UK tech firm Mirriad can add product placements to classic films and TV shows on streaming sites
Old Hollywoodclassics could be regularly updated with the newest adverts that have been digitally-inserted, thanks to a UK technology company called Mirriad. Read more...
Where are Britons booking holidays this summer and next year?
Britons are pushing back foreign holiday plans for a long-haul 'blow out' in 2022 as they go on staycations this year instead - with UK accommodation already 85 per cent full this summer. Read more...
American Airlines C.E.O. Says Voting Rights Is 39;an Equity Issue39;
Doug Parker, the C.E.O., said in a meeting with employees that voting rights was an equity issue, according to a recording of the conversation. Read more...
Three in four Britons don't trust online banking
Some 76 per cent said they 'lack trust towards using their banking services online', according to a survey by security software company SmartSearch. Read more...
Val Demings slams 'ridiculous' GOP for using cops as 'political pawns' after yelling at Jim Jordan
Representative Val Demings slammed Republicans on Wednesday for using law enforcement officials as pawns to advance their political agenda. Read more...
Taking the knee for Black Lives Matter will be BANNED at Tokyo Olympics
The International Olympic Committee's Rule 50 forbids any kind of 'demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda' in venues and any other Olympic area. Read more...
Kyle Higashioka Powers Yankees to Win Over Toronto
The Yankees backup catcher homered twice. The Mets were rained out and the Minnesota Twins postponed their game. Read more...
10 Memorable Conversations From 15 Years of the Book Reviews Podcast
Talks with Toni Morrison, Jeanette Winterson, Reginald Dwayne Betts and others, from the eras of both the shows hosts, Sam Tanenhaus and Pamela Paul. Read more...
N.H.L.s Rising Stars Power Chicago and Minnesota
The first-year goaltender Kevin Lankinen has helped Chicago to playoff position, and the Wilds Kirill Kaprizov is leading all rookies in scoring. Read more...
Tom Jones album review The twinkle hasn't left him and neither has his voice
There are plenty of senior citizens in pop, but not many who face up to their age. Tom Jones seemed in denial too, until, aged 68, he stopped dyeing his hair. Read more...
First truly biodegradable PLASTICS that break down with heat and water within weeks developed
Researchers embeddedpolyester-eatingenzymes, protected by a special polymer wrapping, intopolyester plastics as they were made. Read more...
Mother nearly killed by 'one in a million' blood clot from vaccine urges others to keep getting jabs
Lauren Briggs, from North Wales, suffered a range of symptoms, starting with a 'horrendous headache' before experiencing pain in her lower body that felt like her leg was 'exploding'. Read more...
Federer remembers life changing kiss
The Swiss star remembers the first time he kissed his now-wife and reflects on how his family has helped shape and change his game. Read more...
Naomi Osaka Beats Jennifer Brady to Win Australian Open
Osaka, 23, has won every Grand Slam final she has reached. Read more...
Covid London Just half of carers vaccinated in Lambeth care home with South Africa variant outbreak
NHS England data show that Lambeth, where 23 people, of whom seven had been vaccinated, were infected with the South African Covid variant, has England's lowest vaccine uptake among carers. Read more...
Arsonists who killed four young children in petrol bomb house attack jailed for life for second time
Michelle Pearson (pictured), 37, suffered 75 per cent burns after two thugs threw petrol bombs through the window of her house in Walkden, Salford, in December 2017 and died in August 2019. Read more...
Thank Goodness for Poetry
Langston Hughes, Muriel Rukeyser and Toyo Suyemoto help make sense of challenging times. Read more...
Korean Court Rejects Suit Against Japan Over Sexual Slavery
The decision contradicted an earlier court ruling in South Korea that said the Japanese government must compensate so-called comfort women. Read more...