Nicola Sturgeon has thrown down the gauntlet to Boris Johnson over a second independence referendum, telling Sky News that if the UK government doesn’t challenge the Scottish government in court, then “by definition it would be a legal referendum”. Scotland’s first minister, who will claim the right to hold a second independence referendum by the
EXCLUSIVE: Matt Hood, Deputy General Secretary of UK trade union Equity, is joining casting platform Talent Systems as Managing Director of Spotlight. Hood will be responsible for running the Spotlight business in the UK and Europe and working with the company’s leadership team to help grow Talent Systems globally. He will succeed outgoing CEO Richard
Iran has been linked to yet another state-sponsored ransomware operation through a contracting company based in the country, according to new analysis. “Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was operating a state-sponsored ransomware campaign through an Iranian contracting company called ‘Emen Net Pasargard’ (ENP),” cybersecurity firm Flashpoint said in its findings summarizing three documents leaked
Miranda Lambert fights back against the man-stealing “Geraldene” in a brand-new song from The Marfa Tapes. The country superstar and collaborators Jack Ingram and Jon Randall dropped the brand-new song on Wednesday (April 28). Geraldene, the anti-heroine of this new track, has bright red lips and makes all the guys fall for her — but, as Lambert
Redmi Note 10S has been confirmed to launch in the Indian market on May 13. The phone was leaked on several occasions in the past, and Xiaomi has finally confirmed its arrival. The launch event will be conducted virtually through the company’s social media channels. Redmi Note 10S was unveiled globally in March and it
It’s officially been thirteen years since the launch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as Iron Man made its debut in theaters on this day in 2008. The franchise is undeniably still going strong, with an ever-growing number of movies and Disney+ shows in the pipeline for the years to come. Still, fans have managed to
Dillon Carmichael‘s out here doing his best to deck his neighborhood out in red, white and blue. After moving into his home in the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville, Tennessee last year, the first thing the rising country star did was hang an American flag in front of his house. And with Old Glory hanging from
In the closing moments of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Marvel Studios opted to rebrand the entire show. Twice during the finale’s closing credits, the episode featured a new title card calling the series Captain America and the Winter Soldier, a name handed down by the powers behind the curtain at the studio. When
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan are at odds over the ‘Magic Mike’ franchise … the exes are fighting over money and want a court to intervene and settle the dispute. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … one of the lingering issues in the wake of the divorce stems from holdings related to the ‘Magic
The best way to teach reading is a topic that has been hotly debated for many decades. If the past is any indicator, we’re going to be fighting about it for decades to come. It’s worth arguing about because literacy is important. Roughly 21% of American adults are illiterate. Illiteracy has harmful impacts on health,
Warning: contains spoilers for the Line of Duty series 6 finale. Perhaps thanks to the extra half hour of screen time, or perhaps because there was a genuine sense of threads being tied up as AC-12 went into storage for potentially the last time, there are fewer questions left to answer than usual after Line of Duty series six.
Ian King speaks to Nationwide’s chief economist Robert Gardiner about a jump in house prices. Plus, hear from The Times banking editor Katherine Griffiths about Barclays’ biggest quarterly profits in 13 years. And Hannah Kuchler, the global pharmaceuticals correspondent for the Financial Times, joins the show to discuss drugmaker AstraZeneca’s sharp rise in profits –
Inglewood faces three lawsuits stemming from an April 2019 crash involving Mayor James T. Butts Jr. that “severely injured” an LAPD officer, with one of the suits asking for more than $300,000 and the other two pushing for undisclosed amounts. Butts, whose driving is described as negligent in all three lawsuits, allegedly ran a red
The four astronauts of SpaceX’s first full mission to the International Space Station have splashed back down to Earth off the coast of Florida. It is the first US splashdown under the cover of darkness since Apollo 8’s return from the moon in 1968. The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf Of Mexico just before
The prime minister has been “crystal clear” about how the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat was financed, the foreign secretary has told Sky News. Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Dominic Raab said Boris Johnson had “covered the cost himself” and “followed all the relevant codes of conduct”. But another senior Conservative, the party’s
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has a bill ready for signature that would stop social media companies from permanently kicking people off their platforms in the state. The bill was passed Thursday by the Florida House 77-38 in favor of the bill, the Senate, 23-17. It makes it a crime to remove state political candidates from
Hackers are scanning the internet for weaknesses all the time, and if you don’t want your organization to fall victim, you need to be the first to find these weak spots. In other words, you have to adopt a proactive approach to managing your vulnerabilities, and a crucial first step in achieving this is performing
Brothers Osborne‘s new single ”I’m Not for Everyone” goes hard in making a case for the country music duo’s selective appeal. However, in doing so, it simultaneously manages to capture the group’s broad accessibility. That’s because the twangy number showcases just what Brothers Osborne do best — that is, taking a personal, reflective moment and painting
Google is adding an “External” label to identify email threads/ conversations that include recipients from outside of a user’s Google Workspace organisation. This is being done to identify emails that are sent to or by people who are not part of your organisation. The new badge comes in addition to the existing warning banner that
We’re still some time away from a trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage, but that isn’t stopping the massive consumer products machine from unleashing its merchandising upon the masses. This time last week, LEGO released new sets involving the franchise’s eponymous character and now, shoppers have noticed the set also includes another set featuring