Parallel Mothers review: Another glorious Pedro Almodovar movie February 9, 2022 For reasons unrelated to cinema, it feels like an age since we last saw a new film by Pedro Almodovar. In reality, it’s only been a couple of years since his Oscar-nominated love letter to creativity Pain and Glory, which proved the Spanish filmmaking legend shows no signs of losing his edge. His new film, [...]
Jackass Forever is an affectionate tribute to 20 years of chaos February 8, 2022 “The world waited for what felt like forever” begins the narrator of Jackass Forever’s trailer. In truth, few could have predicted the return of the madcap crew for a fourth film (seventh if you include spin-offs). Financially, it makes sense – they’re cheap to produce, draw a crowd, and tug at early noughties nostalgia. However, [...]
Porn sites in the UK to check ages February 8, 2022 To mark Safer Internet Day today, Digital Minister Chris Philp is set to strengthen the Online Safety Bill, including adding a new legal duty requiring all sites that publish porn to put robust checks to ensure users are over 18. This could include adults using secure age verification technology to verify that they possess a [...]
Azets tables plans to recruit 1,000 new apprentices in 2022 February 8, 2022 Accountancy firm and SME business advisor Azets has tabled plans to recruit 350 new graduates and host 1,000 apprenticeships this year. Recent graduates, similar to the cohorts of 2008 and 2009, have battled against turbulent job prospects amid the pandemic. The latest recruitment drive forms part of a wider pledge to create 650 new jobs [...]
Rugby’s domestic derbies should not be played in the international window February 8, 2022 The East Midlands derby between Leicester Tigers and Northampton Saints is one of the fixtures fans look for when the schedule is released. Saracens against Harlequins, Bath against Gloucester, Tigers against Saints – these are the staples of English domestic rugby, the bitter rivalries decades, if not centuries, in the making. So its beggars belief [...]
Shunting civil servants around the UK will never deliver what enterprise can February 8, 2022 You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. Advice from the past that seems pertinent to a government committing levelling up into law. What was a slogan is now “12 national missions” published in a white paper last week, to provide a central mission for government to deliver economic parity to all regions of the [...]
Sam Torrance: Nicolai Hojgaard is destined to be a world beater February 7, 2022 Big-money tournaments elsewhere in the Middle East may have attracted the headlines but the best golf story of the weekend for me was Nicolai Hojgaard. The young Dane and his twin brother Rasmus are going to be world-beaters and Nicolai took the next step on that journey with an extraordinary victory at the Ras Al [...]
London suburb of Harrow emerges as unexpected hotspot for tax avoidance February 7, 2022 The London suburb of Harrow has been revealed as the unexpected centre of tax avoidance in the UK with 346 taxpayers coming forward to admit tax avoidance last year, placing it first out of 120 areas of the UK. In fact, The number of people admitting to tax avoidance in Harrow has jumped 280 per [...]
UK government should upskill managers to level up the country, CMI says February 7, 2022 The UK government should invest in efforts to upskill Britain’s managers in its bid to tackle regional inequality, according to the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). The trade body for managers said the government should fund schemes to improve Britain’s leadership skills, in order to increase productivity and level up the country. CMI chief executive Ann [...]
Meta share price plunge sees investors buy up almost 20 times more shares February 7, 2022 New data has revealed that investors purchased 1,828 per cent more shares day after Meta's fourth quarter announcement last week after the tech giant's stock dived 26 per cent.