‘Tis but a scratch! Smashed armour worn by French soldier blasted by a cannonball during Battle of Waterloo becomes online hit after video is mocked for saying its wearer was merely ‘wounded’ Breastplate worn by French cavalryman in 1815 sparked debate on social media A video of armour was posted online with the caption the […]
Simon & Schuster employee appears in court in New York and pleads not guilty to stealing manuscripts by authors including Margaret Atwood and Ethan Hawke as his bail set at $300,000 Filippo Bernardini, 29, was arrested on Wednesday at JFK Airport in New York He pleaded not guilty today to stealing manuscripts by authors including […]
Residents of Geelong and Melbourne’s outer western suburbs are being warned to remain indoors as authorities issue an emergency warning for giant hailstones and destructive winds for the area. The Bureau of Meteorology said very dangerous thunderstorms had been detected on the weather radar south of Melton after 5pm and that very dangerous thunderstorms were […]
SenseTime raised $512m from non-US investors and recently debuted on the Hong Kong stock exchange SenseTime, China’s largest facial recognition startup, has come under increasing scrutiny by the US government for its alleged role in the surveillance of Uyghurs. Over the past two years, the US has used sanctions to escalate pressure on the company, […]
Prince Andrew ‘is trying to force through sale of his £17m Swiss chalet as Queen refuses to foot legal bills from Virginia Giuffre sex abuse case’, sources say The Duke of York is attempting to speed up the sale of the luxurious property The Queen will reportedly not be paying for legal bills in Virginia […]
Boy, 17, said online that he wanted to ‘shoot up a mosque’ and wrote notes on how to make a bomb in bid to kill 10,000 people The 17-year-old boy, from Wiltshire, was arrested by police officers on June 18 Was given 24-month youth rehabilitation order at Southampton Youth Court Pleaded guilty to possessing material likely […]
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Furious parents accuse unions of trying to throw a ‘pandemic straitjacket’ around schools after teachers were urged to ignore government advice and NOT combine classes to cope with staff absences Department for Education told headteachers to consider ‘combining classes’ But five trade unions say not to because plan would ‘increase virus transmission’ Unions also recommending […]
Of course Dame Helen can play a Jew, darling. It’s called acting! Maureen Lipman once played an Anglican vicar – but she complains that Helen Mirren is the wrong religion to be cast as Golda Meir, writes JONATHAN MYERSON Dame Maureen Lipman ‘not comfortable’ at Golda Meir being played by a gentile Israel’s first female […]
It has been more than a decade since he last took the field, but Terrell Owens is ready to step in should Tom Brady come calling. Owens, 48, said on his podcast Tuesday that he “absolutely” could replace Antonio Brown and help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers throughout the postseason. “At the end of the day, […]
