Chorus members of the Welsh National Opera (WNO) are to stage a series of strikes in a dispute over jobs and pay. Equity said the walkouts will hit a number of productions in the coming weeks. Strikes will be held on September 21 (the opening night of Rigoletto) and 29Continue Reading
Ben Stiller has addressed why audiences haven’t seen him in a lead role in seven years. The comedy legend, 58, best known for starring in early 2000s classics including Meet the Fockers, Zoolander and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, has spent the majority of his time recently working behind theContinue Reading
The world’s top stock indices continued on a downward trend on Friday as concerns over the US economy persist following the release of weaker-than-expected jobs data. London’s FTSE 100 dropped by 60.24 points, or 0.73%, to end the week at 8,181.47. It was dragged lower by losses for miners andContinue Reading
Ferrari have reportedly launched an ambitious bid to snatch Max Verstappen’s engineer away from Red Bull ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s arrival. There might be three months of the current season left to run, but anticipation surrounding Hamilton’s move to Ferrari is already picking up. After 12 successful years with Mercedes,Continue Reading
Ireland’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Ticketmaster over Oasis ticket sales. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) said it will look at Ticketmaster’s handling of the sale of tickets following “legitimate concerns over how consumers were treated”. Ticketmaster Ireland has said it does not set concert pricesContinue Reading
elenavolf/Shutterstock Getting ripped takes effort. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson didn’t get to look the way he does by sitting on the sofa with a packet of Doritos propped up on his pecs. It took years of sweat, pain and sacrifice. Many men (not all of us, though, it should beContinue Reading
Cereal grains such as wheat are a rich source of protein. Porawat Suepchaktip/Shutterstock As more people become aware of the environmental impact of making and consuming food and drink, there is renewed interest in many western countries in vegetarian, vegan and flexitarian diets, which come with lower carbon footprints. ButContinue Reading
Germany could use asylum facilities in Rwanda originally intended for the UK’s aborted migration scheme, reports from Berlin have suggested. The country’s migration commissioner, Joachim Stamp, has suggested the EU could utilise existing asylum accommodation in the east African country, originally destined for migrants deported from Britain under the now-scrappedContinue Reading
Royal Mail has announced a 30p increase in the price of a first class stamp, explaining the “urgent” financial challenge it faces. The price of first class stamps will increase to £1.65 on October 7 while second class stamps will remain at 85p. First class stamp prices increased by 10p toContinue Reading
British taxpayers were forced to pay millions of pounds for a life-saving drug after a pharmaceutical company deliberately inflated the cost, a court has ruled. Auden Mckenzie and Actavis UK, now known as Accord-UK, engaged in “cartel behaviour” by paying off competitors and raising the price of hydrocortisone tablets byContinue Reading
