BBC’s move to make pensioners pay for TV licences descends into farce as website crashes on first day of new charge BBC’s plans to scrap free TV licences for over-75s came into effect yesterday A message saying the service was ‘temporarily unavailable’ was on their website Site was down for maintenance on Friday night and … Read more
Did Rupert Murdoch’s son quit his media empire because it isn’t woke enough? ‘Liberal of the family’ James steps down after he and his environmentalist wife grew disillusioned with company’s coverage The 47-year-old cited editorial disagreements in his bombshell resignation letter He was once seen as the favourite to take over the News Corporation empire … Read more
Melburnians will not be allowed outside their homes after 8pm for almost any reason as a state of disaster is declared. Premier Daniel Andrews brought in the escalated emergency level as the state’s worsening crisis shows no signs of ending. Only 73 of the 671 new cases are linked to known and contained outbreaks or … Read more
Campaigners demand Rhodes primary school in North London change its name – despite referring to Cecil Rhodes’ great-uncle who died when the Victorian colonialist was just three Rhodes Avenue Primary is named after wealthy landowner Thomas Rhodes Thomas was great uncle of Cecil Rhodes and died when Cecil was 3 years old Activists say the … Read more
Revellers flocked to Manchester’s pubs and bars for a night out on the tiles despite new stricter lockdown rules imposed just days ago. Partygoers took advantage of the hot weather this weekend to head out drinking, but many people were spotted close together, contrary to recommendations from the government to help stop the spread of … Read more
Black Lives Matter UK to announce how it will spend £1million of crowdfunded donations – as it is revealed Met Police spent £1.5million policing the group’s protests Black Lives Matter UK is to announce on Tuesday how it will spend the £1 million Their GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign, started June 2, raised £1.17 million The Met … Read more
Police battle to shut down illegal rave in the Forest of Dean and warn it will take ‘some time’ to clear crowns of lockdown revellers Gloucestershire Constabulary say ‘large volume’ of people are in area for ‘rave’ Officers are in the beauty spot near to Speculation Car Park dispersing revellers Police chiefs today warn that … Read more
You might never have come across Bon Appetit, a glossy monthly magazine which serves up a cosy mix of gourmet recipes, wine reviews and lifestyle tips to its 1.5 million readers. It is hard to imagine a less controversial publication, or one that’s more quintessentially American with its aspirational blend of self-improvement and conspicuous consumption … Read more
John Cleese says children hardly recognise him and blames BBC for failing to air Monty Python repeats John Cleese said Monty Python has not been on terrestrial TV for 20 years He said: ‘I used to walk into a shop and everyone would recognise me’ The 80-year-old comedian was at a question and answer session … Read more
Wilford Brimley, the longtime character actor who appeared in such hit films as Cocoon, The Firm, The Natural and The China Syndrome but is best known as the pitch man for Quaker Oats food products, has died. He was 85. Brimley passed away at his home in his native Utah, TMZ reported. The news site … Read more