Image caption Zoe Ball began hosting Radio 2’s breakfast show in January 2019 Zoe Ball has added 335,000 listeners to her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, the latest industry figures reveal. Data from industry body Rajar shows Ball’s breakfast show attracted an average weekly audience of 8.24 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. It […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Airbnb will no longer allow under-25s in Canada to book whole properties in their local area, to try to prevent potentially violent house parties. The new rules follow a shooting at a Toronto Airbnb booking last week in which three people were killed. Violence occurred with a very small percentage of
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Actors Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci were all made to look much, much younger in the Oscar nominated film The Irishman. The visual effects were developed by Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) who created their own digital de-aging process. BBC Click spoke to Pablo Helman, the film’s VFX Supervisor to find out
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Hayley Scamurra scored in the third period, leading the United States to a 3-1 victory over Canada in Game 4 of their Rivalry Series February 6, 2020, 8:22 AM 5 min read VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Hilary Knight and her U.S. teammates carried a decade-old grudge into Game 4 of their Rivalry Series with Canada,
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Iowa Democratic officials said on a private conference call on Wednesday night that nearly all the much-delayed results of Monday’s caucuses would be released by Thursday, although a few precincts might remain outstanding. The reason? Tally sheets had been dropped into snail mail. Party leaders revealed new details of how the reporting process went calamitously
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Flights have resumed at an Istanbul airport after a Turkish airliner skidded off a runway, killing three people and injuring 180 others By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press February 6, 2020, 8:17 AM 2 min read ISTANBUL — Flights resumed Thursday at an Istanbul airport after a Turkish airliner skidded off a runway, killing three people
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A flight headed to Las Vegas from Seoul, South Korea, was diverted to Los Angeles over concerns that some of the passengers might have been exposed to a new virus February 6, 2020, 1:14 AM 1 min read LOS ANGELES — A Korean Air flight headed to Las Vegas from Seoul, South Korea, was diverted
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“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert warned that President Donald Trump will only be emboldened now that he’s been acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial. “It’s official: Nothing means anything,” Colbert said. “Right is wrong. Up is down. Missouri is Kansas.” He said asking for foreign interference in an election is the “new normal.” And he
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Image copyright Getty Images China plans to halve tariffs on 1,717 goods it imports from the US as the country faces the fresh challenge of the coronavirus. Chinese officials said tariffs on some goods would be cut from to 5% from 10%, and on others from 5% to 2.5%. The two countries have been stuck
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Paul George and Landry Shamet each scored 23 points to lead eight Clippers players in double figures as Los Angeles beat the Miami Heat 128-111 for its third consecutive win By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer February 6, 2020, 7:02 AM 4 min read LOS ANGELES — Once the Los Angeles Clippers figured out Miami’s
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