14 minutes ago About sharing Kenwright produced more than 500 shows in the UK, US and beyond By Ian Youngs Entertainment & arts reporter Sir Ian McKellen has led tributes from actors and the theatre industry to “unique” impresario Bill Kenwright, following his death at the age of 78. Kenwright was one of the UK’s…
2 hours ago About sharing Watch: Deadly 158-car pile-up after ‘super fog’ in New Orleans By Ruth Comerford BBC News At least seven people have died after a dense “super fog” caused a huge, 158-car pile-up near New Orleans. Thick fog and smoke from multiple marsh fires mingled to reduce visibility for drivers commuting on…
Everton chairman Bill Kenwright, an acclaimed West End theatre and film producer, has died at the age of 78. Kenwright had surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his liver eight weeks ago. He had been on the board at Everton since 1989, taking over as chairman at Goodison Park in 2004. The Liverpudlian was…
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Paris’s Grevin Museum says it has “remedied the skin tone” of the life-sized wax figure overnight.
28 minutes ago About sharing Several locations in the southern city of Khan Younis were targeted in Israeli strikes overnight and on Tuesday By David Gritten BBC News More than 700 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry says. Israel’s military…
1 hour ago About sharing Katrín Jakobsdóttir is refusing to work in protest at the gender pay gap and gender-based violence. By Ido Vock BBC News Tens of thousands of women in Iceland, including Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, are refusing to work on Tuesday. The “kvennafrí”, or women’s day off, has been called in protest…
The plan is part of a post-Brexit shake-up of City rules, the regulator has confirmed.
1 hour ago About sharing Yocheved Lifschitz shook the hand of her Hamas captor as she left By Sarah Fowler BBC News “I went through hell,” says Yocheved Lifschitz, an 85-year-old grandmother and peace activist released by Hamas on Monday after two weeks in captivity. Ms Lifschitz and her husband were kidnapped by Hamas gunmen…