Girls Aloud split was ‘silly’
Virgin/EMI Nadine has recorded a new album with Girls Aloud’s “mad scientist” Brian Higgins “My favourite smell is bleach,” says Nadine Coyle. “If I walk…
Telegram boss Pavel Durov banned from leaving France in criminal probe
Telegram boss and founder Pavel Durov has been placed under formal investigation in France as part of a probe into organised crime on the messaging…
British author Samantha Harvey wins with Orbital
British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize award with her novel Orbital, the first book set in space to win the prize.…
Cherry tomatoes could cost 10% more ‘within a week of Brexit’
Tomato prices may go up in the event of a no-deal Brexit The cost of cherry tomatoes could increase by more than 10% if there…
Mali’s coup is cheered at home but upsets neighbours
EPA Crowds rejoiced after a group of colonels seized power in Mali, a vast country stretching into the Sahara, where troops – including French soldiers…
Women’s Six Nations: England’s Marlie Packer discusses her softer side
Watching Marlie Packer on a rugby pitch, it is easy to make a quick character assessment: confrontational, aggressive and all too happy to rile up…
Who is the new leader of Germany’s CDU?
Reuters AKK, as she is known, is from Germany’s smallest state Saarland Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has been elected leader of Germany’s ruling Christian Democrat Union (CDU)…
Apple boss Tim Cook to have pay cut by over 40% this year
Getty Images Apple chief executive Tim Cook will see his annual pay package slashed by more than 40% this year. The technology giant says Mr…
UK’s first drone mail service in Orkney extended to at least 2026
Skyports/Royal Mail The drone service was launched last year The UK’s first commercial drone mail service, in Orkney, is to be extended to 2026, it…
‘Extraordinary’ NME magazine collection sells for £2,590
An “extraordinary collection” of NME magazines has sold for more than £2,500 at auction. Tony Howard, 70, from Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, decided to sell his 3,000-strong…