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Prime Video’s ‘James Bond’-Style Spy Thriller Is Officially a Streaming Sensation
Prime Video’s spy thriller The Night Manager, starring Tom Hiddleston, has become one of the platform’s most-watched shows, continuing to perform strongly worldwide following the release of its second season earlier this year. The series, often compared to James Bond and John Wick for its blend of espionage and combat sequences, follows Hiddleston’s character Jonathan…
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Creative Arts Emmy Awards: Winners List (Updating Live)
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards kicked off with night one honouring achievements in categories such as variety, reality, and documentary programming, with “Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” and “The Traitors” leading the night’s wins. The ceremony recognised the vast, often unheralded creative workforce behind television, as highlighted by opening host…
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Natalie Portman Welcomes Third Child, First With Partner Tanguy Destable
Actor Natalie Portman has welcomed her third child, her first with partner Tanguy Destable, the couple’s baby was born in Paris last month, according to People. It marks a new chapter for the Oscar winner, who confirmed the pregnancy in April and spoke openly about the gratitude and perspective she has gained with age, ahead…
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Nigel Farage says ‘bad period’ is over for Reform as family urges him to quit as he faces barrage of questions over donations to his party
Nigel Farage used his party’s Birmingham conference to declare that a “difficult” period for Reform UK was over, revealing that his family had urged him to quit politics amid a barrage of questions over the legitimacy of donations to the party. His remarks came after the conference was overshadowed by a Channel 4 undercover sting…
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Hard Right spectre looms over the EU: SUE REID investigates how anti-immigration parties stormed from the fringes and are now poised to take power for the first time since the Nazi era
A nationalist, anti-immigration party is on course to win state elections in the German city of Magdeburg, marking what would be the first time such a force has taken power in Germany since the Nazi era ended in 1945. Final polls put Alternative for Germany (AfD) on 41 per cent in Saxony-Anhalt, and the party’s…
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Pete Hegseth furiously snaps back against rumors he’s looking to fire top Department of War colleague: ‘His leadership is historic’
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has publicly rejected reports that the White House was preparing to remove his deputy, Steve Feinberg, calling the claims “COMPLETELY false” and describing Feinberg’s leadership as “historic”. The dispute matters because it points to possible friction within the Trump administration’s defence leadership at a time when the Pentagon, now rebranded…
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Alarming levels of Viagra found in ‘organic aphrodisiac honey’ which is being sold as food to boost your love life
An investigation has found that “aphrodisiac honey” products, marketed as organic health foods to enhance sexual vitality, are being illegally laced with unauthorised erectile dysfunction drugs, including sildenafil (Viagra) and tadalafil. Medical experts in the US had already raised concerns about these products, which are advertised on social media, and researchers warn they are now…
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TOBY YOUNG: Stop policing our tweets and start policing streets
Toby Young, director of the Free Speech Union, criticises UK police forces for prioritising the arrest of people over online comments rather than tackling rising street crime such as shoplifting and mobile phone theft. He argues this stems from senior officers and government figures viewing platforms like X, YouTube and Facebook as threats to social…
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Bayeux Tapestry lands in UK, Baltic hybrid-threat force, GOP convention turmoil
The Bayeux Tapestry has gone on display in Britain for the first time, unveiled by King Charles and President Macron, while Germany proposes a Baltic rapid-response force against Russian threats and the Republican Dallas convention descends into disarray amid fake-website claims; also: OpenAI’s wiki mishap, Newcastl…