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Gove puts pressure on shareholders over post-Grenfell remediation package
M ichael Gove has warned shareholders in cladding companies that the firms will face “severe consequences” if no post-Grenfell financial support package is forthcoming. The Housing Secretary has written to Kingspan, Arconic and Saint-Gobain investors, the Department of Housing confirmed on Thursday, to call on shareholders to use their “positionContinue Reading
The People Who Still Love Renting DVDs From Netflix
It’s not just tens of thousands of classic films being left behind by the move to ditch DVDs—it’s people too.Continue Reading
I bought a bus from a scrapyard – I converted it into a beautiful home and now I’ll never have to pay rent again
A MAN has revealed that he will never have to pay rent again after converting an old bus from a scrapyard into a beautiful home. Luke Whitaker, 37, picked up his new accommodation for just £1,300 and then spent £10,000 to transform it into a cosy property during the firstContinue Reading
A Twilight TV show remake? Fans react to the insane news
The Twilight saga, the teen vampire romance films that became one of the world’s major talking points in the late Noughties, coming only second, perhaps, to the US election race and Obama’s accession, is going to be remade into a TV series. The news has, predictably, caused a firestorm online,Continue Reading
Hamnet review, Swan Theatre, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon
The RSC has reopened its refurbished Swan Theatre with an eagerly anticipated adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel Hamnet, said Sam Marlowe in The Stage. As “snug and supple” a fit for the Stratford stage as one of the bespoke gloves made by William Shakespeare’s bullying father, it imagines theContinue Reading
Obsession review: cringeworthy Netflix adaptation of Josephine Hart’s Damage
Josephine Hart’s 1991 novel Damage was the Fifty Shades of its day, “only much darker and much more elegantly written”, said Helen Brown in The Daily Telegraph. It was made into a film starring Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche, and now Netflix has turned it into a four-part TV seriesContinue Reading
Ignoring ECHR orders would threaten rule of law, warns chief justice
A ny move to allow ministers to ignore European Court of Human Rights orders stopping the removal of migrants would undermine the rule of law, a former top judge has warned. Lord Thomas, a former Lord Chief Justice and cross-bench peer, expressed deep reservations amid reports that the Government hasContinue Reading
Government caves to Tory rebels and toughens Illegal Migration Bill – reports
T he Government has reportedly caved to backbench Tory rebels and agreed to amend its controversial Illegal Migration Bill, allowing ministers to ignore European judges in certain situations. A group of Conservative MPs say they have reached a deal with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to change new rules for removingContinue Reading
Cholera cases are on the rise – and Europe shouldn’t be complacent about the risk
Christoph Burgstedt/Shutterstock Cholera, an infection that causes severe diarrhoea and can be deadly, is once more spreading in several low-income countries. In its latest update on the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) noted that the global situation has further deteriorated in recent months. The 24 countries currently reporting outbreaksContinue Reading
Emergency alert system launches in the UK: should you be worried about privacy?
Privacy concerns over the emergency alert? Here's what you need to know. gov.co.uk/Shutterstock/Canva When disaster strikes, it’s helpful to know what’s going on. This is why the UK government has launched an emergency alerts service, to be used in life-threatening situations including flooding and wildfires. The time has now comeContinue Reading