January 2020

Hugh Grant Backs Prince Harry: The Tabloid Press ‘Murdered His Mother’

Entertainment /

Hugh Grant fully supports Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to “step back” from their royal duties, live part-time in Canada and gain financial independence. On Andy Cohen’s Sirius XM show “Radio Andy,” posted on YouTube on Wednesday, the British actor empathized with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex — particularly the media attention they […]

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PMQs: Johnson and Corbyn on NHS care and funding

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Jeremy Corbyn asked Boris Johnson why people were waiting for longer for healthcare after 10 years of Conservative government. The Labour leader told Prime Minister’s Questions the NHS was “understaffed and underfunded”. But the prime minister insisted “record sums” were going into the NHS and a new law was being passed guaranteeing funding. Mr Johnson

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David Bowie: Unseen footage released by De Montfort University

Entertainment /

Previously unseen footage of David Bowie recovered from a university archive has been released. The 30 minutes of experimental film was shot by friend and collaborator Prof Martin Richardson to create a hologram. The finished product was used on artwork on the album Hours but the film remained in storage at Leicester’s De Montfort University.

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Twitter apologises for letting ads target neo-Nazis and bigots

Business /

Image copyright Getty Images Twitter has apologised for allowing adverts to be micro-targeted at certain users such as neo-Nazis, homophobes and other hate groups. The BBC discovered the issue and that prompted the tech firm to act. Our investigation found it possible to target users who had shown an interest in keywords including “transphobic”, “white

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