- Thursday, March 06, 2025
A fierce heatwave sweeping western Europe was on Tuesday set to smash Britain’s all-time temperature record, as swathes of the continent wilted under a scorching sun which has fed ferocious wildfires and stretched emergency services. Forecasters in the UK have for days been predicting the current national record of 38.7…
Forecasts that British temperatures could hit a record high this week forced train operators to cancel or slow services on Monday, reawakening an age-old debate about why the British rail network struggles in the heat. As the mercury soared, Britain’s rail companies imposed speed restrictions on the network due to…
THE latest take-home grocery figures from Kantar show that supermarket sales rose by 0.1 per cent in the 12 weeks to July 10, 2022. This is the first time the market has registered growth since April last year. Supply chain issues have driven costs up across the industry and like-for-like…
PROMINENT British Asian chef Asma Khan confronted a group of diners at her restaurant after they refused to be served by a black waitress, according to a report. The incident took place at Khan’s Darjeeling Express restaurant in London’s Covent Garden. When an Asian Indian family told a waitress they…
FORMER finance minister Rishi Sunak widened his lead in the latest round of voting Monday (18) by Conservative MPs to decide Britain’s next prime minister, but the race to get in the final two tightened. Sunak won the support of 115 Tory lawmakers, followed by Penny Mordaunt on 82 votes,…
As Priyanka Chopra turned a year older, wishes poured over from across the globe. However, the most special one came from her husband Nick Jonas. Nick posted a bunch of pictures for Priyanka on her special day and attached a sweet note with it. He wrote, “Happiest birthday to my…
British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who turned 46 on Tuesday, is known for his portrayals of intelligent, often upper-crust characters, his deep resonant voice, and his distinctive name. Along with gaining widespread popularity for playing a modern Sherlock Holmes in the television series ‘Sherlock’, the actor has also brought to life…
Hollywood actor Peter Dinklage of Game of Thrones fame has been cast by Lionsgate as Casca Highbottom, dean of the Academy, in the upcoming prequel ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming project, which is an adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel,…
Well-known Bangladeshi writer and activist Taslima Nasrin has given her two cents on Sushmita Set and Lalit Modi’s relationship. She has slammed the actress for getting into a relationship with Modi. Taking to her Facebook account, Taslima Nasrin recalled her meeting with Sen and wrote in Bengali, “I met Sushmita…
As Britain’s most successful male athlete revealed recently that his original name was not Mo Farah and that he had been trafficked into the European nation when he was young, the natural question is where is the ‘real’ Mo Farah now. Media reports said the ‘real’ Mo Farah is a…
