Author: News Desk

A reader suspects that the average age of Call Of Duty players is rapidly increasing and suggests it’s made Black Ops 6 a more enjoyable game. It was mentioned the other day that Call Of Duty has been dominating the games industry for 17 years now, which I took to be a reference to Call Of Duty 4. That was certainly a milestone moment for the series, and gaming in general, but Call Of Duty has actually been around since 2003 – which is a bit odd because I don’t remember them really making a fuss about the 20th anniversary…

The term ‘nepo baby’ has been bandied about a lot over the past few years. Disgruntled discussions have subsequently followed from people expressing their annoyance about those who are born into privilege – particularly with famous parents – who might use their well-known relative to get a leg-up in their own careers. Derived from the word ‘nepotism’, famous so-called ‘nepo babies’ include the likes of Hailey Bieber, Brooklyn Beckham, Zoe Kravitz, Jack Quaid, Maude Apatow, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lily Allen and many more. So what happens when one of these nepo babies decides to test how society treats someone differently if…

Mick Hucknall was snapped on a dog walk around North London and was completely unrecognisable as he covered his iconic red hair under a bucket hat. The eighties pop star best known for being the frontman of Simply Red flew under the radar as he took his dog for a walk in a rare public appearance. The Holding Back The Years singer wore a layered look consisting of beige trousers, a green long-sleeve t-shirt, a brown leather gilet, and a grey bucket har. He also made sure to keep a low profile with a large pair of sunglasses that protected…

It’s been claimed Eamonn Holmes and his new girlfriend Katie Alexander began sending flirty messages to each other 12 years ago. The GB News presenter, 64, revealed his new relationship with the counsellor, 42, just months after announcing his split from Ruth Langsford. The couple have since been pictured together and embarked on a luxury Mediterranean cruise, with previous reports claiming that they first met on social media in 2015. It has now however been alleged that they began to send flirty online messages more than a decade ago, and that Katie’s then-husband George was involved. According to The Sun,…

Domestic abuse survivor: ‘My partner secretly drugged and filmed me – I still don’t know what he did to me’ It took a year for Hannah’s* abuser to start to show his true colours – when he began telling her to lose weight and banning her from cutting her hair, or dyeing it particular shades. But at the beginning of the relationship, she thought everything was perfect. Her partner had love-bombed her, told her she was his dream woman and called her an amazing mother. “He would make you feel really secure and you like were the one,” Hannah tells…

Post-Brexit red tape puts classical music industry under threat, top soprano warns A top soprano has warned Britain risks losing its entire classical music industry due to post-Brexit red tape blocking UK artists from touring in the EU. Labour’s election manifesto promised to “improve trade and investment relations with the EU… to help our touring artists”, after years of chaos since the UK crashed out of the bloc. But Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of not moving fast enough as UK artists are still grappling with post-Brexit barriers to performing in the EU. The prime minister is facing calls…

Cottage left teetering on the brink of 400ft drop after Jurassic Coast cliff fall A house has been left teetering on the brink of a 400ft drop following a massive cliff fall along the Jurassic Coast. The thatched cottage is now just 40ft away from the edge of the unstable Sidmouth cliffs in Devon. It follows the collapse last weekend of a huge portion of the cliff at Jacob’s Ladder Beach between Sidmouth and Ladram Bay, where tonnes of debris came crashing down, prompting the local authority to close the popular South West coastal path for safety reasons. This in…

Met Police probe suspected hate crime after paint thrown on north London building Police are investigating a suspected hate crime after paint was thrown on a north London business premises. The Metropolitan Police received reports of criminal damage at 9.29am on Saturday on High Street, Hampstead, and said officers are on the scene. This came after campaign group Palestine Action posted photographs of red paint splattered on the windows of two buildings in London. One was at the premises of Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (Bicom), Palestine Action said on X, formerly Twitter. Images shared by the group appear…

Tory leadership live: Badenoch wins as poll shows Conservative party membership numbers at lowest eve Kemi Badenoch has won the Conservative Party leadership contest as the election results reveal Tory membership has plunged by almost a quarter over the past two years to its lowest level on record. In a resounding victory after being the overwhelming odds on favourite to win, the right-wing culture warrior bagged 53,806 votes over Robert Jenrick’s 41,000, out of a total electorate of 131,680. In her first speech as leader, she admitted the Conservatives had “made mistakes” and “let standards slip” but vowed to rebuild…

Royal news live: King Charles ‘axes’ Prince Andrew’s £1m allowance due to Royal Lodge row The King will cut financial ties to the disgraced Duke of York after he refused to move out of his home, a royal writer has claimed. Prince Andrew’s £1 million “living allowance”, received every year, has been withdrawn by Charles as he continues to seek to distance himself from his younger brother. This is according to royal writer Robert Hardman, in the serialisation of a new book published by the Daily Mail. The keeper of the privy purse was “instructed to sever [Andrew’s] living allowance”.…