- Sunday, February 23, 2025
Air India, India’s leading global airline, today unveiled a colossal library of content for its new, best-in-class inflight entertainment (IFE) system that will offer an immersive entertainment experience to travellers on its long-haul flights. The full suite of the new IFE content features over 2,200 hours of entertainment content across…
A school, headed by the former government social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh, is facing a legal challenge in the High Court regarding a policy allegedly amounting to a ‘prayer ban’. Michaela School in Brent, north London, faced legal scrutiny in the court over allegations of implementing a “prayer ban.” The…
THE elaborate web of lies fabricated by serial fantasist Eleanor Williams, about being groomed by an Asian gang, were revealed in 50 hours of police videos obtained by the BBC. The footage captures the evolution of Williams’ deceit over a three-year period, with one video showcasing her feigning drugged behaviour…
GARETH THOMAS MP has written to the home secretary seeking his intervention over Tier 5 religious worker visas, which enable UK temples to recruit priests, saying such places of worship face closure over staff shortages. In a letter to James Cleverly on Wednesday (17), the Labour MP for Harrow West,…
The makers of 10 Lives have unveiled the first look at the much-awaited animated feature whose voice cast features Simone Ashley, Zayn Malik, Mo Gilligan, and Sophie Okonedo. The film, bankrolled by UK-based GFM Animation, is set to debut at Sundance Film Festival 2024. It follows Beckett, a pampered cat,…
The Old Vic Theatre in London will present the world premiere of a new adaptation of Sophocles’ Oedipus, adapted by Ella Hickson. The production, which is set to launch in January 2025, will feature Oscar winner Rami Malek and former Game of Thrones star Indira Varma in lead roles. This…
Tata Steel announced on Friday (19), the closure of its two blast furnaces in Britain by the end of this year, potentially leading to the loss of up to 2,800 jobs at its steelworks plant in Wales. The closures are part of India-owned Tata Steel’s plan to turn around its…
LONDON mayor Sadiq Khan on Thursday (18) announced the extension of the free holiday meals programme for another year. Khan would spend £4 million in his 2024/25 budget to continue the programme that provides free meals to families during schools holidays and at weekends, a statement said. Under the initiative,…
Rishi Sunak urged members of the UK’s unelected upper chamber of parliament on Thursday (18) to approve his controversial proposal to send migrants to Rwanda, asserting that it reflected “the will of the people.” The prime minister survived a key test of his leadership on Wednesday night, fending off right-wing…
Katy Galloway Productions has announced a limited run at the Garrick Theatre of the one-woman show Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon. Charithra Chandran, the break-out star of the hit Netflix drama Bridgerton, is set to star in the show. Written by actor-director Rosie Day, Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon received…
