Tickets for nightclubs and late-night events will be required to be booked at least an hour in advance under new Covid-19 regulations, it is understood. Pub and late-night industry representatives met with Government officials on Tuesday morning. It is understood that ticketing will be electronic and must be booked atContinue Reading
Google claims the Pixel 6 is its first true flagship Pixel, taking on Samsung and Apple. Great price, great specs and great fun make it a compelling packageContinue Reading
Plymouth MP Luke Pollard has today called on the government to immediately remove VAT from domestic energy bills, as the cost of living crisis hits working people across the country. The call comes ahead of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on Wednesday, and as rising inflation and energy bills leave many feeling the pinch.Continue Reading
BRITS will be able to enjoy a “normal” Christmas this year but should self-test before visiting elderly relatives, Sajid Javid said today. The health secretary insisted the festive season will be “safe” so long as enough people get out and take their booster jabs. Reuters Sajid Javid insisted Brits willContinue Reading
Nuclear power, toted by some as a “zero-emission clean energy source”, has somewhat of a dirty reputation in Ireland. The State is one of a few in the world with a ban on nuclear power for electricity generation, and there is little mention of the energy source in Irish plansContinue Reading
Artist Nora Al-Badri is using deepfakes for good – to free historical artefacts from museums and reinvent them for the digital ageContinue Reading
Pulling disaffected young men back from the bring is complicated, and it’s making academics question their whole approach to extremismContinue Reading
Squid Game, Netflix’s latest runaway success, has set new records for views and generated a flurry of comment pieces, memes, and moral panic about screen violence. The programme follows 456 competitors through a series of lethal contests. At stake is a cash prize of billions of won, suspended over theContinue Reading
Today in the House of Commons, Conservative MPs talked out a bill that would have stopped companies using fire and rehire tactics. The Bill, brought be Labour’s Barry Gardiner MP, sought to address the practice used by companies to fire workers and re-employ them on lower pay with poorer conditions.Continue Reading
Southend-on-Sea is to be accorded the status of city in honour of David Amess. On October 18, 2021, three days after the Conservative MP was murdered in his constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Boris Johnson announced the Queen had agreed to the grant. Seeing Southend acquire this new label had longContinue Reading
