Nirvana urges US judges to dismiss ‘naked baby’ lawsuit for good February 1, 2022 Nirvana has urged a US judge to dismiss the ‘naked baby’ case for good as the lawsuit lingers on.
UK betting council to introduce data sharing trial to prevent problem gamblers February 1, 2022 The UK's gaming and betting industry body announced this morning that it will be introducing a new scheme to share data on those most at risk of gambling harm.
Londoner Lashana Lynch nabs BAFTA nomination as award season nears February 1, 2022 James Bond star Lashana Lynch and “West Side Story” Golden Globe winner Ariana DeBose are among the nominees for the EE Rising Star Award at this year’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards. London-born Lynch was catapulted into the global spotlight last year as 007 agent Nomi in the latest James [...]
BBC Three is finally back on our screens February 1, 2022 BBC Three is officially back on our TV screens from today after five years of absence.
Vice Media behind £15m Saudi government music festival February 1, 2022 Vice Media helped organise a Saudi government music festival in March 2020 despite pledging to stop all work in the nation following the fallout from the state-ordered murder of dissident Jamal Khashoggi.
Blackwell’s puts itself on the sale shelf after 143 years of family ownership February 1, 2022 One of the UK’s oldest booksellers Blackwell’s is looking to sell up after its 143-year history as it scraps plans to hand ownership of the business to its employees. As first reported by Mark Kleinman, the academic bookshop which has been owned by its founding family since its first store opened in Oxford in 1879, [...]
Creative industries get £50m boost as Tories drive ‘level up’ opportunities February 1, 2022 The government injects £50m into creative industries as the Tories hammer home their level up programme and invest in "world class" arts.
AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia in £32bn Discovery media merger February 1, 2022 AT&T announced today that it will spin off WarnerMedia in a $43bn (£32bn) transaction to merge its media properties with Discovery and also cut its dividend by nearly half.
Javid calms new variant fears as government announces NHS vaccine U-turn February 1, 2022 Sajid Javid attempts to calm fears for new variants as he reassures the public that “part of living with COVID means living with new variants and subvariants”. “While some countries remain stuck on a zero-COVID strategy and others think about how they will safely open up here, we’re showing the way forward, and showing the [...]
UK lags behind Europe on gender boardroom balance February 1, 2022 UK boardroom diversity falls behind Europe with less than a third of seats held by women
