T he fallout from a scathing report which found Boris Johnson lied to MPs over partygate has left Rishi Sunak with a battle to hold his warring Tory party together. The Commons will vote on Monday on the Privileges Committee’s report, which recommended that Mr Johnson should have faced aContinue Reading
UFC star Conor McGregor is facing an accusation that he sexually assaulted a woman in an arena restroom just after Game 4 of the NBA Finals in Miami, TMZ reported Thursday. Through her attorney, the woman sent demand letters to the fighter, the NBA and the Miami Heat seeking aContinue Reading
T ensions have risen further in the Tory party after MPs were granted a vote on whether to approve the findings of the damning report into Partygate which found Boris Johnson committed “repeated contempts” of Parliament. Mr Johnson was told he faced a three-month suspension from Parliament for deliberately misleadingContinue Reading
Stephen Sondheim once thought about turning the 1993 film “Groundhog Day” into a stage musical. He gave up on the idea, saying: “It cannot be improved. It’s perfect the way it is.” And he may have been right about that, said Clive Davis in The Times – but this “gloriousContinue Reading
B oris Johnson committed “repeated contempts” of Parliament by deliberately misleading MPs with his partygate denials before being complicit in a campaign of abuse and intimidation, a cross-party investigation found on Thursday. Branding him the first former prime minister to have ever lied to the Commons, the Privileges Committee recommendedContinue Reading
Glasgow will host the first Banksy solo exhibition for 14 years, with the secretive street artist saying the Scottish city was a natural choice due to its sense of humour. The stage has been set at Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), where the exhibition will run from this Sunday until 23 August. Continue Reading
Avoiding excess alcohol consumption in middle-age may help you preserve important muscle as you get older. Lokicon/ Shutterstock Heavy drinking has long been associated with various health problems, including cirrhosis of the liver, cancer and heart disease. But our latest study has found that these aren’t the only issues thatContinue Reading
The EU's act will generally prohibit the use of real-time facial recognition in public spaces. DedMityay / Shutterstock The word “risk” is often seen in the same sentence as “artificial intelligence” these days. While it is encouraging to see world leaders consider the potential problems of AI, along with itsContinue Reading
I’m a fan of Sam Levinson’s series “Euphoria”, said Barbara Ellen in The Observer. It’s made for teenagers, but it has decent storylines and solid characters. Now, Levinson has co-created a six-part series for HBO (available to watch on Now) – and alas, it’s a “risible, cliché-riddled” dud. Lily-Rose DeppContinue Reading
It is now many months since people started to warn me about the intentions of the Privileges Committee. They told me that it was a kangaroo court. They told me that it was being driven relentlessly by the political agenda of Harriet Harman, and supplied with skewed legal advice –Continue Reading
