Kanye West is keeping his fans on the edge of their seats after holding yet another listening party for his hugely-anticipated new album, Donda. The rapper took to the stage for the second time in two weeks in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium to give fans another sneak peek of the record. West is seemingly testing the
Month: August 2021
Coronavirus infection rates have fallen in all home nations apart from Northern Ireland, according to the latest estimates. Data from the Office for National Statistics shows that in the week ending 31 July, approximately one in 75 people in private households in England (722,300 positive cases) were estimated to have had COVID-19. This compares with
Apple has announced a new system to be included in iPhones that will automatically scan those devices to identify if they contain any media featuring child sexual abuse. It is part of a range of child protection features launching later this year in the US through updates to iOS 15 and iPadOS and will compare
A “spiritual successor” to the genre defining Left 4 Dead games, Back 4 Blood, is slated for release in October. Developed by the architects of the co-operative zombie shooter genre, Turtle Rock Studios have built a game wished for by fans for the last 10 years. Described as the next-gen zombie shooting experience, Back 4
Around 15 million families will see their energy bills soar by up to £139 after the regulator hiked the price cap by the biggest increase yet. The sharp rise, which will impact half the population, is driven by a rise of more than 50% in wholesale fuel costs over the last six months with gas
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it has removed two Belarusian team coaches from the Games, four days after they were involved in trying to send sprinter Krystina Tsimanouskaya back to Belarus. The organisation said it had cancelled and removed the credentials of Artur Shimak and Yury Maisevich. “The two coaches were requested to leave the
A Gold Rush town in California has been destroyed by the largest wildfire currently burning in west coast America. An estimated 800 residents in Greenville were told to evacuate before the blaze tore through the town. The Dixie Fire has been raging for three weeks and is now the eighth largest in California’s history. Image:
Alok Sharma, climate minister and COP26 president, is under fire for flying to dozens of countries since the start of the year. Mr Sharma made 30 international trips in the last seven months, including to six countries which are on the government’s COVID-19 red list, the Daily Mail has reported. According to the newspaper, half
The nurses in the COVID unit at UF Health hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, cannot believe they are here again, reconfiguring their space like a jigsaw puzzle to find room for yet more patients. Over the past three weeks, coronavirus cases have risen across a country in the grip of the Delta variant, but the surge
Live events will be covered by a £750m insurance scheme backed by the government in a bid to stop cancellations over COVID-19. Industry figures have long called for the government to step in after finding that insurers would not cover them for losses caused by the pandemic. Many organisers campaigned for a scheme guaranteed by
Sir Keir Starmer has led criticism of Boris Johnson after he said Margaret Thatcher gave the UK a “big early start” in its battle against climate change when she closed coal mines in the 1980s. The prime minister made the comment during a visit to Scotland, when he was asked if he would set a
Andrew Bailey is about to go on holiday. But as the Bank of England governor’s mind turns to writing postcards, he knows he will soon be sending a more austere note to Rishi Sunak. If inflation exceeds the Bank’s target rate of 2% by more than one percentage point in either direction, the governor is
A Belarusian sprinter who has flown to Poland after a stand-off with her country’s officials at the Tokyo Olympics said her grandmother had advised her not to return home. Krystina Tsimanouskaya had refused her team’s orders to go back to Belarus early from the Games after she criticised coaches. The 24-year-old’s criticism on social media
The Bank of England has warned inflation will increase further this year to double the target rate, but insisted rising prices will only be temporary as it kept interest rates on hold. The monetary policy committee (MPC) also kept in place measures to support the economy, despite some calls for them to be cut to cool
Last month was the second hottest July in Europe on record and the third hottest ever globally, EU scientists confirmed today. The only hotter July in Europe was in 2010. Last month tied with July 2020 as the third hottest ever across the world, behind only 2019 and 2016, according to the European Union’s Copernicus
Seven men been been given life sentences of up to 34 years for the murder of a law student mistakenly killed during a botched drive-by shooting. Aya Hachem was said to be in the “wrong place at the wrong time” when she was killed in Blackburn, Lancashire, on 17 May last year. She died in
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