The horror sexual assault and murder of a vulnerable teenager by even younger teenagers has shaken Ireland as the seven week trial drew to a close. Two boys, unnamed for legal reasons, were found guilty of enticing Ana Kreigel to an abandoned farmhouse when they were 13, where they attacked and killed her. Born … Read more
The shooting of the 25th James Bond movie lurches from one mishap to another with an injured Daniel Craig needing ankle surgery after an accident; an explosion which blew up part of the Pinewood set; and this after Danny Boyle pulled out late in the day as director after creative differences over the script. … Read more
Carrie Symonds, the woman credited with calming down Boris Johnson’s hairstyle and squiring him as he reverses out of his second marriage and aims for No 10, has an intriguing family lineage which may track back to an illegitimate daughter of Herbert Asquith, prime minister in the early 20th Century. Down the line there were … Read more
Scots actor Sam Heughan is going from strength to strength co-producing as well as playing the lead in Starz TV’s Outlander now in its 5th and 6th season; and he’s also been recently cast as lead in an upcoming SAS movie based on an Andy McNab novel. He was born 30 April 1980 in … Read more
Another of Trump’s unseemly hate-festes has been unleashed against London Mayor Sadiq Khan. It’s a spat that has been running since Khan spoke out against the Muslim ban and Trump retaliated with glee on twitter over the London terror attacks in 2017 which left 7 dead and many injured, using it to justify his … Read more
Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s top aide, is under warning from an independent federal agency that oversees compliance with the Hatch Act that she has repeatedly violated the law by criticizing Democratic presidential candidates while speaking in her official capacity. They recommend she should be removed. Previously, when asked about the issue in late May, she … Read more
Hong Kong demonstrators against the new deeply unpopular extradition law to mainland China have given Chief Executive Carrie Lam her greatest crisis so far. Many hundreds of thousands were out on the streets demanding the amendment be withdrawn with violence breaking out as the police respond. The government is still backing the bill and … Read more
The bone-breaking, accident-prone Mars in Cancer opposition Saturn, exact this Friday, has claimed its first high profile victim as the UK’s four-time Tour de France cycling champion Chris Froome suffered a serious crash with a reported broken femur. During a practice ride in France in a time-trial he crashed in the downhill section at high … Read more
Keanu Reeves has been out and about squiring his artist lady Alexandra Grant, promoting a video game he voiced, and basking in the success of the John Wicks and Toy Story franchise movies. He’s had his ups and downs but has been in work fairly constantly since he was twenty in everything from comedy … Read more
Upsetting figures pointing to a shrinking economy made South Africa President Cyril Ramphosa’s pledge to root out corruption and revive private and state industry a faint hope. He took over in May after a disastrous decade rife with mismanagement and corruption under Jacob Zuma with the ANC’s majority heavily dented. About half of South … Read more