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Political heavyweights clash over Budget tax plans and Trump’s Falklands signals
Laffer warns Labour against “taxing Britain to death” as Burnham backs public control; Hitchens questions the special relationship; plus Katie Taylor’s retirement, gambling site data breaches and a big Premier League weekend.
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Pair who ‘cynically abused’ the healthcare system by selling more than 2,000 fake Covid-19 ‘passports’ during the pandemic are jailed
Two men have been jailed for running a fraudulent scheme that sold more than 2,000 fake Covid-19 vaccination “passports” during the pandemic, in a case described by investigators as a cynical abuse of the healthcare system for financial gain. Waqas Hanif and Touqir Nasir advertised the bogus documents online, charging clients up to £150 each,…
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42 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the “Gold Chain Troubadour of Country Music” Who Started a Honky Tonk Revolution
Ernest Tubb, the country singer credited with pioneering the honky-tonk genre, died on 6 September 1984 from emphysema at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, aged 70. Known as the “Gold Chain Troubadour”, Tubb transformed country music with his 1941 hit “Walking the Floor Over You” and went on to mentor and champion numerous future stars during…
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Sanders pushes ‘death penalty’ for crucial US industry that could give advantage to foreign adversaries
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar have introduced legislation that would impose severe criminal and corporate penalties on American artificial intelligence developers, including up to 20 years in prison for individuals and a “corporate death penalty” that would strip firms of their legal right to operate in the United States. The Ban Artificial Superintelligence…
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“My favourite sequence”: the underrated 1971 movie Martin Scorsese calls a “masterpiece”
Martin Scorsese has named Elaine May’s 1971 dark comedy A New Leaf as one of his favourite films, calling it a “masterpiece” despite it being one of the more overlooked comedies of the era. The revelation came during a conversation with actor Jonah Hill for Interview Magazine, in which Hill recalled Scorsese recommending the film…
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Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Must-Hear Soft Rock Hits From 1969
This is a light nostalgia feature celebrating soft rock songs from 1969 that resonate strongly with baby boomers, highlighting an era when the genre crossed over successfully with country, pop and folk styles. The piece runs through four tracks that either topped charts or became lasting standards, illustrating the year’s musical breadth rather than reporting…
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Art Garfunkel Says He’s Considering Leaving US Over Trump Presidency
Art Garfunkel, one half of Simon & Garfunkel, has said he is considering leaving the United States because of his dismay at the direction the country has taken under President Donald Trump. In a new interview with The Guardian, the 84-year-old singer said he is “not aboard” with current events and is “thinking of leaving…
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I won £115million on the Lottery, then immediately gave half of it away: EuroMillions jackpot winner ‘inspired by Dolly Parton’ sets up charitable trust to help others share in her good fortune
Frances Connolly, 60, who won a £115million EuroMillions jackpot with her husband Paddy in 2019, has given away an estimated half of their fortune and set up a charitable trust to support good causes across the North East of England. She has said her generosity was inspired by the late singer Dolly Parton, who died…
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Ealing Broadway station to trial ‘calm space’ for passengers to pause and reset during their journeys
Transport for London is trialling a “calm space” pod at Ealing Broadway Tube station, designed to give neurodivergent passengers a quiet, soundproofed area to pause and recover during overwhelming journeys. The initiative, run in partnership with charities NOOK and Autistica, forms part of Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Equity in Motion plan launched in 2024 to make…
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American Airlines passenger from hell who had to be DUCT-TAPED to seat after hurling racist and homophobic slurs is identified as Arizona realtor
An American Airlines passenger who had to be duct-taped to his seat mid-flight after allegedly launching into a racist and homophobic tirade has been identified as Layne Arthur Lundeen, a 67-year-old Tucson realtor. The incident forced Flight 618, travelling from Dallas to Newark, to divert to Baltimore, where Lundeen was removed by authorities before the…