βStrip Law,β a new cartoon premiering Friday, finds Netflix in an Adult Swim state of mind, which is to say there was no thought of it being made for everybody. (Possibly including some of the people it was made for.) Itβs rude, lewd, surreal in a banal sort of way, at times ridiculously violent β…
More money than ever has been left over in the public finances due to more tax being paid, official figures show. January had the biggest budget surplus since records began in 1993, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It meant the government received more money than it spent last month, leaving…
The roars were back at The Riv on Thursdayβ¦ and so was the rain. After a four-birdie spree on the back nine, Englishman Aaron Rai vaulted into the lead at six-under-par through 16 holes before the horn sounded to suspend play at 5:41 p.m. He and 29 others will finish their first rounds when play…
A Norwegian green steel group is in the running to buy Speciality Steels UK (SSUK), Britain’s third-biggest producer of the metal, six months after it collapsed into liquidation. Sky News has learnt that Blastr, which is privately owned, is among a small number of parties which remain talks with the Official Receiver about a deal…
Snoop Dogg is dropping Olympics tickets like itβs hot. The hip-hop icon has been busy at the Milan-Cortina Games as a special correspondent for NBC as well as an honorary coach for the U.S. team. According to recent reports by NBC and Reuters, heβs also been spreading the Olympics joy to the locals. The rapper…
The UK has not agreed to allow the US to launch air strikes against Iran from a British base on Diego Garcia and another in Gloucestershire, it is understood. The Times first reported the lack of permission. The newspaper said, as a result of the UK’s reticence, Donald Trump had withdrawn his support for a…
As the search for Nancy Guthrie stretches into its third week, there is growing concern that the trail to find the missing 84-year-old is rapidly growing cold. Investigators have detained two people since Guthrie was abducted from her Tucson home in the early hours of Feb. 1. But both were released after questioning and no…
MILANΒ βΒ Jordan Stolzβs run for the speedskating triple crown came up short in the 1,500 meters Thursday, with the American settling for silver behind Chinaβs Ning Zhongyan at the Milan-Cortina Games. Ning set an Olympic record, blazing the oval at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in 1 minute and 41.98 seconds. Stolz, who won gold in the…
The advisory firm founded by Lord Mandelson is on the verge of being placed in administration, a member of staff has told Sky News. Global Counsel (GC), which severed its connection to the former government minister and ambassador to the US earlier this month amid his association with the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, employs…
In this weekβs episode of The Envelope podcast, the βWeaponsβ star discusses finding viral fame with her Oscar-nominated role as Aunt Gladys after years of ups and downs. Kelvin Washington: Welcome to The Envelope. Iβm Kelvin Washington, alongside the usuals, Yvonne Villarreal, we got Mark Olsen as well. Everybody doing well? Yvonne Villarreal: Doing good!…