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Tories condemned for ‘disgraceful’ approaches to opposition after promising to behave 'professionally'
If you thought the Conservative Party may have been humbled by its historic and devastating defeat at the polls earlier this month – which saw them lose more than 250 seats and slump to just 121 MPs – and having to sit in opposition, then you thought wrong, as two members of the shadow cabinet temporarily led by Rishi Sunak have been slammed for their recent antics in the House of Commons.First, Kemi Badenoch – previously business and trade secretary, and now shadow housing secretary – was up against her Labour counterpart Angela Rayner as part of a debate on...
Donald Trump thanks Elon Musk for donations of "$45m per month"
During Donald Trump's speech at Grand Rapids in Michigan on July 20, the former US President thanked X / Twitter owner Elon Musk for his contribution of "$45m a month".In his first rally since his assassination attempt after a number of speeches at the Republican National Convention, Trump boasted about Musk's financial support to his campaign.It comes soon after Musk endorsed Trump amid reports he had created a super PAC (political action committee, a tax-exempt organisation) to pledge millions and millions a month to his campaign.During the rally, Trump said: "Elon endorsed me the other day, and I read, I...
The best Jake Paul v Mike Perry memes as Conor McGregor wades in
https://www.youtube.com/embed/sQb2al4B8I0?rel=0As with all big sporting events, social media has been reacting with some amazing memes to the Jake Paul v Mike Perry fight, and with Paul being involved, there are certainly some spicy ones, including from Conor McGregor.Paul beat Perry by technical knockout (TKO) in the sixth round of their highly publicised fight at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on July 20.Perry was knocked down twice in the opening two rounds and while he briefly came back at Paul with an aggressive tempo, Paul always had the upper hand.Perry took a lot of blows through the six rounds before...
Blind teenager with brain tumour completes ‘brilliant’ skydive for charity
A blind teenager with a brain tumour was brimming with joy after completing a “brilliant” skydive to raise money for a cancer charity.Jack Thompson, 16, was diagnosed with a low grade glioma, a type of brain tumour, on his optic nerve when he was four months old, which left him registered blind.He has since undergone seven rounds of chemotherapy, proton therapy and needs to have regular brain scans and growth hormone injections every night.However, the teenager, who lives in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, has always remained positive and since the age of seven has raised more than £160,000 for the...
Blue-tinted glasses given by John Lennon to be auctioned with Abbey Road photos
Round blue-tinted glasses given by John Lennon to a man who was visiting the Abbey Road studios where the Beatles recorded are to go on sale.The John Lennon-style glasses were handed to the man, who was with his girlfriend, in 1968 and are expected to fetch £2,000 to £3,000. It is not clear who they belonged to at the time.A Catherine Southon Auctioneers & Valuers spokesperson said: “The young man saw the spectacles lying on the piano and went to pick them up but was told by his then girlfriend to leave them, to which Lennon replied ‘it’s OK, he can have them’.”The spectacles will go under the hammer alongside a collection of 33 black and white photographs taken at Abbey Road in 1968 and 1969, including some snapped on the day of the photoshoot for the Beatles’ album cover where the band walked across a zebra crossing.The photos, some featuring Paul McCartney, George Harrison, George Martin and Ringo Starr, will be sold with the copyright for an estimated £200 to £300.The items will go up for auction on July 31 at Farleigh Golf Club in Surrey.
Liz Truss takes her strange speeches Stateside and discusses shower heads in Milwaukee
It was a decade ago that former Prime Minister Liz Truss bragged about pork markets and slammed the “disgrace” that was the state of British cheese exports, and now she’s offered up another bizarre speech for the history books by discussing shower heads at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee.It’s just one part of a truly wild July for the politician, who has already been mocked for her selfie outside a polling station, lost her South West Norfolk constituency seat to Labour and had her mini-budget slagged off as a “disaster” in government documents on the King’s Speech.Now she’s...
Fallout TV show chiefs tease God of War adaptation
TV bosses behind the hit Fallout series have teased there is new content in the works and that there's big interest in doing a God of War adaptation.Following its success, Fallout was quickly commissioned by Prime Video for a second season and it's already in the works.Fallout has received an impressive 17 Emmy nominations after it released to critical acclaim in April - it went down really well with fans too.And when speaking in an interview with Variety, bosses behind the Fallout show said more is coming soon and that there's interest in doing a God of War adaptation.Jennifer Salke,...
Second World War veteran finally gets medals 80 years later
A Second World War veteran has finally received his medals – nearly 80 years after he saw action in Belgium and Germany.George Lewis, who is now 98 and lives with his daughter Liz in Watchet, Somerset, served with the Royal Tank Regiment from 1944 to 1947.But for some reason he never received his medals, with Mr Lewis theorising that they may have been sent to the wrong address.When one of his neighbours, Valorie Norman, found out, she set about putting that right, contacting her brother, who had served in the same regiment as Mr Lewis.It seems like an awful lot of fuss...
Where rare star-shaped sand can be found on Planet Earth
It's incredibly rare but there are a handful of beaches on Planet Earth where star-shaped sand can be found.Sand on three islands south of Japan, on Iriomote, Hatoma, and Taketomi, all have the usual fragments of shell and rock but among all that, tiny cream-coloured stars can be seen, reports IFL Science.While these little stars look incredibly unique and cute, they're actually the remnants of a species called Baclogypsina sphaerulata.These organisms were first found in 1860 and called something completely different; they belong to an ancient group of protozoans, which are single-celled organisms that nibble on organic matter, called Foraminifera.Baclogypsina...
Donald Trump's Twitch ban lifted after three-and-a-half years
Donald Trump's Twitch account ban has been lifted after three-and-a-half years.The former US President's account was banned in January 2021 in the weeks after he was accused of inciting the riots on the US Capitol building on January 6 that same year.A large crowd gathered to protest the results of the 2020 Presidential election race which current US President Joe Biden won but the protests resulted in five deaths.On July 19, Twitch decided to reinstate Trump's account after all this time because of the confirmation he will run for the US Presidency in November.According to a Twitch statement shared with...
Donald Trump's assassination attempt wound 'superficial' says former Covid adviser
The wounded ear Donald Trump sustained from a failed assassination attempt has been branded "superficial" by doctor and former Covid adviser Anthony Fauci.An assassination attempt was made on the former US President when he was shot in the ear at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. The gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was shot dead by Secret Service after one spectator was killed and two others were seriously injured.Pictures of Trump defiantly raising his fist in the air with his injuries shouting "fight, fight, fight" quickly spread.But speaking to CNN, Fauci, who served under Trump as one of the...
IT outage dubbed ‘Starmer’s first crisis’ - with Twitter users raising eyebrows
As companies around the world continue to deal with technical issues on their Microsoft computers following a defective software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, Twitter/X users have been left scratching their heads at the suggestion this is the “first crisis” facing UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer.The description was floated by Sky News on Friday, in a Tweet promoting an article by chief political correspondent Jon Craig which read: “The honeymoon is over. The global IT outage is Sir Keir Starmer’s first crisis.”This is despite Labour’s manifesto, published last month, acknowledging crises with housing, the NHS, prisons, knife crime, the...
Nigel Farage ridiculed as it appears he was 'snubbed' by Donald Trump in Milwaukee
It was the whole reason why the Reform UK leader wasn’t in the House of Commons debating the King’s Speech and representing his Clacton constituents, but it turns out Nigel Farage’s trip to America to support Donald Trump may not have resulted with him actually meeting the Republican presidential candidate he considers a friend.After the former US president survived an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania last week, the new MP told GB News he was going to fly across the pond to support Trump at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee – where the businessman formally accepted the GOP’s nomination...
Hawk Tuah girl Hailey Welch was 'embarrassed' to leave her house after viral video
Hawk Tuah girl Hailey Welch revealed she was "embarrassed" to leave her house after videos of her speaking in a street interview took over social media.For those who have been living under a rock, Welch became the 'Hawk Tuah girl' for a response in a viral video.She was filmed by street YouTubers TimandDeeTV responding with a hilarious answer to a NSFW question and shot to instant fame with the original clip being reposted and reshared a lot.But in an interview with Page Six, Welch revealed during the first week the videos of her went viral, she felt "embarrassed" to leave...
How to watch Jake Paul v Mike Perry fight: When it starts, who's fighting and more
Jake Paul is set to fight Mike Perry at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on July 20 - here's everything you need to know about who is fighting, what time the fight starts and how you can watch it.Paul was due to fight former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in Arlington, Texas in the first fight to ever be live streamed on Netflix but the fight was postponed to November after Tyson sustained a health scare and had to delay on medical grounds.Paul is fighting Mike Perry instead, a former UFC and Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) competitor.Perry has performed...
All the best CrowdStrike employee memes as global IT crisis continues
As if the heat in the UK wasn’t bad enough, an IT outage concerning cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike is wreaking havoc across the globe, impacting the likes of airports, banks and GPs and even taking TV channels off air.Big brands impacted include Ryanair, Govia Thameslink Railway (which looks after the Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express rail franchises) and J D Wetherspoons.“We can confirm the Wetherspoons app is currently not working. We are working hard to resolve the situation. However, customers can pay for their food and drinks in cash,” a spokesperson said.A tragedy.According to CrowdStrike founder and CEO George...
National Lottery outage as thousands of users complain they can't log in
Thousands of National Lottery players across the UK have reported problems of not being able to access their accounts.The app and website both appear to be down leaving players unable to get into their accounts ahead of the latest draws on July 20 and to see if they've won anything in the draws on July 19.According to Down Detector, more than 2,500 people have reported access problems at its peak on the morning of July 20.Problems were first reported in the later hours of July 19 around the time of the EuroMillions draw.At the time of writing, trying to access...
Woman who went to high school with Taylor Swift claims people 'hated her'
A woman has made a bold claim that she went to the same high school as Taylor Swift, and she wasn't entirely popular. In a viral TikTok that's been rubbing up Swifties the wrong way, Jessica McLane said the pair grew up in the same town and attended the same school. She acknowledged that she didn't really know much about the star, despite the pair attending Hendersonville High School in Tennessee."In 2006, I’m a freshman in high school. Taylor is I think a junior. ‘Teardrops on my Guitar’ had just come out I think over the summer. Obviously, she got...
First map of Earth's lost continent has been published
You might think you know all the continents, but what about Zealandia?In 2017, a previously unknown contingent of the shores of New Zealand was discovered - making headlines globally.Zealandia, known as Te Riu-a-Māui in the Māori language, covers more than 5 million square kilometres, making it twice the size of the subcontinent of India. You may be wondering why, then, was it not discovered sooner? The reason is that 95 per cent of its area is submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean, disappearing long before humans existed on Earth. Only a large mountain chain (the two islands of New Zealand)...
OnlyFans' top earners bring in these astonishing amounts
It’s the lucrative side-hustle millions of people envy and millions more indulge in - OnlyFans.Stories of OnlyFans users have shown how the subscription-based platform has dug people out of financial holes, changed their lifestyles, or helped them become more confident.With the ability to create, market, and price-point their content however they want, people with OnlyFans profiles can take control of their brand and (hopefully) make some good money. So good in fact that some people have racked in millions of dollars per year at their peak, according to various news reports.And at the top of that list was influencer Blac...
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