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A bank holiday for a World Cup win? Starmer is poised to grant a day off if the Three Lions bring it home
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is reportedly considering granting a bank holiday in England if the men’s football team win the World Cup, marking a first triumph in 60 years. The move matters because it would be a rare exception to the government’s usual reluctance to approve extra public holidays, which are estimated to cost…
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England to receive bank holiday if Tuchel’s side win World Cup
Sir Keir Starmer is understood to be preparing to declare a bank holiday should England’s men’s team win the 2026 World Cup, marking what would be the nation’s first triumph in the tournament since 1966. The prime minister declined to confirm a date so as not to “jinx” the team’s progress, but the day off…
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M. Night Shyamalan’s Divisive Thriller Truly Feels Like a Lost ‘Twilight Zone’ Episode
This Collider article by Anthony Crislip, published on 8 July 2026, revisits M. Night Shyamalan’s 2021 existential horror film Old, arguing that it stands as the director’s work that most closely captures the spirit of Rod Serling’s classic 1960s anthology series The Twilight Zone. The piece matters as a critical reappraisal of a film that…
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Bunnie Xo sparks dating rumors with reality star at Nashville bar as Jelly Roll divorce looms
Bunnie Xo, the 46-year-old podcast host, has been spotted with reality television star Dylan Wolf just weeks after the public end of her marriage to country singer Jelly Roll. According to footage obtained by TMZ, the pair were seen kissing during a Fourth of July event at Jelly Roll’s own JR’s Goodnight Nashville Bar, fuelling…
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Lollapalooza 2026: Here’s Where to Get Affordable Tickets to the Summer Music Festival Online
Billboard has published a guide on where to buy tickets for Lollapalooza 2026, the long-running Chicago music festival, which will run for four days from Thursday 30 July to Sunday 2 August at Grant Park. The piece matters chiefly as a consumer shopping guide, noting that many official dates have already sold out or are…
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Chart Rewind: In 1986, Willie Nelson’s Patriotic ‘Promiseland’ Carried the Torch for Immigration
Billboard’s “Chart Rewind” feature revisits June 1986, when Willie Nelson’s “Living in the Promiseland” reached No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Written by David Lynn Jones, the song borrowed from Emma Lazarus’s Statue of Liberty poem to champion immigration, and its rise coincided with the landmark’s reopening after restoration — a timely pairing…
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Justin Verlander announces he will retire after this season: ‘I’ve realized that time has come’
Justin Verlander, one of the most decorated pitchers in baseball history, has announced that the 2026 season will be his last, bringing an end to a 22-year Major League career. The three-time Cy Young Award winner and 2011 American League MVP made the announcement on social media on Wednesday, having endured an injury-hit final campaign…
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With EU backing, QuantumDiamonds aims to speed up chip manufacturing
QuantumDiamonds, a German startup spun out of the Technical University of Munich, has secured €76 million in non-dilutive funding from Germany’s federal economy ministry and the state of Bavaria, approved by the European Commission under the European Chips Act. The money will fund a new Munich facility to produce semiconductor testing equipment, part of a…
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Mark Zuckerberg And Meta Deride “Headline-Seeking” Damages Sought By State AGs In Social Media Safety Suit: “Untethered From Reality”
Meta and Mark Zuckerberg have hit back at a group of US state attorneys general who are seeking up to $1.4 trillion in damages in a federal lawsuit alleging the company misled consumers over its data practices. In a court filing this week, Meta’s lawyers dismissed the figure as “untethered from reality” and without precedent,…
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Good tennis IQ & inner belief – how Fery reached shock Wimbledon semi-final
Arthur Fery, a 23-year-old British wildcard ranked 114th in the world, has reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon 2026, an outcome few would have predicted given that he had never previously progressed beyond the second round of a Grand Slam. His run matters because he is the lowest-ranked player to reach the tournament’s last four since…