Month: August 2021

US singer Tony Bennett has retired from performing at the age of 95, his son who is also his manager has said. Bennett has had a seven-decade career who revealed earlier this year he has Alzheimer’s disease. 

Police have confirmed the Plymouth mass shooting was carried out by Jake Davison, believed to be 23-years-old, who killed five people including a ‘very young girl’ before turning the gun on himself. 

Aljazeera says police say 5 people have been killed in a rare mass shooting in the UK after a gunman opened fire on a house in the city of Plymouth in England.

The Mirror says a woman has told of the terrifying moment she says she saw a gunman burst into a house and begin shooting.

Express and Star says the suspected Plymouth gunman spoke of being “beaten down” and “defeated by life” in videos posted online just weeks before the massacre.

Daily Mail says the maniac shooter who murdered five people in Plymouth before turning his gun on himself was a nihilistic YouTuber who fantasised about being The Terminator.

The Times says the British embassy security guard suspected of selling information to Moscow is a former RAF airman who had two Russian flags and hoards of Soviet Union memorabilia in his flat.

The Guardian says Amazon has made the surprise decision to move production of its $1bn-plus Lord of the Rings series from New Zealand to the UK

The i says Andrew Neil is considering quitting GB News over the troubled channel’s “lurch to the right.”

The i says the pressure on UK police to investigate Prince Andrew is growing in the wake of the sexual abuse lawsuit in which he is named as the only defendant.