Ken Loach, awarded the Raindance Auteur Award yesterday, is one of a rare breed who captures life and its rough edges on film in a way that leaves so many of us wanting more. A campaigner for fair treatment for the oppressed or undermined, some of his films address issues head on which initially…
2 Starbucks on Berkeley Street Westminster had paid huge fines for leaving bags of litter in the streets which often gets opened or damaged and spills out. They were taken to Westminster Magistrates Court and ordered to pay for 4 waste offences. Judge Coleman said they had acted in a ‘deliberate’ manner ignoring numerous warnings from…
There are six highly central London venues for this exciting festival which is now in its 24th amazing year. Not only are new films premiered here but there are also talks by famous people in the film world such as multi award winner Ken Loach, there are special talks on “What does Brexit Mean for…
US Golfer Arnold Palmer, the godfather of Golf, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport’s history has died. In his long career , he won more than 90 tournaments worldwide, including seven majors. However, the US PGA eluded him, although he was runner-up three times. Tiger Woods Tweeted : “ Thanks Arnold for…
Scientists from NASA obtained further evidence to show that Jupiter’s icy moon throws jets of water out into space. Back in 2013, using Hubble telescope, scientists first reported this behaviour. Europa’s huge subsurface ocean of liquid water, is one of the most likely placed find microbial life beyond earth. Hubble made its latest identification by…
Oh – what a surprise! The popular Bridget Jones is back and this time there’s a new deal – a bun in the oven with a bit of a quandary as to who is the definitive doting dad! Director Sharon Maguire with a cast including Colin Firth and dishy Patrick Dempsey, not to forget Emma Thompson…
Dentsu, Japan’s most powerful advertising agency, headquartered in Shodome district of Minato, Tokyo, is investigating over 200, 000 transactions to gather evidence of overcharging clients. Its public apology from the group’s head of digital advertising, threatens to tarnish their reputation once widely viewed as beyond reproach. Dentsu’s internal investigation was triggered by a complaint from Toyota…
The San Francisco based Twitter has held talks with Google and Salesforce, an enterprise software company, on a potential arrangement to buy the social media pioneer. The company has been working for several weeks with Goldman Sachs to explore a sale of the group, who approached several global media companies to inspire an interest where…
IndiGo GE-054 flight from Singapore to Chennai on 23rd September 2016, averted a major accident when a passenger noticed smoke in an overhead cabin and the fire was extinguished by crew before it spread. The source of the fire is from Samsung Note 2 device that was among the baggage in the overhead cabin. Nobody…
Federal Supreme Court in Brazil overturns judge’s order to mobile phone companies to block access after owner Facebook refused to intercept texts for police enquiry. Judge’s earlier ruling ordering mobile phone companies to indefinitely block access to Facebook’s WhatsApp – the third such block in the last eight months. WhatsApp is popular phone messaging app…