Boris Johnson will make a TV address tonight to set out “further steps” to combat the spread of COVID-19. The prime minister is expected to speak at 8pm, while parliament will be recalled to sit on Wednesday amid calls for a third national lockdown in England. Live COVID updates as PM to address the nation
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A British court has rejected the U.S. government’s request to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the country on charges pertaining to illegally obtaining and sharing classified material related to national security. In a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today, Judge Vanessa Baraitser denied the extradition on the grounds that Assange is a suicide risk
Huawei Mate 40 Pro has been chosen as the smartphone with the best selfie camera by DxOMark benchmarking website. The phone’s selfie camera received 104 points in the tests, which is more than any other smartphone. The Huawei Mate 40 Pro sports a 13-megapixel selfie camera with an f/2.4 aperture. DxOMark noted that the camera
The FTSE 100 has rallied sharply on the first day of trading this year as hopes over the impact of vaccine roll-outs trumped fears over more lockdowns. London’s leading share index was up by as much as 3% or more than 200 points, pulled higher by commodity giants such as Fresnillo and Glencore which tend
R&B/Pop superstar Ian Guerin will be a featured guest on “If These Walls Could Talk” with hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 at 3 PM ET live from the infamous Pangea Restaurant. Wendy Stuart is an author, celebrity interviewer, model, filmmaker and hosts “Pandemic Cooking With Wendy,” a popular Youtube
Police said the victim, longtime Orange County Register editor Eugene Harbrecht, was turning onto Santa Clara Avenue from Bristol Street when two racing cars came toward him at about 11:45 a.m.
ESPN has expanded its first “MegaCast” of Sunday’s NFL Wild Card playoff game to include streaming service ESPN+ and five Disney networks: ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, Freeform and ESPN Deportes. The Baltimore Ravens-Tennessee Titans matchup will also include a halftime performance by DJ Khaled airing exclusively on Freeform, during a “watch party” hosted by the network.
If you know Whiskey Riff you know that Alan Jackson is one of our all-time favorites… Seriously, though? Now, to this video. 2020 was a mf’er for everyone in the music industry and beyond. People miss live music like never before, and as we wait for some normalcy to return to concerts and touring, the
Amanda Shires kisses 2020 goodbye with a newly released cover of Genesis’ “That’s All” — and an accompanying lyric video that truly encompasses the wild and wacky year that was. The song, Shires says, “defines 2020 for me — a true COVID anthem.” Shires’ “That’s All” lyric video, created by Deren Ney, features “murder hornets,”
Star Trek: Discovery Season Three comes to a close in its season finale episode, “That Hope Is You, Part 2.” The episode puts Michael Burnham in a Kobayashi Maru scenario, as she’s caught between stopping Osyraa from destroying the Federation and rescuing her friends in the Verubin Nebula, where the USS Discovery crew discovered the
Movies and TV are guilty of many inaccuracies, but few are worse than their portrayals of corsets. “Netflix released Bridgerton on Christmas Day, and while it’s not meant to be a strictly historical portrayal of Regency life, the big inaccuracy that caught my eye just from the trailer was the costumes. Not only did the
Deadpool becomes the Avengers — all of them — in a new series of posters by fan artist Eren Gürocak. Since Disney acquired 20th Century Fox in 2019, Marvel fans have eagerly anticipated the Marvel Cinematic Universe debut of Deadpool, presumably with Ryan Reynolds reprising the role. There have been many discussions online about how
Several companies that specialize in building upscale doomsday retreats, which are way beyond underground bunkers and panic rooms, said business is booming. Rick Garcia reports.
23 month old Felix Hess of Pasadena looks on the Wishing Tree during “Reflections,” a display of various art works and self-guided activities that runs through January 10th at Descanso Gardens in La Canada on Saturday, January 2, 2021. (Photo by Libby Cline-Birmingham, Contributing Photographer) The Mirror tree in the Camellia Forrest during “Reflections,” a
Donald Trump has been recorded pleading with Georgia’s election chief to “find enough votes” to overturn the election result in the state. Audio of the phone call was obtained by The Washington Post and NBC News just weeks before the US president is set to leave office. Mr Trump can be heard launching into a
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
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