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The Bank of England has cut the interest rate for the fifth time in a year to 4% but warned that climbing food prices will cause inflation to jump higher in 2025. In a tight decision that saw members of the rate-setting committee vote twice to break a deadlock, the Bank cut the rate to…
Book Review Ready for My Close-Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of Hollywood By David M. LubinGrand Central Publishing: 336 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. For a long time, President Trumpβs lists of favorite…
Councillors have given the green light for the introduction of a 7% visitor levy for Aberdeen. The “tourist tax” will not come into force until at least April 2027, but it is expected to generate millions of pounds a year that will be reinvested back into the city. The charge for overnight stays will apply…
The Avengers will soon be assembling for a much younger demographic. Disney Jr. plans to expand its collaboration with Marvel, announcing a new series launching in 2027 titled βMarvelβs Avengers: Mightiest Friends.β Itβs a partnership that began in 2021 when Disney Jr. premiered βSpidey and His Amazing Friends,β the first full-length Marvel preschool series, and…
Los Angeles just canβt get a break. The latest embarrassment is LA28 chair Casey Wasserman, the man tasked with making sure the 2028 Summer Olympics are a massive success. At a news conference this week announcing that President Trump will head a federal Olympics task force, Wasserman offered L.A. a giant whoopie cushion. With Wasserman…
The backer of one of Britain’s biggest home improvement specialists is plotting a sale that would close the door on one of the longest ownership periods in the private equity industry’s history. Sky News has learnt that Alchemy Partners is preparing to appoint investment bankers to sell Anglian Home Improvements, the provider of windows, doors…
The last time a penguin was this serious of an awards contender, it was tap dancing with happy feet. Now, HBOβs βThe Penguin,β fleshing out the origin story of the waddling, tuxedo-clad βgentleman mobsterβ after more than 80 years as one of the Caped Crusaderβs best-known adversaries, has earned a staggering 24 Emmy nominations. For…
Diane Gall’s husband, Martyn, had been out on a morning bike ride with his friends on their usual route one winter morning in November 2020 – when he was killed by a reckless driver.Β Diane and her daughters had to wait almost three years for her husband’s case to be heard in court. The case…
Migrants who crossed the English Channel have been detained for deportation to France under the new “one in one out” returns deal. The first detentions came after pictures showed people on small boats headed for the UK yesterday, the day the pilot scheme came into force. The Home Office said detentions began at Wednesday lunchtime,…
Bailey Zimmerman bounds into a conference room at his managerβs office in Beverly Hills with the puppyish enthusiasm of someone even younger than he is. At 25, Zimmerman has already scored four No. 1 country-radio hits β including βRock and a Hard Placeβ and the namesake track from his double-platinum 2023 debut, βReligiously. The Albumβ…
