The 93rd Academy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, April 25 as an ‘in-person ceremony’ in Los Angeles with intense COVID-19 protocols in place, despite other award shows opting to go the ‘virtual’ route amid the pandemic. But show producers Steven Soderbergh, Jesse Collins and Stacey Sher, seemingly in response to travel concerns, informed nominees … Read more
‘Fake credentials’ of Grenfell assessor: Fire risk consultant who downplayed safety concerns invented his qualifications, inquiry hears Carl Stokes insisted the Grenfell tower block cladding compiled with regulations when the London Fire Brigade raised concerns just two months before the fire Inquiry heard he ‘invented’ a series of letters after his name on risk assessments … Read more
Deliveroo has said it will price shares for its highly anticipated stock market listing towards the bottom of its price range due to ‘volatile’ market conditions. It comes after a week in which a raft of leading fund managers said they will reject the listing – which could be the UK’s biggest for a decade … Read more
School renames ‘mufti day’ with ‘be yourself day’ fearing long-standing name is culturally insensitive A New Zealand college has renamed ‘mufti day’ to the new ‘be yourself day’ School received concerns colloquial use of the Arabic name was insensitive Heretaunga College in Upper Hutt held its first ‘be yourself day’ last Tuesday Assistant Principal says … Read more
Tina Arena ‘refuses’ to cancel her 2021 tour over Covid concerns and insists ‘we need to get on with our lives’ By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:50 GMT, 13 March 2021 | Updated: 13:03 GMT, 13 March 2021 Tina Arena has revealed that she has no plans to cancel her new tour, … Read more
Prince Harry said he was persuaded to sign multi-million-pound deals with Netflix and Spotify when he was ‘literally cut off financially’ from the Royal Family. The Duke of Sussex told Oprah Winfrey he stopped receiving income from Buckingham Palace shortly after he and Meghan announced their wish to step back as senior royals and spend time … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Harry told Oprah behind the scenes that it was NOT The Queen or Prince Philip who had concerns over Archie’s skin tone but would not reveal who did By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com Published: 12:57 GMT, 8 March 2021 | Updated: 13:01 GMT, 8 March 2021 Oprah revealed on Monday morning that behind … Read more
Meghan Markle today used her bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview to accuse the Royal Family of having ‘concerns’ about ‘how dark’ Archie’s skin would be before he was born because she is mixed-race and Harry is white. The Duchess of Sussex also described her ‘pain’ that officials had denied him the title of prince and accused … Read more
Court workers’ union votes to go on strike over Covid safety concerns – despite backlog of almost 500,000 unheard cases Members of the Public and Commercial Services union backed industrial action The union has been calling for courts to be closed, and reopened with testing PCS general secretary it was caused by bosses refusal to … Read more
The Duke of Edinburgh is being treated for an ‘infection’ in hospital and will not leave for ‘several days’ but is ‘comfortable’, Buckingham Palace confirmed today. The announcement marked the first official update on Prince Philip’s health since he was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in London on Tuesday last week. It came as … Read more