Elon Musk sued for libel by British Thai cave rescuer
AFP Mr Musk (R) alleged that British diver Mr Unsworth (L) had a “child bride” A British cave diver is suing tech billionaire Elon Musk for defamation after his repeated claims the diver is a child abuser. Vernon Unsworth helped with the rescue of 12 Thai teenagers from a flooded cave in July. Mr Musk […]
Netflix’s You and how ‘nice guys’ became the real villains
Netflix Now returning for a third series, the hit show is part of a wave of film and TV subverting preconceptions about the men who commit violence, writes Sophie Monks Kaufman. A cliché about villains propagated by film and TV is that they’re physically conspicuous, and so anyone with eyes can see they are a […]
Ex-Dover MP faces court over £35k fine
PA Media “Serious allegations” about Elphicke were initially passed to police in 2017 A former MP who was jailed for sexually assaulting two women faces fresh court proceedings after allegedly failing to pay £35,000 in costs for his trial. Charlie Elphicke was sentenced to two years in prison in September 2020 after being found guilty […]
Phone networks agree rural coverage boost in NI
Getty Images Dependent on planning permission, up to 11 mobile phone masts could be built in Northern Ireland Three mobile phone networks have agreed a deal to build and share masts to improve 4G in rural parts of Northern Ireland. O2, Three and Vodafone could construct up to 11 masts. The building of the masts […]
Films showing the reality of marriage
HBO/Jojo Whilden Screen depictions of troubled relationships reflect a changing society, writes Caryn James, as a new remake of the classic TV series Scenes from a Marriage premieres. Some of today’s best film and TV series are about the absolute worst marriages. “You hated me!” the husband in the brilliant film Marriage Story (2019) screams […]
The ‘jockstrap’ that revolutionised women’s sports
Jogbra, Inc. Records, Archives Center, National Mu The first Jogbra hit the market in 1978 – now, its creators have been admitted to the Inventors Hall of Fame in the US The modern day sports bra began life as a jockstrap. It was the summer of 1977 and Lisa Lindahl, a University of Vermont graduate […]
Facts are up against fear ahead of Fukushima water release
Watch: Shaimaa Khalil visits the treatment plant to see how it works In a white coat and gloves, Ai Kimura is cutting up a fish sample at the Tarachine lab, about an hour’s drive from the now-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Japan’s eastern coast. Four times a year, Ms Kimura and her team […]
Dwayne Johnson and why wrestlers make ideal Hollywood stars
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) With Johnson releasing another blockbuster, Disney’s Jungle Cruise, and John Cena and Dave Bautista both flying high, wrestlers have taken on the movies, and won, writes Sam Moore. The movie star is dead. That’s at least what box-office trends would have you believe. In a shift from the star-driven days of old, […]
Stormzy scoops Ed Sheeran to win top prizes
This video has been removed for rights reasons Sheeran didn’t go home empty-handed – he was given the global success award. Dua Lipa won best British female and the breakthrough award, while Gorillaz were named best British group. Reuters Stormzy seemed to struggle to believe he’d won best British male But the night belonged to […]
Row over Tayside health board’s use of charity fund
BBC NHS Tayside has needed tens of millions of pounds in loans from the government in recent years Scotland’s health secretary has been urged to step in to settle a row over NHS Tayside’s use of charity funds. It has been claimed the health board used cash from an endowment fund to cover planned expenses […]