Matt Hancock has admitted breaking social distancing guidelines after pictures emerged of him kissing an aide. Questions about the health secretary hiring former lobbyist Gina Coladangelo surfaced after pictures in The Sun newspaper showed Mr Hancock, who is married, embracing the aide in his office. “I accept that I breached the social distancing guidance in
WarnerMedia parent AT&T has elected Luis Ubiñas to its board of directors, effective immediately. Ubiñas, 58, has had a career spanning business, government and the nonprofit sector. He served as a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, as President of the Ford Foundation, and as an appointee to both the U.S. Competitiveness Committee of the
Google’s sweeping proposals to deprecate third-party cookies in Chrome browser is going back to the drawing board after the company announced plans to delay the rollout from early 2022 to late 2023, pushing back the project by nearly two years. “While there’s considerable progress with this initiative, it’s become clear that more time is needed
John McAfee was a genius, a scoundrel-criminal, a gun fanatic, a possible murderer, and a man who liked to mix morning tequila sunrises with hands dirtied by throwing mattresses against his windows to ward off imaginary hit men. He also ran for president. Yesterday, he finally ran out of road. It appears the 75-year-old McAfee
Sam Hunt is back with new music. Stay with me here, don’t immediately close out just because you saw the name Sam Hunt. Because this one is…good. It’s been awhile since we’ve heard anything from Sam. In fact, we really haven’t heard much from him at all since he dropped his last album, Southside, back in
As one of the few EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winners in the world, Barbra Streisand can do pretty much whatever she wants in the entertainment industry. But, does she want to do country music? The answer appears to be yes — at least a little bit. On Aug. 6, Streisand will release Release Me 2, a
The Star Wars galaxy is branching out in some interesting ways in the coming years, including with Star Wars: The Acolyte. The live-action series will be set in the final days of the High Republic era of canon, and has been confirmed to be showrun by Russian Doll and Sleeping With Other People‘s Leslye Headland.
For Your Eyes Only, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this week, was a transitional James Bond film. Released in 1981, this 12th entry in the long-running series, and Roger Moore’s fifth outing as the man in the tuxedo, was deliberately styled as a return to the 007’s roots after he went to space in the
Bobb’e J. Thompson — known for playing the foul-mouthed, trouble-making kid in “Role Models” — is in some real-life trouble … for allegedly having a stolen gun. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the actor was going through security at LAX when a Glock firearm was found in his baggage. We’re told the gun was
Netflix has released the first teaser for The Harder They Fall, a new Western action flick starring Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Regina King and LaKeith Stanfield. After delayed production due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the film will premiere later this year on the streaming platform. The Harder They Fall follows the journey of outlaw Nat Love
If it’s been a while since you watched the 1978 Halloween, you may have been a little confused by someone in tonight’s trailer for Halloween Kills that appeared to be Real Housewives star Kyle Richards. But, yes, that was her. Richards appears in the new film, reprising her role of Lindsey Wallace from the original
Samsung Galaxy A20 is reportedly receiving a stable version of the Android 11-based One UI 3.1 update in India. Alongside, the update is also bundled with the June 2021 Android security patch. Samsung rolled out the Android 11 update for the Galaxy A20 in Russia a couple of weeks ago. The smartphone was launched in
Travel firms say the limited expansion of the green list for holiday destinations has sparked a wave of new bookings, despite renewed industry criticism of the government’s handling of coronavirus restrictions. Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, accused Transport Secretary Grant Shapps of “sowing confusion” as he told Sky News there was no science-led approach
The Indigenous Voices Awards were started in 2017 to celebrate Indigenous authors in lands claimed by Canada. They originally had a fundraising goal of $10,000, but through campaigns led by Robin Parker and Silvia Moreno-Garcia (the author of Mexican Gothic), they raised over $100,000 in four months. Each year, the prizes and stipends fluctuate based
Los Angeles County courthouses will reopen to the general public on Monday, June 28, for the first time in more than a year as court officials loosen up COVID-19 restrictions. Individuals will no longer be required to schedule appointments to attend hearings, obtain court documents or conduct other courthouse business, officials said. The appointment-only system
A judge will today sentence the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. Mr Floyd‘s death in May last year sparked worldwide protests and re-energised the Black Lives Matter movement over police brutality and racial inequality. Video recorded by a bystander showed Chauvin with his knee pressed on Mr Floyd’s
Spain’s Balearic islands, Malta, Madeira, and some islands in the Caribbean – including Barbados – have been added to England’s travel green list, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced. The Balearic islands are made up of Ibiza, Menorca, Majorca and Formentera. The move means those heading to some popular holiday hotspots will not have to
Nearly all new Covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths since the end of 2020 in Los Angeles were among unvaccinated people, according the the county’s public health department. A statement from LADPH late Thursday revealed the following: From December 7, 2020, when vaccinations first became available, to June 7, 2021, 99.6% of the County’s nearly 437,000
Enterprise applications used to live securely in data centers and office employees connected to internal networks using company-managed laptops or desktops. And data was encircled by a walled perimeter to keep everything safe. All that changed in the last 18 months. Businesses and employees had to adapt quickly to cloud technology and remote work. The
By now, the story of Jeffrey Epstein is well known. When the accused sex trafficker died — officially ruled a suicide by hanging in his jail cell almost two years ago — the public was left baffled alongside victims that were denied justice. There seemed to be much more to the story than the satisfaction