Category: United Kingdom

US-owned firm ‘Emcor’ was CCTV provider for Matt Hancock’s office

Photo: The government has launched an investigation into the leaked CCTV footage of Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters A firm that provided security at Matt Hancock’s office, where leaked CCTV footage showed him kissing an aide, has also worked at the Porton Down defence research laboratory, RAF bases, and a military bunker that would house…

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Flora Rider, 9, becomes youngest winner of world marmalade award

Photo: Flora Rider with her winning marmalade. Photo by Hermione McCosh Photography. 21 June 2021 | Lori Little | County Press AT JUST nine years old, Chillerton’s Flora Rider has been named the world’s best marmalade maker in a prestigious competition. She triumphed over thousands of entries in the 2021 Homemade Marmalade Awards, receiving the…

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The Beast Motorcade Comes to Cornwall

Photo: The Beast: the presidential limousine. Where the President goes, the 17-piece motorcade goes as well. Including the moving studio apartment known as The Beast. Taking over whose street his street in the heart of Washington DC is one thing. But the admittedly single-lane blacktops in and around Cornwall, UK? Not so much. 11 June…

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Martin Bashir: The princess, the reporter and the BBC

21 May 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media An independent inquiry by Lord Dyson, a former senior judge, found journalist Martin Bashir used deception to secure the interview and then lied to BBC managers. Princess Diana: What is the Martin Bashir interview row all about? An independent inquiry by Lord Dyson, a former senior…

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Shane Meadows set for first BBC series, ‘The Gallows Pole’

SOURCE: WAYNE CHATFIELD SHANE MEADOWS 18 May 2021 |  BEN DALTON | Screendaily UK filmmaker Shane Meadows is to make his first-ever BBC television drama with The Gallows Pole, produced with UK-Irish producers Element Pictures. The series, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers, fictionalises the true story of 18th-century ironworker…

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‘Don’t Forget The Driver’ Series 2 Cancelled

Toby Jones: “We had the second series of Don’t Forget The Driver written, it was all there. And Covid ate it.” 14 May 2021 | Jay Richardson | British Comedy Guide Toby Jones‘s comedy Don’t Forget The Driver has been cancelled. BBC Two had ordered a second series of the comedy drama, which starred Jones as a Bognor…

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The World’s First Floating Swimming Pool

Calling all adrenaline junkies: Take a dip in Sky Pool, a water-filled bridge between two 10-story residential towers 30 April 2021 | Jessica Cherner | Architectural Digest (original link) Anyone who thinks Londoners prefer to play it safe may have to recant that opinion come May 19, when a pool positioned nearly 115 feet in…

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Boris Johnson: Mussed hair revealed during ‘cash for curtains’ clash

Keir Starmer strips away Johnson’s gloss to reveal a narcissistic teenager in full meltdown 28 April 2021 | John Crace | The Guardian (original link) Not even a trained arsonist could have imagined such spectacular pyrotechnics. This was Dominic Cummings’s wildest dreams come true. Revenge didn’t come sweeter than Boris Johnson having a breakdown during…

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Watch: Life in Stages – Oliva Colman (UK National Theatre)

Life in Stages is the National Theatre’s brand-new interview series profiling some of the biggest names in British theatre on YouTube. 24 April 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media From endearing and funny tales of her first stage experiences, to her crowning moment of glory at the Oscar’s, The Crown’s Olivia Colman speaks to…

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Watch: Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral (17 April 2021)

Duke of Edinburgh’s life of service and loyalty will be observed in a service in the grounds of Windsor castle. 17 April 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media Worldwide coverage should be available beginning 12:30 PM UK time on Sky News: Sky News Live Sky News Live YouTube Prince Philip’s funeral will take place…

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