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SHEFFIELD ROADWORKS TRIGGER CHAOS FOR TAXI DRIVERS AND HOSPITAL PATIENTS – PHTM
Roadworks in Sheffield have reportedly caused severe disruption for taxi drivers and people travelling to hospital appointments. The issue matters because delays and restricted access can affect drivers’ earnings and may make it harder for patients, including those with limited mobility, to reach care on time. The report highlights concerns that diversions and congestion are…
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Phil Collins Says ‘People Were Coming to Say Goodbye’ Amidst Alcoholism Battle
Phil Collins has revealed in a new interview with The Sunday Times how close he came to death during a relapse into alcoholism, saying his family were called to his hospital bedside to say goodbye in case he did not survive. The 75-year-old former Genesis frontman, who has battled drink dependency for years and previously…
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CNN’s Dana Bash spars with RFK Jr over vaccine efficacy, demands he ‘look into the camera’ and push vaccines
CNN anchor Dana Bash clashed with US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr on “State of the Union” over the effectiveness of vaccines, as measles cases continue to rise across the United States. The exchange formed part of a broader, heated debate about who bears responsibility for the resurgence of the disease, with Bash pressing…
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Multiple people injured following crowd “stampede” at London music event
Multiple people were injured after a crowd “stampede” broke out at the Ghana Party In The Park festival in Barnet, London, forcing organisers and police to end the event early on Saturday 1 August 2026. The Met Police said a small fire led to the venue’s gates being temporarily closed, causing a crowd to build…
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Phil Collins details serious alcoholism: ‘People were coming to say goodbye’
Phil Collins has revealed he suffered life-threatening alcoholism after stopping Antabuse, a medication that induces illness if alcohol is consumed, which he had previously used to control an earlier drinking problem. Speaking to the Sunday Times, the 75-year-old former Genesis frontman said his renewed drinking led to a seven-month hospital stay from November 2023 with…
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Action Man Movie, Based on Iconic British Toy Originally Inspired by ‘G.I. Joe,’ in Development With Working Title and Hasbro
An Action Man film is in development at Working Title in partnership with Hasbro, which owns the rights to the British toy brand. The project marks a big-screen outing for the character, first launched in the UK in 1966 by Palitoy as a local counterpart to Hasbro’s G.I. Joe, and comes as studios continue mining…
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AstraZeneca holds talks with Bristol Myers Squibb over $400bn merger
AstraZeneca, Britain’s biggest drugmaker, is in talks to take over its US rival Bristol Myers Squibb in a deal that would create a near-$400bn (£300bn) pharmaceutical group. The tie-up would rank among the largest pharmaceutical mergers ever and would create the world’s fourth-biggest drugmaker by market value, significantly expanding AstraZeneca’s presence in the United States,…
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Locarno Pro Takes on the Big Issues: AI, “Algorithms and Consolidation Versus Creative Freedom”
The Locarno Film Festival’s industry programme, Locarno Pro, returns for its 15th edition from 6-11 August 2026 alongside the wider 79th festival, with this year’s agenda centred on how AI, data-driven power structures and industry consolidation are reshaping independent cinema. Director Markus Duffner said the topics will run throughout the programme’s panels and keynotes, reflecting…
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‘New MS treatment could be like starting a new life’
A man from Rotherham with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) has become the first patient in Sheffield, and the seventh worldwide, to receive an experimental CAR T cell therapy as part of an international clinical trial. Doctors and charities say the treatment, adapted from a cancer therapy, could be a “gamechanger” for MS if it proves…