Two major broadband altnets are close to finalising a merger that will propel them into the ranks of the sector’s largest players amid growing financial pressure to consolidate. Sky News understands that Truespeed and Freedom Fibre are in advanced talks about a tie-up. One industry source cautioned that the negotiations could yet fall apart, but […]
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Actor and scooter enthusiast Sir Idris Elba has been slapped with a fine for going more than 20mph on his moped. Speed cameras clocked the actor, 53, making his way across Chelsea Embankment in central London at 10.12am on 21 June last year. Sir Idris is renowned for his love of mopeds – so much
One Battle After Another, the politically charged dark comedy thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a washed-up revolutionary, leads this year’s BAFTA nominations with 14 nods. It is closely followed by period vampire horror Sinners, which has 13, and frenetic ping-pong flick Marty Supreme and Shakespeare drama Hamnet, which each have 11. All four are nominated
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A father whose newborn baby died after an “avoidable” delay in her delivery has accused a hospital trust’s home birth service of playing “Russian roulette” with the lives of mothers and babies. Warning – this story includes descriptions of a newborn child’s suffering and death Thomas and Victoria Gillibrand’s baby, Pippa, suffered a severe brain
A Russian drone strike on a bus in Ukraine has killed at least 12 people, emergency services have said. Several more were wounded in the attack on the bus, which was carrying mineworkers in the southeastern city of Dnipro. Ukraine‘s emergency service said a fire broke out after the strike but was extinguished by firefighters.
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This year’s BAFTA nominations have now been revealed, with stars including Timothee Chalamet, Jessie Buckley, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael B Jordan and Teyana Taylor in the running for acting awards. One Battle After Another leads the nominations with 14, while Sinners has 13, and Marty Supreme and Hamnet each have 11. There are 26 categories in
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A rapper has been jailed for at least 24 years for a drive-by attack in which a man was shot six times but managed to drag himself back to his flat. Daniel Offei-Ntow needed life-saving surgery after being hit in the head, mouth and body as he sat in his car in Notting Hill, west
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Dame Esther Rantzen has described living with terminal cancer, saying she “didn’t expect to see last Christmas” – as she criticised delays to assisted dying legislation. Dame Esther told Mornings With Ridge And Frost she has accepted “there is no cure” for her condition, but said treatment had “delayed” her cancer by three years. The
The official confirmation of Dame Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury is an immense step for the Church of England (CoE). Unless you believe in Pope Joan, the legendary female pontiff who supposedly reigned under the title of John VIII, the 63-year-old will become the first female leader in the church in England’s
Nearly 600 jobs have been lost after the owner of Revolution bars went into administration. The Revel Collective, which revealed on Monday that it had filed notice of an intention to appoint administrators, said it had since formally appointed FTI Consulting. Venues closing with immediate effect include 14 Revolution bars, six Revolucion de Cuba bars
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