Three people, including two children, have died after their throat were slit by ( manja) glass-coated strings used for flying kites at Delhi in two separate incidents, on India’s Independence Day. Saanchi Goyal 3, and Hari 4 were looking out through the sunroof of their cars when sharp strings slit their throats at Rani Bagh. …
Director David Lowery, starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Karl Urban and Robert Redford. Director David Lowery said of this film, “I didn’t want the film to feel contemporary”. Pete’s Dragon is a remake of the 1977 Disney version. Still Disney and with a huge cuddly green monster of a dragon filling the starring role,…
Picture of perfection Sanne Wevers of Holland with a score of 15.466 won the gold on the bars at Rio. She had strong competition from the USA, who took bronze and silver and several other competitors who enchanted the gasping audience including France, Brasil, China, Roumania and Canada. Scoring is very complex and marks are…
Max Whitlock born in 1993 has won Gold twice in a day in less than two hours – in The Mens’ Floor Exercises and then on the pommel – two gymnastic disciplines. He is the first ever British Olympic champion gold medal winner in these sports.
Cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win eight Olympic medals as GB claimed three golds and three silver on Day seven in Rio. Wiggins and the cycling pursuit team set a world record beating Australia and put GB third in the medal table after US and China.
Robert Ludlum – novelist, found his Bourne thrillers were part of the big name he made for himself in life. Though he arrived at an unsavoury final chapter in his life and mysteries surround his family too, Ludlum’s Jason Bourne has won hearts and support worldwide as the fifth in the series of features has now…
Donald Trump promised the biggest tax overhaul since Ronald Regan, promising to cut taxes across the board and reduce the load on business to stop the mass exodus of US companies shifting their headquarters outside US. If he becomes president, the Republican nominee pledged that no US business would pay more than 15 per cent…
Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel has spawned epic films in the past and this new one has ground-breaking excitement and awe-inspiring scenes hardly imaginable unless actually seen. Jack Huston stars as Judah Ben-Hur and Toby Kebbell as Messala, Morgan Freeman brings gravitas, aged wisdom, and a very well-known face, and all the actors have been…
Retirement homes come in all shapes and sizes and this one will have £20 million invested in it together with the use of a subterranean link formerly used to lead to storage areas which will now be a traffic and hazard free connection to people from the new home who wish to shop in Harrods.…
Some tourists like to take home their Oyster cards as a memento of London, others pass them on to friends or anyone who might need one. Either way Transport for London has announced it has nearly a quarter of a billion pounds in unused Oyster money. TFL were criticised for not reminding holders they have…