All change! No sooner had Mike Wozniak charmed the nation by undermining a vole, and put us all off our tea with his downstairs casserole, than it was all over. The current cohort of Taskmaster contestants have finished their last task, and it’s time for a new set of contenders. Please give a warm welcome
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The 5p charge for a single-use carrier bag doubles to 10p from today – and it is now going to apply to all businesses in England. Previously, only larger companies with 250 employees or more had to apply the charge. Statistics from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) shows that since the
The prime minister has declared that the world “must never be caught unawares” by another pandemic, as he backed a new global surveillance network to detect emerging diseases. A “global pandemic radar” is being developed by the World Health Organisation to monitor and track new infections and variants in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Members of SAE, a fraternity at UCLA, are helping to make the hospital stay for a 12-year-old girl battling cancer a little brighter. Kristine Lazar reports.
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 245 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,238,121 as of Thursday, May 20. Officials reported 19 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 24,140 deaths since tracking began. There were four more hospitalizations reported since Wednesday, increasing the official count
The US House of Representatives has voted for an independent commission on the violent siege on the Capitol building. Modelled on the investigation into the 9/11 attacks, Democrats say the legislation would help provide a reckoning on what happened on 6 January. But it will still need to be voted on in the Senate, where
Reed Hastings, the co-CEO of Netflix, has shelled out a whopping $3 million to a fund opposed to the recall of California Governor Gavin Newsom. The contribution was reported to the California Secretary of State on Thursday afternoon, and is the largest single contribution to date to the Stop The Republican Recall. (Hat tip: Politico).
If there’s one thing all great SaaS platforms share in common, it’s their focus on simplifying the lives of their end-users. Removing friction for users in a safe way is the mission of single sign-on (SSO) providers. With SSO at the helm, users don’t have to remember separate passwords for each app or hide the
Rising country stair and 2019 American Idol winner Laine Hardy has just released his new feel-good single, “Memorize You.” The grooving summer jam is available everywhere. “Let’s go!” Hardy says of the new song. “I’ve been so excited to get this out since the moment I heard the mix. I’ve been asking and asking when we
Itel and Tecno, brands both owned by Transsion Holdings, have announced a 60-day warranty extension in India owing to pandemic-imposed lockdowns in several districts. The companies separately announced that only those smartphones and feature phones will be eligible that have their warranties expiring between April 15 and June 15. Eligible smartphone owners would then have
In The Heights has a sneaky showstopping musical number according to director Jon Chu. He talked to the Associated Press about the upcoming HBO Max/theater release. The movie has had a couple of trailers and the television spots are picking up steam. For Chu, this story has the potential to be one of those films
We’ve been wondering for the past week or so what exactly Parker McCollum’s new song “Drinkin’” might be about. Would it be slow? Would it be a good old fashioned heartbreak country song? Or an upbeat song to blast on the lake all summer? Well, it looks like it’s gonna be my favorite kind of
Marvel’s What If… just released some new images ahead of the Disney+ series’ big reveal. People have been waiting for this one since it appeared at a Disney Investor day a few years ago. Agent Carter as Captain Britain, Doctor Strange, and Nick Fury all show up in this artwork. Hawkeyes is bad as well
In 2008, filmmaker Luke Holland began hunting Nazis. He was not attempting to capture them, or bring them before a war-crimes tribunal, or put a bullet in their head. Holland merely wanted them to talk. The elderly men and women he sought out in the big cities and small burgs of Germany and Austria were
Play video content SplashNews.com Paul Hogan insists he didn’t put up a sign on his house warning homeless people to scram … in fact, he says the house isn’t even his and he has empathy for people living on the streets. The “Crocodile Dundee” star was getting lots of unwanted attention after a sign was
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Jordan Blum, the creator and showrunner of Marvel’s animated series M.O.D.O.K. for Hulu, is one of the rare Marvel comic fans so dedicated that he was a little disappointed when the announced “Captain America: Serpent Society” film ended up being a joke-y cover-up title for Captain America: Civil War. “I was probably the one person
EasyJet has said it expects to see a pick-up in demand for flights from June while revealing a £701m loss for the first half of its financial year. The no-frills airline said its financial performance would have been worse but for a cost-cutting programme that is expecting to deliver £500m in savings over the 12
People who return from countries on the government’s travel amber list should expect a “knock on the door”, the home secretary has warned. Priti Patel has told the Daily Mail newspaper enforcement is being stepped up to make sure people who visit countries such as France, Italy and Spain obey the rules on quarantining. Currently,
LOS ANGELES — Councilman Bob Blumenfield has proposed exploring the creation of a citywide program to finance construction of accessory dwelling units, also known as granny flats, to house formerly homeless Angelenos. “As the city continues to expand its inventory of homeless interventions, and with (Proposition) HHH projects averaging $531,000 per unit, ADUs can provide