Stars of a new theatre production based around the multimillion-pound Wagatha Christie libel trial hope audiences “go away with sympathy” for both Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney. West End audiences will soon see Lucy May Baker and Laura Dos Santos take the stage as the two WAGs in a play that’s scripted around seven days-worth
Month: November 2022
Britain’s first garbage truck for space could clear up junk with a bear hug – or even the robotic equivalent of a litter-picker. The two techniques are being proposed by companies competing for a UK contract to launch a clean-up mission as soon as 2026. The winning prototype will track down and capture two defunct
There is now a “window of opportunity” to fix the issues around the Northern Ireland protocol, says the Irish prime minister. Speaking after the British-Irish Council summit in Blackpool, Michael Martin said relations between the UK and EU had “improved very significantly”, and both he and British PM Rishi Sunak wanted to resolve the problems
FTX, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, is commencing bankruptcy proceedings in the US. Sam Bankman-Fried, its 30-year-old chief executive who once graced the cover of Forbes, is also resigning, days after its bigger rival Binance walked away from a proposed acquisition. His replacement, John J Ray III, said: “The FTX Group has valuable
To get one thing clear at the start: I’ve never done a triathlon. I’ve never climbed a mountain or swum the Channel. I’ve never been on a hiking holiday. Why am I telling you this? Because normally articles about long COVID start by describing the physical feats that sufferers are no longer able to perform.
In a career spanning more than five decades, Sylvester Stallone has taken on his first scripted TV role with new show Tulsa King. And the star told Sky News he definitely found it different to making movies, admitting it was hard work at times. “I’ve been around for centuries, actually, Julius Caesar was my first director,”
Jubilant Ukrainians have raised flags and celebrated inside Kherson after Russian forces withdrew from the city in a hasty retreat in which some Kremlin soldiers apparently drowned. Hours after the Russian forces completed their withdrawal, Ukrainian units re-entered the southern city, which had been occupied since March. Local residents hugged Ukrainian soldiers, cheering in the
Mike Tindall has revealed more details about when his wife Zara Tindall unexpectedly delivered their third child on the bathroom floor in a “rapid” home birth last year. The ex-England rugby player had previously spoken about the birth of their son Lucas on his podcast, The Good, The Bad and The Rugby, but opened up
It’s a chaotic time to be on Twitter. The beginning of Elon Musk’s tenure has not gone smoothly – mass lay-offs, new features disappearing as quickly as they debut, advertisers putting spending on hold, and even a threat of bankruptcy. As its future becomes increasingly uncertain, people are looking for somewhere new. Google searches for
A woman has been sentenced to death for killing a pregnant mother she knew and cutting out her baby to take as her own. Taylor Parker, 29, was convicted last month of murdering Reagan Simmons-Hancock and on Wednesday a jury in Texas gave her the death penalty. She killed the 21-year-old in October 2020, beating
A court has ruled for the first time that a man arrested on a COVID ward in Scotland is an American rape suspect who faked his own death. The court sheriff decided that the man calling himself Arthur Knight is in fact Nicholas Rossi. Sheriff Norman McFadyen said: “I am ultimately satisfied on the balance
Elon Musk raised the possibility of Twitter going bankrupt as the company endured perhaps its most chaotic day since he took control two weeks ago. The world’s richest man outlined his concerns about the firm’s precarious financial position during his first mass call with its remaining employees, having already carried out thousands of sackings. Twitter
China’s COVID case load has soared to its highest since this year’s strict two-month Shanghai lockdown, with the capital Beijing and other major cities seeing record daily infections. On Friday, the country reported 10,535 new locally transmitted cases were recorded on Thursday – the highest since 29 April when its commercial hub, Shanghai, was battling
Donald Trump has described Ron DeSantis as an “average” politician, in a statement aimed at belittling the man who could rival him for the Republican presidential nomination. Mr DeSantis, 44, was re-elected as Florida governor with almost 60% of the vote, marking him out as a rising star and a possible contender for the presidency
Matt Hancock has admitted there was “no excuse” for the actions that led to his resignation as health secretary after being told by a fellow campmate that it was “a slap in the face” for the public. The 44-year-old joined the cast of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here on Wednesday, entering the
“Trumpty Dumpty” – probably as much a political epitaph as a headline. When the New York Post put that on their front page, it wasn’t just selling papers, it was crafting the end of a career. And it wasn’t alone – searing assessments of Donald Trump and what he meant for the 2022 midterms have
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