It was a slick performance by a politician fighting for her job – but Nicola Sturgeon’s top priority wasn’t impressing the committee. Much of her appearance was a pitch to the ordinary punter, which accounts for some of the more emotional moments. She spoke of Alex Salmond as her former ‘bestie’, a ‘revered’ man. But … Read more
Budget 2021 at a glance Here are the main points of Rishi Sunak’s Budget today: Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts economy will return to pre-Covid levels by the middle of 2022, six months earlier than previously though. OBR forecast economy will grow this year by 4 per cent, by 7.3 per cent in 2022, … Read more
The death of Australian music pioneer Michael Gudinski has raised questions about the future of the Mushroom Group entertainment empire he founded in 1972. Gudinski, who was widely regarded as the ‘father of the Australian music industry’, died in Melbourne earlier this week at the age of 68. His cause of death is unknown at this point. … Read more
Tom Cruise has gone viral on the popular video-sharing app TikTok, but the clips featuring the ‘Mission Impossible’ star are deepfakes that experts are calling the ‘most alarmingly lifelike examples’ of the technology. An account appeared on the app last week, dubbed ‘deeptomcruise,’ which shows a number of videos depicting Cruise doing a magic trick, … Read more
Four and a half years ago, Parnham House in Dorset was reduced by fire to a smouldering shell — a catastrophe followed by the arrest of its owner, Austrian banker Michael Treichl, for suspected arson, and his subsequent death by drowning in Lake Geneva. But what promises to be one of Britain’s most daring and … Read more
Britain today confirmed 12,718 new coronavirus cases and 738 deaths amid signs that the country’s outbreak may have stopped shrinking, with a symptom-tracking study suggesting infections are now rising in parts of the UK. ZOE and King’s College app suggests the number of people reporting symptoms of Covid has started rising again in Scotland and … Read more
‘Omg we’re back again’: Elliot Page confirms Umbrella Academy season 3 filming has begun… after cast ‘pushed for pay raises’ By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 17:55 GMT, 16 February 2021 | Updated: 17:56 GMT, 16 February 2021 Elliot Page confirmed filming on the third season of Umbrella Academy is underway. The 33-year-old actor shared … Read more
Hard partying in your 20s raises your risk of heart problems later in life by NINE times, research suggests Study of more than million people fired warning of the dangers of hard partying Young adults up to nine times more likely to develop premature heart disease Found higher number of substances used recreationally the greater … Read more
Alcohol-free beer Lucky Saint pulls in £3.5m from investors to fund ambition to get drinkers to buy more on draught in pubs By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 Lucky Saint, the alcohol-free beer, has pulled in £3.5million from investors to fund … Read more
Budget airline Jet2 taps up investors for £422m finance lifeline days after it cancelled all flights until 14 April More than 35m placing shares and about 600,000 retail shares were offered Jet2 flights were stopped last March before restarting gradually from mid-July The firm made a pre-tax loss of £68.7million in its most recent half-year … Read more