AMAZON & NETFLIX Little Fires Everywhere A classy adaptation of the best-selling novel about family secrets, motherhood and race, co-produced by and starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. The first episode opens with the well-to-do but uptight Elena Richardson’s (Witherspoon) mansion ablaze: it’s arson – in fact, given that Elena was inside at the time, … Read more
Football fans desperate for their first fix of live games in more than two months have been left frustrated after the app showing the matches buckled under soaring demand. The return of the German Bundesliga today has seen many supporters take out subscriptions with BT Sport, which owns the rights to broadcast the fixtures in … Read more
Britons keen to curl up in front of the TV and bake their own sourdough during lockdown boosted sales at appliances retailer AO World. Demand rose for every category of product it sells, from games consoles and speakers to freezers and vacuums. As boss John Roberts said: ‘There has been a new appreciation for anything … Read more
Anxious holidaymakers are being ‘bullied’ into handing over thousands of pounds for trips that are unlikely to go ahead. Countless holidays have been cancelled since the Foreign Office advised against all but essential travel in March. With no end date in sight, and the Government now looking to enforce a 14-day quarantine period for travellers … Read more
NETFLIX White Lines When the Spanish crime drama Money Heist became a global hit, Netflix shrewdly signed up creator Álex Pina to make another show. This ten-episode series, which has the producers of The Crown on board, is the result. The latest show from Money Heist creator Álex Pina follows Zoe as she travels to … Read more
Bike shops are running out of stock as Britons rush to get on two wheels in preparation for the post-lockdown world. Halfords, Decathlon, Evans and WheelBase are selling out of mountain and road bikes as Cycle to Work schemes see a 200 per cent surge in orders from emergency workers. One bike store in Bicester … Read more
Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead in the Satilla Shores neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia, just after 1pm on February 23 The family of an unarmed black man who was shot dead by two white men in Georgia have described his death as a ‘lynching’. Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was killed February 23 after he became embroiled in … Read more
LeBron James led a line of celebrities speaking out about the shooting of an unarmed black jogger by two white men less than three months ago – and the lack of consequences against the men involved in the shooting. In the incident, Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was fatally shot by Travis McMichael as he jogged in … Read more
Cast off our lockdown restrictions, anglers demand as they brand themselves a ‘social distancing sport’ that could safely resume Anglers are trying to persuade the Government they can restart their hobby The Angling Trust submitted a large 15-page report to ministers yesterday Golfers also created proposals to persuade the Government to let them reopen Both … Read more
The dividend drought has begun. For people who rely on dividends for their income, either directly or indirectly through their pensions, the past three or four weeks have been a catastrophe. Share prices may have clambered back some 20 per cent from their lows of March 23, when the FTSE100 index dipped below 5,000 – … Read more