'Crisis' tries giving the opioid epidemic the 'Traffic' treatment
It's either a bad time or (cynically) a good one to release a relatively small movie starring Armie Hammer, whose personal life has been very much in the headlines. Setting those marketing considerations aside, the film is "Crisis," a weak attempt to chronicle the opioid epidemic "Traffic" style, through a trio of stories that wind up feeling like three mediocre movies in one. Read more...
Declan Donnelly's wife Ali Astall looks happy as she enjoys stroll with daughter Isla
Declan Donnelly's wife Ali Astall looked happy as she spent quality time with the couple's daughter Isla in London on Friday. Read more...
MARKET REPORTTesla slams brakes on the US tech stock boom
The likes of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust have been in demand in the last year from retail shareholders who prefer not to buy into firms such as Apple, Facebook and Netflix directly. Read more...
The Merit, Thrills, Boredom and Fear of Police Work
Tangled Up in Blue, by Rosa Brooks, and We Own This City, by Justin Fenton, take readers inside two police forces (in Washington and Baltimore) to examine a complicated culture. Read more...
Digidog, a Robotic Dog Used by the Police, Stirs Privacy Concerns
The New York Police Department has been testing Digidog, which it says can be deployed in dangerous situations and keep officers safer, but some fear it could become an aggressive surveillance tool. Read more...
It's A Sin creator Russell T Davies reveals scrapped plots for characters Jill and Roscoe
Speaking aDamian Barr's Literary Salon event earlier this month, the writer, 57, shared how he planned to have a flashforward in one episode, which showed the two characters in their fifties. Read more...
CNN's Dana Bash confuses colleague Chris Cuomo with his brother Andrew Cuomo
CNN anchor Dana Bash mistakenly confused her co-worker Chris Cuomo with Andrew Cuomo as she discussed allegations against the New York governor. Read more...
Ice and Snow Would Not Stop Their Wedding in Texas
Courtney Broussard and Jerimy Craft had planned for disruptions because of the pandemic. But an unexpected storm on Valentines Day in Texas had not occurred to them. Read more...
Rishi Sunak poses in Stanford University jumper in pre-budget photoshoot
In a typically casual photoshoot, Chancellor RishiSunak donned a Stanford University sweatshirt and 125 joggers ahead of announcing plans for Wednesday's Budget. Read more...
From Jonathan Coe to David Leavitt, Don DeLillo and William Hjortsberg This week's best fiction
A love letter to the Hollywood legend Billy Wilder. Calista, a middle-aged composer and mother-of-two, looks back at 1977 when she was working for the film-maker on one of his last movies. Read more...
Is Covid winter OVER? Cases fall by a FIFTH to 6,035 and deaths plummet to 144
The latest figures mean cases over the past seven days were down 21.2 per cent compared with the previous seven-day period, and deaths were down 33.5 per cent. Read more...
Princess Latifa urges UK police to investigate her sister's kidnapping 21 years ago
Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, the daughter of Dubai ruler and UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has sent a letter to police in the UK asking them to investigate the alleged kidnapping of her older sister, Princess Shamsa, from Britain in 2000. Read more...
Jamie Carragher reacts to petition calling for him and Gary Neville to become FIFA commentators
Carragher and Neville have become massively popular for their insight on Monday Night Football - as well as their Twitter exchanges. Now, there are calls for them to cover the game in a whole new way. Read more...
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique insists there is 'definitely' still a title race in LaLiga
Ronald Koeman's men are second in the league with the victory putting them just two points behind Atletico Madrid, although they have two games in hand. Read more...
Mystery wolf slayer who leaves the dead animals displayed in Tuscan villages has shot seven of them and STRANGLED one in bizarre vendetta
Eight endangered native wolves have been found dead in the hills of Tuscany since the beginning of November, with three fresh corpses emerging in the last week. Read more...