Twenty years ago rom-com writer Richard Curtis brought out a Christmas film that went on to become a staple part of festive watching for many. Love Actually didn’t necessarily win over critics but it was a hit with audiences and is a regular fixture on the best Christmas film lists. Now Curtis has returned to
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Just as the wheels touched down on Virgin Atlantic’s historic flight from London to New York yesterday, powered by a low-carbon fuel engine made by Rolls-Royce, the company has announced a new shift. Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgiç says it’s time to sell off its electric jet engine unit and focus on other strategies – namely
A 13-year-old boy has been sentenced to two years in custody at a young offenders’ institution for causing the death of a grandmother by dangerous driving. Marcia Grant was run over with her own car in Greenhill, Sheffield, on 5 April. The offender, who was 12 at the time and cannot be named for legal
In this article GSBD AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT David Solomon, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs, participates in a panel discussion during the annual Milken Institute Global Conference at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 29, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Michael Kovac | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Apple has given
Elon Musk has been accused of promoting a long-debunked conspiracy theory which alleged high-profile Democrats ran a paedophile abuse ring from a Washington pizza restaurant. The billionaire posted and later deleted a meme referencing “Pizzagate” on X on Tuesday, NBC News reports. It was an image from TV show The Office, with fake dialogue superimposed
The four teenagers killed in a North Wales car crash died as a result of drowning, an inquest opening has heard. Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Wilf Fitchett, 17 and Hugo Morris, 18, were all pronounced dead at the scene of the collision near the village of Garreg in Gwynedd. None of the teenagers’
ASLEF’s train drivers are to stage a number of strikes and overtime bans next month in their long-running dispute over pay. Union members at 16 train operating companies in England will walk out on different days between 2 and 8 December. Additionally, all members will refuse to work any overtime from 1 December to 9
Beyoncé’s mother has defended the star against “racist” accusations she lightened her skin for the premiere of her movie Renaissance. Tina Knowles said she had seen “stupid, ignorant, self-hating racist statements” about Beyoncé “lightening her skin” and “wearing platinum hair wanting to be white”. The mother-of-two, in a statement posted on Instagram, said she was
Suppliers of branded goods including baked beans and pet food have “pushed up prices by more than their costs”, according to the competition watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been examining 10 product categories in a bid to see if shoppers, already struggling amid the continuing cost of living crisis, are being ripped
Mercedes-Benz plans to stop building its EQS SUV in the US in favor of a new longer-range electric GLC. The move comes as Mercedes plans to make room for its upcoming GLC EV. According to supply chain sources via Automotive News, Mercedes will move EQS SUV production to its Breman plant in the second half
In this article AAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Air Traffic Control tower is seen at the Miami International Airport on September 25, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images American Airlines aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere by working with a startup that stores bricks of plant material underground.
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky speaks at the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco on June 22, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon on Tuesday announced a new chatbot called Q for people to use at work. The product, announced
The UK’s largest nursing union is calling for the government to reopen pay negotiations after an offer was made to consultant doctors, in a move that has angered other health unions. The Royal College of Nursing – RCN – has suggested new strikes are “more likely in the future” as a result of yesterday’s announcement.
The Crown has recreated the Princess of Wales’s famous catwalk dress in the second part of its final series. The real-life Kate wore the see-through mesh dress during a charity fashion show, attended by her future husband Prince William, while they were attending St Andrews University. Much written about in the tabloid press and in
Shiri Bibas and her children, four-year-old Ariel and 10-month-old Kfir are yet to be released and there has been no word of them. Their family has been told they might have been passed on by Hamas to another group in Gaza. Live updates: Hostages handed over in latest exchange; Hamas invites Elon Musk to Gaza
Friends, family and dignitaries gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday night to honour former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died last week at the age of 96. Jimmy Carter, the 99-year-old US president between 1977 and 1981, was in attendance, despite being on hospice care himself, and wore a blue and white blanket which was
Nov 9, 2023, 07:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In case you’ve been living under a rock (or perhaps one of MLB’s new supersized bases), Shohei Ohtani is a free agent. Far and away the best player available this winter, the longtime Los Angeles Angels two-way star is expected to command more than half a
The sale of a new book about the Royal Family has been halted in the Netherlands. Xander, the publishers of the Dutch translation of Omid Scobie’s Endgame, have put sales of the book on hold “temporarily” over what it calls an “error”. They said in a statement: “[We are] temporarily withdrawing the book by Omid
Thai nationals were the single largest group of foreign nationals held by Hamas in Gaza and the highest number killed in Israel – the fact that 17 were quickly freed is considered a diplomatic achievement. Behind the scenes, Thailand officials have been quietly working away at trying to get their citizens freed, attending meetings in
Stepping up collaboration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Bill Nelson on Tuesday said the US was open to helping India build its own space station. On a visit to India, Nelson said the US and India were working on plans to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station by the end of