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Government campaign urges households to store food and water
The Government is preparing a “national resilience campaign” urging households to keep tinned food and bottled water on hand, as ministers step up planning for extreme weather, cyber attacks and hostile state action. The drive, coordinated across Whitehall by First Secretary of State Louise Haigh, is being framed by officials as “common sense, not scaremongering,”…
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Police vow to examine allegations of illegal ‘family voting’ at local elections after dossier shows staff recorded concerns at 50 polling stations across Birmingham
West Midlands Police say they will examine evidence of alleged illegal “family voting” at May’s local elections, after a Daily Mail investigation exposed reports of voter intimidation at 50 polling stations across Birmingham. The force will work alongside the Electoral Commission and Birmingham City Council, England’s largest local authority, to review a dossier compiled from…
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Tax older generation more to boost the public purse, Left-wingers urge Labour
The Left-leaning Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has urged the Government to shift more of the tax burden from younger workers onto older, wealthier generations, arguing the current system unfairly penalises work and youth. The think-tank’s recommendations are likely to influence Chancellor John Healey as he prepares his first Budget in October, amid mounting…
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Sam Register Leaving As Warner Bros. Animation President
Sam Register, President of Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, is leaving the company after nearly three decades, with Warner Bros. Television Group chief Channing Dungey announcing that his contract will not be renewed. The departure comes at a sensitive moment for the studio, as parent company Warner Bros Discovery faces…
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Older property owners should be taxed more ‘to address rising costs of ageing population’
A report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) argues that Britain needs to overhaul its tax system, shifting the burden away from younger workers and onto property wealth and older generations, warning that an ageing population will drive nearly 80 per cent of the UK’s additional fiscal pressure by 2075. Written by Oxford…
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Long-Time Warner Bros. Animation President Sam Register Departing
Sam Register, the long-serving president of Warner Bros. Animation, is departing the studio after 18 years in charge, in a move his boss Channing Dungey admitted came as a surprise to staff. Dungey, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Television Group and WBD US Networks, told employees in a memo that she and Register had…
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Chinese teens are turning to mind-numbing drugs to ‘run away from reality’
Teenagers in China are increasingly turning to prescription and over-the-counter medicines to achieve a “pharmaceutical high”, using them as a way to escape intense academic pressure, according to BBC reporting based on interviews and social media chat groups. One 14-year-old, given the pseudonym Xiaomei, began overdosing on cough medication and later moved on to other…
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Sam Register to Depart as Head of Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe (EXCLUSIVE)
Sam Register, the long-serving head of Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, is leaving the company next week after both parties agreed not to renew his contract. Warner Bros. TV Group chair Channing Dungey confirmed the departure in a staff memo, thanking Register for his contributions and noting that a search…
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Clinton-appointed judge triggers appeal after blocking key voter citizenship law
A federal judge in Ohio, appointed by President Clinton, has blocked a new state law that would have required voter registration applicants to provide documentary proof of citizenship, such as a passport or birth certificate, before enrolling. Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. ruled on Tuesday that the requirement conflicts with the federal National Voter Registration Act,…
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Trump’s Kennedy Center Name Change Cost Venue Nearly $100 Million in Lost Revenue: Report
A Washington Post report based on confidential documents has revealed that adding Donald Trump’s name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts cost the venue nearly $100 million in lost revenue, as ticket sales and fundraising collapsed even as officials publicly claimed the finances were improving. This matters because it exposes a…