Retailers have enjoyed a surge in sales as stores dubbed non-essential were able to emerge from an enforced winter hibernation during April. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed volumes rose 9.2% last month from March after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted from 12 April in England and Wales and two weeks later in
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The UK’s border will become “fully digital” so the government is able to measure immigration levels, the home secretary will announce on Monday. Priti Patel is set to announce what the government is calling “sweeping changes” to the UK’s immigration policy to “streamline” the way in which people come into the country. The changes include
Plans at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to charge a $10 truck fee to go into a fund that would pay for a zero-emissions transition is steaming toward implementation. But one question still lingers when it comes to possible unintended consequences: Will it backfire on port truckers. Los Angeles port Commissioner Edward
Virgin Galactic has made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle. Two pilots made the flight in the VSS Unity as Virgin Galactic moves towards offering tourist trips to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere. A live feed by NASASpaceFlight.com showed the rocket ship accelerating upward
On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 14 new deaths resulting from Covid-19, and 265 new positive cases. While the number of hospitalizations continues to decrease across the County as vaccines are doled out, the number of deaths and confirmed cases reported may reflect delays in weekend reporting. The numbers reported
The adversary behind Conti ransomware targeted no fewer than 16 healthcare and first responder networks in the U.S. within the past year, totally victimizing over 400 organizations worldwide, 290 of which are situated in the country. That’s according to a new flash alert issued by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday. “The
Releasing new music takes courage and a lot of work anytime, but especially during a pandemic when there has been no touring and no live shows to introduce those songs and get audience reactions. That hasn’t stopped Tyler Rich. The California native is back with a new jam, “Better Than You’re Used To.” Although Rich is happily married
Microsoft is finally adding a dark mode to its Office app for Android. While the Office app has been available on iOS and Android for more than a year, only the iOS version has included built-in dark mode support until now. According to The Verge, Sourab Nagpal, a product manager at Microsoft admitted that “It
By all accounts, Spider-Man: No Way Home is shaping up to be similar to a classic Spider-Verse tale. To date, we’ve seen confirmations that the likes of Alfred Molina and Jamie Foxx are returning to the Marvel world to reprise their roles from the two previous Spider-Man franchises. That’s in addition to characters like Doctor
The Queen of Soul finds her voice in the new trailer for Respect, the Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson that arrives in theaters this August. The first full preview for the Liesl Tommy-directed film opens with a young Franklin showcasing her gospel talents at the piano. “Singing is sacred, and you shouldn’t do it
Say what you want about Morgan Wallen (seems to be a bit of a love him or hate him kind of guy lately), he’s not shy about putting his life, however chaotic it may be, into his music. Take “Livin’ The Dream” for example. A song about how much his rockstar life is killing him,
Even though Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) was given the shield in the closing moments of Avengers: Endgame, it was apparent the character was hesitant to fully adopt the Captain Americamoniker. That exact plot point is what fueled much of the storytelling in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, before the character finally donned the name
A crazy post-crash site has a lot of people reminiscing on early 2000s horror — because it looks eerily similar to a killer moment from the ‘Final Destination’ franchise. A guy named Aaron Cox posted a video showing a giant wood log piercing the windshield of a white van, pulled over behind a transport truck
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The White House has teamed up with Tinder to encourage young people get vaccinated. On Tinder, users will be able to locate their nearest vaccination site, while they’ll also allow users to add stickers to their profile that proclaim, “I’m Vaccinated” or “Vaccines Saves Lives.” Those who take part in the promotion between June 2nd
This Army of the Dead article contains spoilers. It’s not a subtle image. But then who comes to a Zack Snyder movie for that? During the bloody and marvelous opening credits to Army of the Dead, the alpha zombie they call Zeus (Richard Cetrone) earns his nickname while staring up at a statue of the
Six English clubs which sparked uproar by secretly agreeing to play in a European Super League (ESL) are braced for showdown talks with the Premier League next week over a punishment that could include forfeiting part of next season’s broadcast income. Sky News has learnt that the clubs and English football’s top flight will hold
A cabinet minister has told Sky News it would make “sense” for many people to carry on wearing masks even after lockdown rules are lifted. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland suggested continuing the practice would help curb the spread of the common cold. He also said “caution has been the watchword” when it came to lifting
Central Lutheran Church on Tyrone Avenue at Victory Boulevard in Van Nuys. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of indoor, outdoor and online religious services in the San Fernando Valley area. Garden Work Day at Central Lutheran Church: Volunteer to help renovate the Central Community Garden in order to create vegetable garden plots to
Two prison officers who were guarding paedophile Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself have avoided jail after admitting they falsified records. Tova Noel and Michael Thomas were accused of sleeping and using the internet instead of monitoring Epstein when he took his own life while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. They had been