New rules banning a “loyalty penalty” on insurance will save consumers £4.2bn over ten years – but could also reduce cut-price switching deals, the UK financial watchdog said. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed a ban on car and home insurance renewal quotes being any more expensive than they would be for new customers,
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Matt Hancock committed a “minor breach” of the ministerial code when a coronavirus contract was awarded to his sister’s company in which he had share holdings, an independent report has found. Lord Geidt, the independent adviser on ministers’ interests, found that the health secretary made a “technical” breach of the ministerial code of conduct by
BURBANK >> Burbank Police Department Chief Scott LaChasse Thursday announced his retirement, concluding a career in law enforcement that began in 1970. LaChasse’s last day as chief will be July 6, and will mark the end of his more than 11-year tenure in that position. “Over 11 years ago, the chief came to the department
A former NASA astronaut has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after killing two young sisters in a car crash nearly five years ago. James Halsell Jr, an ex-space shuttle commander, was allegedly under the influence of drugs or alcohol when he drove a rental car into the back of another vehicle carrying 11-year-old Niomi Deona James
Business affairs executive Sara McFarlane, whose credits include Lion, On The Rocks, and Top Of The Lake, has launched E/S Collab, a boutique executive-producing and business affairs consulting firm for producers and creatives. Based in New York, E/S Collab has opened its doors with a roster of clients that includes Justin Geldzahler (script coordinator for
Microsoft on Thursday disclosed that the threat actor behind the SolarWinds supply chain hack returned to the threat landscape to target government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organizations located across 24 countries, including the U.S. “This wave of attacks targeted approximately 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 different organizations,” Tom Burt, Microsoft’s Corporate
Ray Scott came from one of those one-stoplight, lots-of-dirt-roads sort of towns: the towns that people leave in order to make their dreams come true. The towns they return to when they have lived out those dreams. Indeed, Scott did just that for his new music video “I was doing some shows in Greensboro and
Poco F3 GT will be launched in India in the third quarter of 2021, a company executive has confirmed. Anuj Sharma, who is the Country Director of POCO India, shared a 30-second video on Twitter that also shows the smartphone will be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC. In his tweet, Sharma also talks
Kevin Clark, a Chicago musician who as a child actor portrayed drummer Freddy “Spazzy McGee” Jones in the 2003 film School of Rock, died Wednesday after he was struck and killed by a driver while biking in Chicago. Clark was 32. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Clark was biking in the Avondale neighborhood when he
The origin story for one of Disney’s most iconic villains has finally arrived. Cruella, a live-action film starring Emma Stone as the titular villainess, has been in the works for some time. The movie finally arrived in theaters on Friday, but Disney also decided to simultaneously release Cruella on the Disney+ streaming service with its
Georgia-grown southern rock band Blackberry Smoke released their 7th studio album today. And, they brought out the big guns in Alabama native Jamey Johnson to join them on the track “Lonesome for a Livin’.” They had previously put out a few songs in the lead up to the full release, like the title-track “You Hear
Fans might have to wait until next summer to witness Jurassic World: Dominion, but as many Netflix subscribers can tell you, fans of the franchise’s adventures have been just as invested in the animated Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, which Mattel is honoring with all-new figures. The new figures will include the Mosasaurus, which debuted in
Shia LaBeouf has an avenue to get the charges dropped in his battery and petty theft case … as long as he keeps his nose clean for the next year. The “Honey Boy” star appeared in court Thursday and was placed into a judicial diversion program, which lays out several conditions he must satisfy in
Amazon Publishing It’s been thirteen years since doctors declared Libby Ross-Velasquez a goner. Yet here she is—cancer free. So why doesn’t she feel more alive? When her forced cheer isn’t enough to keep her family from catching her blahs, Libby decides to fly them all to Vieques, the Puerto Rican island where she and her
The Covid pandemic is not over, and may not be over for a long while yet. But with vaccination rates up, this might be a good moment to pause and think about what a microscopic virus has done to our world. Already there’s a literary pandemic of excellent books emerging, including Michael Lewis’ The Premonition
This Army of the Dead article contains spoilers. You’ve probably heard by now: Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead is a carnival of horrors. Intelligent zombies known as “alphas” feast on human flesh but also procreate. Las Vegas is overrun by a massive horde of the undead and is walled off, leaving survivors trapped inside.
Pubs are expecting to sell 21 million fewer pints than normal this bank holiday weekend – despite predictions for the weather to finally turn for the better. Although Britons have flocked back to the pubs since restrictions lifted, the coronavirus measures that remain – such as table service only – are significantly reducing the number
It’s not clear if the man arrested is responsible for any of the more than 100 BB or pellet gun shootings on Southern California’s freeways. Tina Patel reports.
More than 1.5 million people flew into the UK between January and April while the UK’s borders were supposed to be heavily restricted, new figures reveal. Home Office data shows that about two-thirds of arrivals in 2021 were non-UK nationals. Labour says the figures demonstrate that the government’s border policy is “weak and dangerous”. Shadow
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 217 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,239,319 as of Thursday, May 27. Officials reported nine new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 24,321 deaths since tracking began. There were six more hospitalizations reported since Wednesday, increasing the official count