Agency workers could be called in to replace striking rail staff, according to a report. Labour’s Tony Blair introduced a restriction on using agency staff to stand-in for striking workers when he was prime minister. But Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told The Sunday Telegraph that ministers are looking at ways to repeal this. It comes
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“For those who are frustrated by my cancelations of the next shows, I’m just physically, obviously, not capable of doing them,” said Justin Bieber in an Instagram video post today. “There’s full paralysis on this side of my face.” On Tuesday, Bieber announced that he was postponing the next few shows of his 130-date Justice
One of the candidates snubbed in the recent race to chair Ofcom, the media regulator, is being considered to oversee a government-commissioned review of the BBC’s future funding. Sky News has learnt that Lord Gilbert of Panteg, the former chair of the House of Lords communications and digital committee, is among a list of names
UPDATE: Joe Biden was joined by First Lady Jill Biden as they attended the first of two Los Angeles fundraisers on Friday at the home of Andrew Hauptman, with Jeffrey Katzenberg as co-host. The president talked about Ukraine, noting that “a lot of people thought I was exaggerating” about a potential Russian invasion, but “I
More than half of UK households have cut down on their energy usage as a result of the cost of living crisis, new data suggests. A survey carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that 52% of Britons are using less gas and electricity in a bid to cut down costs. The
EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed award-winning writer, director and producer Andre Gaines (After Jackie), as well as his production company Cinemation Studios, for worldwide representation in all areas. The agency will now look to help expand his business across film, television, podcasts and gaming, also working with him on several hosted programs based on popular brands. Most
Lenders to Matalan, one of Britain’s biggest budget retailers, are preparing for crunch talks about the chain’s future financing against a backdrop of soaring inflation and deepening economic gloom. Sky News has learnt that Matalan’s senior bondholders are lining up Perella Weinberg Partners to advise them on their options with a £350m repayment due to
President Joe Biden will headline two fundraisers on Friday as he winds down his swing through Los Angeles, raising money for the Democratic National Committee at the events that are expected to draw a significant number of Hollywood donors. The president first will attend an event at the Brentwood home of Andrew Hauptman, co-founder of
The £100 tank of unleaded petrol is another milestone on the relentless upward path of fuel prices. Watching the price click in to three figures for the first time will draw the breath of anyone filling the 55-litre tank of a family saloon. But whichever way you count it, prices have been kicking consumers in
Candy, the limited series rolled out by Hulu in a Monday-to-Friday, one-episode-a-day pattern, pulled in 577 million minutes of streaming to finish sixth on Nielsen’s weekly chart for May 9 to 15. It was the best debut by any Hulu title since the most recent season of The Handmaid’s Tale hit the platform in May
The average cost of filling a typical family car with petrol costs more than £100 for the first time, the RAC has said. The situation will likely worsen the cost of living crisis for motorists and for customers, as businesses will at some point look to pass on their rising costs. RAC fuel spokesperson Simon
The Directors Guild of Canada BC has reached a tentative agreement for a new contract covering films and TV shows shot in British Columbia. “As of this afternoon, the DGC BC has reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP and the Canadian Media Producers Association,” the guild said in a statement. “We are finalizing the
The cost of filling the average family car with petrol is tipped to have exceeded £100 for the first time, when industry figures are released later on Thursday. The price of fuel has been a major component of the cost of living crisis from the off, with diesel – the engine of the UK economy
Pluto TV, which was founded in 2013 and has grown into a key asset in the portfolio of Paramount Global, is finally about to do business in Canada. The free streaming outlet, which is already in more than 30 countries and territories, will expand to Canada this fall through an agreement with Corus Entertainment. It
Rishi Sunak has been urged by one of the world’s leading economic authorities to cut taxes or raise spending in the face of looming stagnation next year. The UK is poised for the weakest economic growth in the developed world next year, according to new forecasts from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. In
The top two Los Angeles races in today’s primary election look to have both kicked the can down over to November. Based on early results, Rep. Karen Bass and developer Rick Caruso will face-off in a runoff election in six months, as neither Democrat garnered more 50% of vote to win outright their bid to
Three-quarters of Londoners worked from home at least one day a week in spring 2022, according to new research from King’s College London’s Policy Institute and Business School. This is a marked shift from before COVID-19, when less than half as many Londoners worked from home. The researchers surveyed more than 2,000 people with a
Dear Evan Hansen, the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, September 18, nearly six years after opening at the Music Box Theatre, producers announced today. At closing, the musical will have played 1,678 regular performances and 21 preview performances, making it one of the 50 longest-running Broadway
Thousands of railway workers are planning to strike on three days later this month in the biggest outbreak of industrial action since 1989, according to the RMT union. It said that more than 50,000 of its members across Network Rail and 13 train operators across the UK will walk out on 21, 23 and 25
Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor this weekend confirmed to the BBC that the band would be releasing a new song featuring the band’s late, legendary frontman, Freddie Mercury, called “Face It Alone.” Taylor called it, “a little gem from Freddie,” culled from the sessions for their 13th studio album, The Miracle, which was released