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At this point, it’s simply a fact of human nature: every New Year we swear we’re going to be better – only to end up recycling the exact same habits. It’s fair enough, the Christmas rush always gets in the way of any good intentions we actually had. Not least because we scoff our faces…
Much has already been made of the unique accents that Josh Hartnett and his co-stars showcase in their new Netflix miniseries Below. The six-part drama is set in a rural community on the Canadian island of Newfoundland, where residents have a distinct way of speaking, using an accent that viewers have commented sounds like a…
ICW Group Insurance Companies, a US insurance provider, has appointed Travis Noland as Head of Ceded Reinsurance and Enterprise Risk Management. The company said the creation of the position reflects its ongoing business development and focus on maintaining robust underwriting practices, managing risk and supporting long-term financial stability. Noland has been with ICW Group since…
With just weeks to go until one of the year’s most bizarre cinematic offerings, Wicker, hits cinemas, hype is really starting to build around Alexander Skarsgård and Olivia Colman’s new movie. The twisted fairytale centres around a lonely fisherwoman, who wishes for a husband to be woven for her, only for him to come to…
Jordan Stephens has revealed that he turned down an offer to appear in the Star Wars series Andor as bosses wanted him to shave off the locs he was sporting at the time. The Rizzle Kicks star and actor previously appeared in the Star Wars spin-off Rogue One as Corporal Tonc, a member of the…
Richard E Grant was responsible for the most chaotic launch show in Traitors history earlier this month, when he let slip to his co-stars that he’d been recruited to the dark side within minutes of it happening. Speaking to the BBC following his elimination, the Oscar nominee admitted that his daughter had already warned him…
Subscribe MGA, a Lloyd’s-backed underwriting agency, has strengthened its underwriting platform by securing a new long-term capacity agreement with Fortegra Insurance UK Ltd. (FIUK), a subsidiary of global specialty insurer Fortegra. Launched in November 2025 by Acies MGU, Subscribe is a Lloyd’s-backed MGA specialising in financial lines insurance, including Professional Indemnity, Management Liability and Directors…
Famous aviator Amelia Earhart, who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, has been part of a 90-year-long mystery. During a 1937 attempt to fly around the world with navigator Fred Noonan, the pair disappeared without a trace. Their last communications suggest they had been experiencing issues with radio transmission. These…
Reform UK wanted this year’s annual conference in Birmingham to be about “making Britain fall in love with Nigel Farage again”. But that plan to woo voters and consolidate their base by presenting a strategy for their first 100 days in power fell apart before it had even begun. Channel 4 News broadcast an undercover…
An El Niño is now “firmly established” and set to intensify even further in the run up to December. The phenomenon, which is declared when sea temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific rise 0.5°C above the long-term average, is set to have major impacts globally on rainfall and temperature patterns, resulting in more flooding, drought…