The health secretary has not ruled out the prospect of another national lockdown – and said whether Tier 4 restrictions work is “down to people’s behaviour”. Asked if the government could take further measures to try and curb the spread of COVID-19, Matt Hancock told Sky News: “We don’t rule anything out.” He said areas
Month: January 2021
WhatsApp users across the world made over 1.4 billion voice and video calls on New Year’s Eve 2020, making it the most ever calls in a single day on the platform, according to Facebook. While New Year’s Eve has always resulted in big spikes in usage across Facebook’s platforms, the COVID-19 pandemic let to new
Ladbrokes owner Entain has confirmed it has received a takeover offer from US casino operator MGM Resorts. The company, which also owns the Coral chain and online brands such as Sportingbet and Foxy Bingo, said it believes the £8.1bn offer “significantly undervalues the company and its prospects”. It said it had asked MGM Resorts to
Star of That ’70s Show, A View to a Kill, and Charlie’s Angels star Tanya Roberts died from unknown causes on Sunday. She was 65. According to TMZ, Roberts’ rep said that the actress collapsed at home after she walked her dogs on December 24. She was brought to the hospital and placed on a ventilator but did not
Some videos from the ’90s stand above the rest. For example, the great Alan Jackson appearing on Home Improvement to sing his hit, “Mercury Blues” which he released as a single in 1993 (“Mercury Blues” was originally released in 1948 by K. C. Douglas who co-wrote it with Robert Geddins). Speaking of Alan… IF YOU DON’T
The Mandalorian dethrones Game of Thrones as the most pirated show of 2020, ending a seven-year streak held by the HBO fantasy drama that aired its final season in 2019. Data shows the live-action Star Wars series exclusive to Disney+ topped the most television show downloads on peer-to-peer file-sharing site BitTorrent, where the first season
MAJOR SPOILER WARNING KLAXON! Do not read until watching The Watch episode 2. Also contains major spoilers for the Discworld novels Men At Arms and Night Watch. Now that the spoiler warning is out of the way: why did The Watch kill off one of its main characters, Sergeant Detritus, at the start of episode
Tanya Roberts — a one-time Bond girl and cult classic ’80s star — has died … TMZ has learned. Tanya’s rep tells TMZ, she was on a walk with her dogs on Christmas Eve and when she returned home she collapsed. She was taken to the hospital and put on a ventilator but never got
While Wonder Woman 1984 was one of previous few major movies — superhero or otherwise — that debuted in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the follow up to 2017’s Wonder Woman has been divisive among audiences. The film has drawn criticism for a variety of elements, including the controversial way Steve Trevor (Chris Pine)
In less than two weeks, Beverly Hills Police have found 87 people who are allegedly connected to EDD fraud and identity theft.
A scientist with a passion for magic gets more than he bargains for when performing a new card trick. “The Adept” by Adam Stern Subscribe to the DUST Newsletter: https://bit.ly/signal_newsletter #DUST #scifi #shortfilm More About The Adept: The Adept is a sci-fi short that explores the connections between science, magic, and our understanding of reality.
Gas may be cheap and the future may be uncertain, but automakers around the world have followed Tesla’s lead and pushed forward in a rush to produce electric vehicles in a big way. While we’ve seen EVs arrive from manufacturers like GM and Nissan in fits and starts over the years, 2021 will see scores
Pandemic-Era Heroes Name: Ken Craft Role: President/CEO, Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission Home: San Fernando Valley Quote: “I feel like we’ve just begun. We have an incredible opportunity to make difference in the community. And that’s what we’re going to do.” Latest installment in a series of stories about people who have made a
Veteran US talk show host Larry King is in hospital with coronavirus, according to US media reports. King, 87, has been receiving treatment for COVID-19 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for over a week, sources close to his family reportedly told CNN. The broadcaster is currently in isolation and unable to have
The government must impose a national lockdown within 24 hours, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said. Sir Keir said the virus is “clearly out of control” and national restrictions have to be “the first step”. He said: “It’s no good the prime minister hinting that further restrictions are coming into place in a week
Vivo Y20A is now on sale in India. The smartphone was launched in the country earlier this week as a watered down variant of the Vivo Y20. It comes with a waterdrop-style display notch and features triple rear cameras. The Vivo Y20A also offers the latest software experience. Other key highlights of the Vivo Y20A
The marketing services tycoon Sir Martin Sorrell will this week swoop to make two US additions worth more than $200m (£146m) to his digital advertising empire. Sky News understands that S4 Capital – founded by Sir Martin in the wake of his departure from WPP Group – will announce on Monday that it is buying
An Orange County sheriff’s deputy is on administrative leave after pulling a gun on a teen at a San Clemente skatepark.
After a landmark year when several new billion-dollar streaming services jockeyed for attention, there is a big question greeting the new class as 2021 begins: Where from here? Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia, the most prominent new players in the streaming game, have all made a solid go of it, to varying degrees. (Alas, poor
Great, just what we needed… more Florida Georgia Line. If you remember back to the election, Tyler Hubbard and his wife unfollowed Brian Kelley and his wife on Instagram prompting fans to speculate that they could possibly on the verge of a breakup. And while they came out and squashed any speculation regarding a breakup,
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