The UK’s largest supermarket chain had its busiest days ever over Christmas, reporting “strong” growth thanks to sales of fresh food as customers sought to eat more healthily. Tesco’s busiest ever days were 22 and 23 December, the group said. Behind the recorded 3.7% UK sales growth in the 19 weeks to 3 January was…
One battle is in the rearview for Teyana Taylor. The multihyphenate entertainer has secured the Golden Globe for supporting actress in a motion picture for her performance as revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills in Paul Thomas Andersonβs black comedy βOne Battle After Another.β Taylor beat out Ariana Grande (βWicked: For Goodβ), Amy Madigan (βWeaponsβ), Emily Blunt…
A cabinet minister has refused to be drawn on whether the UK would support the US if it decided to take military action against Iran amid widespread protests in the country. Transport secretary Heidi Alexander said she was “not going to get into commentary on the comments from another country about their foreign policy or…
HOUMA, La.Β βΒ For nearly 50 years, James Blanchard has made his living in the Gulf of Mexico, pulling shrimp from the sea. Itβs all he ever wanted to do, since he was around 12 years old and accompanied his father, a mailman and part-time shrimper, as he spent weekends trawling the marshy waters off Louisiana. Blanchard…
Freshman point guard Phillip Reed Jr. of Palisades entered high school ready to sink or swim going against varsity players who were stronger and more experienced. βI wanted to jump into the water head first,β he said. His progress is similar to that of other freshmen given opportunities to produce immediately. The early days of…
WH Smith, the London-listed travel retail group, is drawing up plans to identify a new chairman amid a battle to restore investors’ faith in the company. Sky News has learnt that a search for two new non-executive directors is expected to lead to the recruitment of a candidate capable of replacing Annette Court within about…
This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of βThe Night Managerβ Season 2. It wasnβt inevitable that βThe Night Manager,β an adaptation of John le CarrΓ©βs 1993 spy novel, would have a sequel. Le CarrΓ© didnβt write one and the six-episode series, which aired in 2016, had a definitive ending. But after the…
Lord Peter Mandelson has refused to apologise for his personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The former UK ambassador to the US, who was sacked last September over emails which showed the extent of his support for the convicted paedophile following his conviction, told BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he had paid a “calamitous” price…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ After President Trump ordered strikes that led to the capture of Venezuelaβs president, NicolΓ‘s Maduro, celebrations erupted in Venezuelan communities across the U.S. But for many of the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants facing possible deportation, their relief and joy were cut by the fear about what comes next from an administration that has…
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Saturday’s games.