringe, the world’s largest arts festival, is getting under way, and the conflict in Gaza seems to be feeding into what’s happening. From shows cancelled to artists divided, it’s no joke. Rachel Creeger has had a distressing start to her stand-up run. Two weeks ago, out of the …
Read More »Why the Oasis reunion tour is ‘catastrophic’ for Edinburgh Fringe performers | Ents & Arts News
For years now, many performers at Edinburgh Fringe have spoken about their struggles to afford the sky-high prices for their accommodation each August. This year, with Oasis’s reunion tour coming to the city for three nights, the cost of securing a room for a month at the biggest arts festival …
Read More »Why Donald Trump’s tariffs take aim at Asia and your iPhones
Suranjana Tewari Asia Business Correspondent Getty Images Posing for a selfie in China: Supply chains for electronics stretch all the way through Asia When he began his trade war, President Donald Trump said his goal was to bring American jobs and manufacturing back to the US, reduce trade deficits and …
Read More »When Scotland was the world’s UFO hot spot
Craig Williams BBC Scotland News Getty Images Thirty years ago, Scotland was the centre of the UFO world. The 1990s started with a photograph that has achieved almost folkloric status as one of the best images of an Unidentified Flying Object. Then came a flood of sightings of mystery objects …
Read More »First woman with Neuralink brain chip writes her name after 20 years
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Audrey Crews hasn’t written her name in over 20 years, that is, until now. Thanks to a brain chip from Elon Musk’s Neuralink, Crews used only her thoughts to scribble “Audrey” on a laptop screen. She shared the photo on X, stunning …
Read More »Mums demand answers over sodium valproate drug that harmed babies
Jo Cozens Tomas was diagnosed with high functioning autism after missing some of his developmental milestones “You can never forgive yourself.” Tomas Cozens, 25, is one of about 20,000 people who were left disabled at birth by epilepsy medicine which was given to pregnant women. Despite evidence dating back to …
Read More »I’m an NHS leader – but my mum still suffered at hands of the health service
NHS Confederation A senior NHS leader has criticised the health service, saying his mother received a “black service, not an NHS service” as she died. Lord Victor Adebowale, chair of the NHS Confederation, which represents health managers, described his mother Grace’s death as “undignified”. The 92-year-old died in January of …
Read More »Italy plan to process migrants in Albania dealt blow by EU Court
Sarah Rainsford Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent Reuters A ruling by the EU’s top court has dealt a further blow to Italy’s attempts to create a fast-track system in Albania for processing asylum applications offshore. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said that the way the Italian government currently …
Read More »Five men guilty of murdering a Greek tourist in New Cross, London
Metropolitan Police Antonis Antoniadis was stabbed to death when he resisted robbery last July Five men have been found guilty of murdering a Greek tourist who was followed from a West End club and stabbed to death when he resisted being robbed. Antonis Antoniadis, 26, had travelled to London on …
Read More »Culture secretary Lisa Nandy calls on Morecambe owner to sell club
In the most recent statement from Whittingham on Sunday, he said owners Bond Group Investments were ready to sell and urged Panjab Warriors to make contact. The sports investment company, who have been in talks to purchase the club for more than a year, released a statement on Tuesday which …
Read More »Why the honeymoon was so short-lived
Henry Zeffman Chief Political Correspondent Leela Padmanabhan BBC News BBC By the time polls closed at 10pm on 4 July 2024, the Labour Party knew they were likely to return to government – even if they could not quite bring themselves to believe it. For Sir Keir Starmer, reminiscing 10 …
Read More »County Championship: Gloucestershire v Middlesex ends in draw
Gloucestershire’s Joe Phillips hit his maiden first class century as the rain-ruined County Championship Division Two match with Middlesex ended in an inevitable draw. After the third day washout, a still wet outfield prevented any play until 13:25 BST, with a minimum of 68 overs left in the game. Resuming …
Read More »MoD chief to leave in wake of Afghan data breach
The chief civil servant at the Ministry of Defence will be replaced in the wake of the Afghan data breach, the department has announced. The move follows one of the worst UK data breaches for decades being revealed to the public earlier this month, in a major embarrassment for defence …
Read More »County Championship: Derbyshire rearguard earns draw at Northants
Brooke Guest and Luis Reece both made attacking half-centuries as Derbyshire salvaged a weather assisted draw on the final day of their County Championship fixture against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. With heavy morning rain preventing play until 15:30 BST, Northamptonshire were unable to press home their overnight advantage, having reduced …
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