The eastern leg of HS2 has been scrapped and plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail have been downgraded, Grant Shapps has confirmed. The transport secretary told MPs that a new £96bn Integrated Rail Plan for the north and the Midlands will instead deliver “faster” train journeys both earlier and cheaper than the original HS2 plans would
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Libro.fm acts as a bridge between digital content and independent bookstores. They partner with 1,500+ bookstores, mostly in North America. Readers can buy their audiobooks through the website, and a portion of the profit will go towards their chosen indie bookstore. Annually, Libro.fm announces their bestselling audiobooks of the year, which are always a good
Riley Green had himself a week. When the man ain’t meltin’ faces (and hearts) from up on the stage, you can find him at his second home… The woods. And boy, did he bag himself a buck this week. In the midst of the rut, Riley caught this horned up big boy chasing does, and
Instagram is discontinuing its Snapchat-like messaging app Threads that was launched in 2019. As a result of the update, users will start seeing a prompt to move back to the original Instagram app. Instagram has separately started allowing select users to add music to their feed posts — just like how it’s already possible with
Disney+ is full of classic and original content and the recent Disney+ Day revealed a whole lot of exciting information about the streaming service’s future. It appears some new information is still coming in as CBR.com just revealed that The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse has been renewed for a second season. The show premiered
The arrival of Disney+ series Hawkeye will have Marvel Cinematic Universe archer Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) dealing with the implications of his post-Snap international vigilante spree as Ronin, which made him enemies among the world’s conventional criminals. Yet, rather than hit up one (or all) of his super-powered Avengers contacts, he instead relies solely on
Play video content TMZ.com Shia LaBeouf may soon be living the dad life — assuming he and Mia Goth are expecting … and it sure looks like they are from this. The actor was spotted at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant Saturday with none other than his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Mia — who might actually
The script supervisor who called 911 after Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the western movie Rust last month has filed an assault lawsuit in Los Angeles that largely faults the actor for not checking his prop weapon himself. Mamie Mitchell claims in her new 29-page complaint obtained
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and White House appointee John D. Porcari toured Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach terminals on Wednesday, Nov. 17, as attention shifts to a new phase in fixing the supply chain logjam — identifying the funding and projects that will be needed quickly. California will have to fight for its
US rapper Young Dolph has been shot dead at a cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis, police have said. The 36-year-old star, real-name Adolph Roberton Thornton Jr, was gunned down outside Makeda’s Cookies near Memphis International Airport on Wednesday in the US state of Tennessee. Memphis Police said they had no information on the
Northern political leaders have warned the government will pass up huge economic benefits and betray promises to voters if, as expected, it cancels major rail projects including the eastern leg of HS2 and a new Manchester-Leeds line. Boris Johnson will unveil a long-delayed integrated rail plan for the Midlands and the north of England today,
EXCLUSIVE: LA-based market research and data analytics firm Screen Engine/ASI has acquired London-based outfit Tapestry Research as it looks to grow its global footprint. Tapestry was co-founded in 2014 by Kevin Thompson and Ian Wright, both of whom will continue to lead the company as Joint Managing Directors. They will also join the SE/ASI management
Nation-state operators with nexus to Iran are increasingly turning to ransomware as a means of generating revenue and intentionally sabotaging their targets, while also engaging in patient and persistent social engineering campaigns and aggressive brute force attacks. No less than six threat actors affiliated with the West Asian country have been discovered deploying ransomware to
The Milwaukee Bucks clambered aboard the team plane, a Delta charter departing from Wisconsin, where coronavirus cases were about to triple over the course of the NBA Finals. Players and essential support staff squirmed down the aisle of the Boeing 727, bound for Arizona, where 900 new cases would be confirmed on game day. It
Sam Morrow brings a soulful blend of country, funk, blues and rock in his latest single “This Town.” The brand-new song is premiering exclusively with The Boot; press play below to listen. The Texas singer-songwriter’s rich vocals sit atop an irresistibly groovy live percussion loop, building into a groovy, atmospheric soundscape. The track builds off of the innovative sound
The chairman of M&S has written to Brexit minister Lord Frost to warn that EU plans to end its stand-off with the UK over Northern Ireland threaten to add to, not ease, red tape. Archie Norman said the Brussels offer “could result in worsening friction and cost and a high level of ambiguity and scope
Remember when ol’ Bocephus said in his song “A Country Boy Can Survive…” “My grandpa taught me how to live off the land” and: “we can skin a buck, and run a trot line” Well, he sure as hell wasn’t lying. Because Hank Williams Jr. recently bagged himself a big ol’ cow elk from 300
Pixel 6 can attain a peak power of 21W from a wired charger, Google has confirmed. Pixel 6 Pro, on the other, is said to attain 23W peak power from a wired charger. This is significantly lower than the 30W wired fast charging that was advertised at launch. Google has now detailed how charging works
WWE’s Survivor Series hits this Sunday at the Barclays Center in New York, and to get the word out some of your favorite superstars took the Late Night stage at both NBC’s The Tonight Show and CBS’ The Late Show. Universal Champion Roman Reigns stopped by to chat with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show
Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who: Flux episodes one to three. ‘The new Doctor Who showrunner is destroying continuity!’ Like ‘I don’t like the new theme tune’, ‘When did the show suddenly start having all this progressive politics in it?’, ‘Actually the new theme tune’s growing on me’, ‘Why aren’t the Sontarans scary anymore?’ and