Gemma Arterton’s latest show may be set in the 1960s – but with a lead character desperate to establish herself in a man’s world, it still resonates today. In Funny Woman, based on Nick Hornby’s 2016 bestseller Funny Girl, the Bond actress plays Barbara, a woman who leaves Blackpool for London to follow her dream
In this article GS GSBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Last year’s havoc in the cryptocurrencies space has allowed for a “flight to quality” among crypto investors, Mathew McDermott, Goldman Sachs’ global head of digital assets, said on CNBC’s “Crypto World” on Friday. “We do have a crypto trading desk at the firm,” he
Fifteen people have been arrested after “violent scenes” outside a hotel where asylum seekers were staying in Merseyside. A demonstration descended into chaos outside the Suites Hotel in Ribbers Lane, Prescot, on Friday evening as a police van was set on fire and missiles, including lit fireworks, were thrown at officers. The police van was
Three people have been arrested after “violent scenes” outside a hotel where asylum seekers were staying in Merseyside. A demonstration descended into chaos outside the Suites Hotel in Ribbers Lane, Prescot, on Friday evening. A police van was set on fire and officers were seen carrying riot shields in the area. Knowsley MP Sir George
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss the Tesla Cybertruck Beta, Tesla Master Plan Part 3, new Lexus EV and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll have
Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks during the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The first-ever Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit brings together climate leaders to showcase transformative solutions that repair and regenerate the planet. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nuclear waste is
Alec Baldwin is attempting to have one of the charges of involuntary manslaughter, which could see him jailed for five years, thrown out by a US court. Lawyers for the actor argued that New Mexico prosecutors had committed an “unconstitutional and elementary legal error” by charging him under a statute that did not exist at
7:00 AM ET I have now ranked the top 100 MLB prospects and all 30 MLB farm systems heading into the 2023 season along with a deeper dive into the best prospects on every National League team earlier this week. Now it is time to wrap up by ranking the top prospects on every American
In this article AMZN META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images For Matthew Hassett’s smart alarm clock company Loftie, the 2022 holiday shopping
In this article MSFT GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google Anindito Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google employees are criticizing leadership, most notably CEO Sundar Pichai, for the way the company handled the announcement this week of its ChatGPT competitor called Bard. Staffers took to the popular internal
The US has shot down an unknown object flying in its airspace, off the coastline of Alaska – just days after it downed a Chinese “spy” balloon. The object, shot down on the order of President Joe Biden, was flying at a high altitude of about 40,000ft and was the size of a small car,
Chariots Of Fire director Hugh Hudson has died in London aged 86, a statement on behalf of his family said. Hudson, described as a “beloved husband and father”, died on Friday at Charing Cross Hospital following a short illness. The statement added: “He was best known for directing the Oscar winning film Chariots Of Fire.
Sky’s Paul Kelso speaks to two people affected by mandatory prepayment meter installation, a policy that Ofgem have now ruled against. British Gas has acknowledged that they made a mistake in Louise’s case, and have stopped all forced installations. A newspaper investigation revealed that vulnerable customers had suffered forced entry to their homes on multiple
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Tory MPs have stepped up calls for the government to cut taxes after pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca overlooked Britain for a new £320m drug factory. Sir Pascal Soriot, the firm’s chief executive, said it wanted to build a new plant close to its existing sites in northwest England but “because the tax rate was discouraging” chose
In this article MSFT GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft founder-turned-philanthropist Bill Gates smiles during the Global Investment Summit at the Science Museum in London on October 19, 2021. Leon Neal | AFP | Getty Images Improvements in artificial intelligence are the “most important” innovation at the moment, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said
Wilfred Frost stands in for Ian King this week and discusses the UK avoiding a recession by the thinnest of margins. He also talks to Auto Trader’s commercial director Ian Plummer about figures suggesting the current global economic difficulties are now hitting the used car market. And with The Brit Awards celebrating the best of
Syria’s suffering is a unique desolation and inside Idlib we’ve seen the face of utter desperation. Here, they thought their plight couldn’t get any worse than running from shelling and cowering from regime bombs, but what was already an horrendously wretched life for millions, has become a whole lot more tragic since the earthquake. People
The Premier League is closing in on a commercial deal with Electronic Arts (EA), the video-games maker, that would be worth close to £500m – one of the largest such agreements ever struck by English football’s top flight. Sky News has learnt that the 20 Premier League clubs were briefed at a meeting on Friday
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle — SSLV-D2 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on Friday. The launch has put ISRO’s earth observation satellite EOS-07 and two co-passenger satellites Janus-1 and AzaadiSAT-2 into a 450 km circular orbit around the Earth. According to ISRO, the second developmental flight of