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Heartbroken family remember woman, 26, killed after being hit by taxi as driver, 41, is investigated for drug use
The family of Isobel “Izzy” Reyland, a 26-year-old woman from south Wales, have paid tribute to her a week after she was killed in a collision with a taxi in Liverpool. She died after being hit by a white Toyota Voxy private hire taxi on Aigburth Road at around 5.40pm the previous Wednesday, having moved…
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Flight chaos, Iran referral, Zelensky drone scare and Apple’s foldable debut
Nats fault grounds thousands of UK flights while Iran faces UN Security Council referral; Zelensky’s plane reportedly targeted near Moldova; Britain bans West Bank settlement imports; Tate brothers held in Miami; Apple launches £1,600 iPhone Duo.
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Passengers face more than 50 further cancellations as flight disruption enters third day and calls grow for air traffic control boss to resign
Flight disruption across UK airports entered a third day, with 51 further cancellations recorded today as air traffic control provider NATS continued to grapple with the fallout from a major technical fault. Heathrow was hit hardest with 28 cancelled flights, while the outage, which began on Tuesday, has now affected an estimated 250,000 passengers and…
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Telekom Srbija’s Content Head on Blueprint for Turning Serbian Production Powerhouse Into Global Player
Telekom Srbija, the Serbian telecoms giant, is setting out plans to expand from Serbia’s leading production hub into a regional powerhouse across the former Yugoslavia, aiming to export local content globally while drawing international productions to the country. Speaking to Variety, chief multimedia and content officer Aleksandra Martinović said the company’s focus is shifting towards…
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Serbian Sci-Fi Epic ‘Sanctuary,’ Starring ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’s’ Nina Kiri, Acquired for U.S. Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)
Vertical has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Sanctuary,” an English-language, post-apocalyptic thriller from Serbia starring Nina Kiri of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” The deal marks a significant step for Serbian genre filmmaking, with backers hoping the project demonstrates that ambitious, internationally marketable science-fiction cinema can originate from smaller European production markets rather than just serve as…
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Russia claims it has detained former guard at British Embassy in Moscow, saying he was part of Ukrainian plot to stage ‘false flag attack on UK diplomats’
Russia’s FSB security service says it has detained a former security guard at the British Embassy in Moscow, accusing him of passing personal data on UK diplomats to Ukrainian intelligence as part of an alleged plot to stage a “false flag” attack on British embassy staff. The claim comes amid heightened Russia-Ukraine tensions and is…
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Rightmove property searches see bigger than usual spike in first week of September… and London demand rises most
Rightmove has reported an unusually sharp rise in buyer searches in the first week of September, with demand up five per cent compared with a five-year average increase of just 0.4 per cent for the same period. The uptick, described as a “back-to-school bounce,” suggests renewed buyer engagement after a summer disrupted by holidays and…
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Netflix’s YA Rowing Drama ‘Crew Girl’ Capsizes and Sinks: TV Review
Variety’s review of Netflix’s new YA drama “Crew Girl” finds the rowing-themed series visually appealing but ultimately let down by weak writing and clichéd storytelling. Created by Vivian Lin, the show follows 16-year-old single sculler Teagan Tao, who is forced to relocate after her wealthy hotelier father flees an FBI investigation into fraud, leaving her…
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‘Crew Girl’ Review: Netflix’s Latest YA Sports Drama Checks All the Expected Boxes, but Not Much More
The Hollywood Reporter’s review of Netflix’s new YA series “Crew Girl” finds the show adequate but unremarkable, ticking off familiar genre boxes without rising above them. The series follows Teagan, an elite teenage rower who joins her new school’s varsity boys’ crew team as coxswain, and blends competitive rowing with wealthy-school drama, family rivalries and…
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No food, no water, and lone Abba record: my day out at Channel 4’s hellish new reality show
Channel 4 is launching Apocalypse, an eight-part reality series in which 16 contestants must survive for a month in an abandoned town after a fictional, unexplained catastrophe, with no essential supplies provided. A Guardian writer visited the set during filming to undergo a shortened version of the contestants’ survival training and explore the location before…