Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar dies aged 98 July 7, 2021 Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar passed away in hospital after battling a prolonged illness, his doctor confirmed earlier today. One of India’s most iconic actors with a career spanning over 50 years and starring in nearly 60 films – nicknamed the tragedy king because he would often take on films with a tragic storyline – Kumar [...]
Government adviser says Test and Trace app usage “at all-time high” July 7, 2021 A Test and Trace adviser to the government has dismissed suggestions that people are deleting the app and instead said usage is at an “all-time high”. Epidemiologist professor Christophe Fraser, who advised the Department of Health on the programme, squashed suggestions that people were deleting the app because they were getting “pinged” too often as [...]
Wise valued at £8bn in London’s biggest ever tech float July 7, 2021 Wise, one of Britain’s biggest fintech firms, has seen its valuation hit £8bn after listing on the London Exchange this morning, marking a major boost for the capital’s tech scene. Shares in the payments group, formerly known as Transferwise, began trading at £8 each in its eagerly-awaited stock market float. It follows an auction process [...]
Binance: We got a few things wrong, but we’re working on it… July 7, 2021 Beleagured Binance boss Changpeng Zhao has confessed the organisation hasn’t got everything right over the last four years as he responds to a raft of criticism and clampdowns from regulators.
OECD: Covid-19 pushed 22m people out of jobs in advanced economies July 7, 2021 Around 22m more people are now jobless in major economies than before the pandemic, according to new research by the OECD. Of these 22m people living in rich countries that have been pushed out of work during coronavirus, 8 million are unemployed and over 14 million people are classed as inactive. In its annual employment [...]
Loki Episode 5 review: staring into The Void July 7, 2021 *** WARNING: this review contains spoilers for all current episodes of Loki on Disney+ *** Last week, everything changed in the TVA. The Time Keepers were fake, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Mobius (Owen Wilson) were pruned, while Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) had Judge Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) at knifepoint. In an extra scene, Loki wakes in [...]
Most Dangerous Game: Waltz is excellent in bitesize TV thriller July 7, 2021 If you were to write a must-have list for action thrillers, TV show Most Dangerous Game would tick many of the boxes. You have a desperate hero with nowhere to turn, a villain with scary levels of omnipotence, and a concept that is easy to buy into. Liam Hemsworth is Dodge Tynes, an earnest hero [...]
Double jabbed Brits ‘to avoid quarantine’ from amber list destinations from 19 July July 7, 2021 Double jabbed Brits will be able to return from amber list countries without needing to quarantine from 19 July, in a major boost to summer holiday plans. The Sun reported that transport secretary Grant Shapps would announce the change of rules tomorrow. The change of rules – which will come into effect at the same [...]
Evening Standard falls to £17m loss as lockdown hits commuting July 7, 2021 The Evening Standard plunged to a £17.2m loss last year as repeated lockdowns and work-from-home orders hit the freesheet’s commuting readership. Revenue for the year dropped by almost a third to £44m in the year to the end of September as lower reader numbers were compounded by a slump in advertising spend. The pre-tax loss [...]
Die Hart review: Short-form TV series highlights Kevin Hart’s strengths July 7, 2021 The empire of American comedy king Kevin Hart continues to grow with Die Hart, the bite-size action-comedy series that satirises both his reputation and the action movie genre as a whole. The show was originally part of the now-defunct Quibi platform, which was never released in the UK. However, failure of an app doesn’t mean [...]
