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Povetkin vs Whyte 2 Dillian Whyte’s huge Heavyweight rematch with Alexander Povetkin at the Europa Point Sports Complex in Gibraltar this Saturday, March 27 Dillian Whyte can avenge his stunning knockout defeat by Alexander Povetkin in their hotly anticipated heavyweight rematch. Dillian Whyte has shed significant weight for the Alexander Povetkin rematch and promised a punishing revenge victory. The rumour mills are already in full flow with the most exciting potential being If Dillian wins spectacularly on Saturday night, I would like to see him fight Deontay Wilder in the summer or Autumn. How to watch Povetkin vs Whyte 2 How…

Best fitness wear as gyms reopen  Gyms and fitness classes are set to reopen very soon, so it’s now the perfect time to update your workout wardrobe.  Getting back into a regular fitness routine might be tricky after months of lockdown, buying new gear might just give you the motivation to get out of bed. So, whether you’re looking for high-impact gear, something for yoga or a new kit for evening runs now the sun is coming out – we’ve got you covered.  Tala, Skinluxe Leggings, £54 Fast becoming a cult-favourite, the new Skinluxe range from Tala is soft, flexible…

Inquiry into power of social media influencers MPs have launched an inquiry into the power of influencers amid concerns about a lack of regulation over how social media stars promote products online. The role of the influencer has gained prominence in recent years thanks to the continued growth of social media.  Influencers have also faced scrutiny over their advertising practices, as many of them fail to make clear when they have been paid to promote products or services.  The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) earlier this month branded levels of compliance among influencers “unacceptable” after an investigation found only a third…

Friday’s Briefing VIDEO: 1D felt like prisoners in the band   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOTmUK6-iF8 Uighurs: China bans UK MPs after abuse sanctions 40,600 people likely caught Covid while hospital inpatients in England Germany to list France as Covid-19 high-risk zone Egypt races to free giant vessel blocking Suez Canal Death toll in Myanmar’s post-coup crackdown surpasses 300 Biden: ‘Hard’ to meet May 1 Afghanistan troop exit deadline Border Issue Dominates Biden’s First News Conference Covid: February redundancy plans fall despite lockdown COVID-19: Chancellor urges firms to reopen their offices once lockdown ends UK retail sales rise 2.1% in February England 5-0 San Marino:…

Daily News Briefing Brief. Me Better Faster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOTmUK6-iF8 LIVE NEWS TODAY “,”nextArrow”:””,”autoplay”:true,”autoplaySpeed”:5000}’ dir=”ltr” data-typing=”1″> 07:43 Daily News Briefing: China BANS UK MPs – France ‘high risk’ Covid-19 – Myanmar death toll rises 15:33 Depp V Heard: ‘We need to hold space for both of them’ 10:18 Thursday’s Briefing Video: Johnny Depp ‘wife beater’ decision   07:30 Daily News Briefing: BoJo troops to YEMEN – ‘Brazil is suffocating’ & Outrage in Myanmar, girl dead COVID UK Europe US Middle East Asia World COVID Coronavirus Cases: 126,089,141Deaths: 2,767,726Recovered: 101,743,702view by country UK At least 10 EU countries will not extradite criminals to UK…

Johnny Depp has lost a bid to overturn a damning high court ruling that concluded he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard. Following a trial last year, Mr Justice Nicol dismissed the star’s libel claim against the publisher of the Sun, finding that a column published in April 2018 calling Depp a “wife-beater” was “substantially true”. The actor asked the court of appeal to grant permission for him to challenge the ruling, with the aim of having its findings overturned and a retrial ordered. However, on Thursday the court refused Depp permission to appeal. Amber Heard deprived of public sympathy for…

Thursday’s Briefing Video: Johnny Depp ‘wife beater’ decision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2CtjbFGto Covid-19: EU leaders to discuss boosting vaccine supplies PM Johnson doesn’t rule out sending British troops to Yemen if ‘conditions were right’ North Korea test-fires suspected ballistic missiles, in challenge to Biden’s US Saudi Arabia says restaurant, salon and barbershop workers must be vaccinated ‘Brazil is suffocating’: COVID surge creates severe oxygen crisis Killing of seven-year-old girl in Myanmar crackdown triggers outrage Virginia Becomes First Southern US State to Abolish Death PenaltyNationwide tells 13,000 staff to ‘work anywhere’ COVID-19: Holiday gamble for Ryanair as it reveals ‘expanded’ summer schedule Nike sees…

Daily News Briefing Brief. Me – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2CtjbFGto TOP HEADLINES “,”nextArrow”:””,”autoplay”:true,”autoplaySpeed”:5000}’ dir=”ltr” data-typing=”1″> 10:18 Thursday’s Briefing Video: Johnny Depp ‘wife beater’ decision   07:30 Daily News Briefing: BoJo troops to YEMEN – ‘Brazil is suffocating’ & Outrage in Myanmar, girl dead 00:40 Latest: Morocco travel mayhem after snap restrictions in major cities 15:00 Former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter given new 6-year ban from football COVID UK Europe US Middle East Asia World COVID Coronavirus Cases:125,454,721Deaths: 2,757,158Recovered: 101,312,279view by country UK Union flag must fly on all UK state buildings, ministers say – and planning permission now needed for EU flagMinisters have…

Morocco travel mayhem Morocco travel mayhem as the government of Morocco has banned all travel to and from some of its major cities in a bid to stem an increase in coronavirus cases causing travel mayhem in Morocco. The decision falls within the measures for the Moroccan government to contain the spread of COVID-19. Morocco’s government has announced a fresh lockdown in some major cities as new coronavirus cases in the country hit a record high; Morocco travel mayhem. In a joint statement quoted by the MAP state news agency, the health and interior ministries said the travel restrictions imposed…

Wednesday’s Briefing VIDEO: BTS help boost industry revenues to $21bn – Covid-19 daily updates, Israel election results https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSAtawVO4Xo ‘Greed’ and ‘capitalism’ helped UK’s vaccines success, says PM Latest Bristol policing protest culminates in 14 arrests Exit polls show no clear winner in Israeli election, possibly extending stalemate Yemen COVID-19 committee calls for ‘state of emergency’ ‘India desires cordial relations’: Modi in letter to Pakistan PM Brazil posts daily record of more than 3,000 Covid-19 deaths Abu Dhabi ‘to invest billions’ in British business COVID-19: Cineworld faces claims UK staff ‘treated with contempt’ as chain reveals reopening plans Banking giants pour…

Daily News Briefing: ‘Greed & Capitalism’ vaccine success – 14 arrested in latest ‘Kill the Bill’ protests ‘Greed’ and ‘capitalism’ helped UK’s vaccines success, says PM BBC News says Boris Johnson has told a private meeting of Tory MPs that the UK got its Covid vaccinations underway quickly thanks to “capitalism” and “greed”. Sources said the PM had “very insistently” withdrawn his comments straight after making them. And the remarks were not made in connection to the EU/UK vaccine row.   His full remarks were reported to be: “The reason we have the vaccine success is because of capitalism, because of…

America’s gun control: Refusal to address silent epidemic’  President Obama and Joe Biden have called for tighter gun control. Just days after a man shot and killed eight people at Asian-owned spas in Georgia, another shooting rocked the US. On Monday, 10 people, including a police officer, were killed in a mass shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. While the suspects in both cases have been arrested, the events have reignited the age-old debate on gun control in America. Earlier today on Tuesday morning 19 children have been killed in a mass shooting in Texas. The world thinks America’s…

COVID-19 travel ban update: £5,000 fine for leaving England As of next week, anyone in England who travels abroad without a good reason could face a £5,000 fine as part of new coronavirus laws.  The penalty is included in legislation that will be voted on by MPs on Thursday.  Holidays abroad are currently not allowed under the “stay at home” rule which will end on Monday.  From next week the ban on leaving the UK will become a specific law, backed up by the threat of the fine. The earliest date for holidays abroad – under current guidelines – would…

Tuesday’s Briefing VIDEO: Lebanon ‘cruel and abusive’ treatment of refugees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUxfqEwPR78 Covid: UK marks one year since the first lockdown Colorado shooting: 10 killed, including police officer, at Boulder supermarket UK to announce ‘enhanced’ trade deal with Canada Lockdown confusion: France’s new Covid-19 rules raise questions, satisfy few Quarter of civilian casualties in Yemen are minors: Save the Children Israel election: Can Benjamin Netanyahu prevail again? Amnesty accuses Lebanese authorities of torturing detained Syrian refugees Jack Dorsey’s first-ever tweet sells for $2.9m as a non-fungible token Covid: £5,000 fine for people going on holiday abroad COVID-19: Half of workers ‘suffered…

Daily News Briefing Brief. Me – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUxfqEwPR78 COVID UK Europe US Middle East Asia World COVID Coronavirus Cases: 124,312,526Deaths: 2,735,703Recovered: 100,290,711view by country UK Care home workers ‘will be legally required to get coronavirus vaccine’Care home workers will be required by law to have a coronavirus vaccination under plans approved by Boris Johnson.PM Boris Johnson and health secretary Matt Hancock have agreed to put forward legislation in order to protect vulnerable residents, according to a government paper leaked to the Daily Telegraph. – (The Independent)    Europe Germany extends lockdown until mid-April amid third wave of infectionsGermany has extended its…

‘Whatever-You-Got-Ramen’ – Ramen cooking hacks with Cameron Diaz  Actress Cameron Diaz has offered up a new cooking tutorial on her Instagram for her fans – letting us know easy ramen is definitely one of her go-to dishes.  Diaz shared her recipe for what she described as “Whatever-You-Got Ramen” – meaning anything and everything you have in your kitchen cupboards.  In the caption, Diaz said: “One of my favourite quick go-to meals where I take your classic instant ramen packet and dress it up a bit with whatever vegetables I happen to have in my fridge!” In Cameron’s case, these fresh…

Covid-19: Europe wave will ‘wash up on UK shores’ & global covid snapshot  UK/EU VACCINE ROW: UPDATE Boris Johnson said he had talked to his EU counterparts “repeatedly” in recent months.  “I’m reassured by talking to EU partners over the last few months that they don’t want to see blockades,” he said.  Over the weekend,Ursula von der Leyen threatened the EU could stop vaccine exports to the UK over a row with vaccine maker AstraZeneca.  But Mr Johnson said the talks had centred on how “we’re facing the same pandemic”. “We all have the same problems. I think it’s one…

The ridiculous $1.4k luxury telephone cord necklace Luxury Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta is facing backlash and ridicule online for its latest product – which has some calling it a ‘scam’.  The brand is selling a £1,425 plastic telephone cord necklace — earning the title because it looks like a ‘home phone chord’. They are being mocked online by people saying the necklace is ‘overpriced’ and slamming the matching earrings that cost £845 and a matching ring for £335.  The chord pieces are available in purple and green – but shoppers don’t seem keen.  The Milan-based luxury company says its…

Monday’s Briefing VIDEO: Johnny Depp’s Hollywood Home Invaded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnzYDfKt60E Coronavirus vaccines: PM to telephone EU leaders in bid to stop export ban being imposed Riot police sent in after ‘kill the bill’ protest in Bristol turns violent Violence against women: Thousands protest in Turkey after Erdogan ditches European treaty Egypt government aims to vaccinate 250,000 in one week Congo’s opposition candidate Kolelas dies a day after elections Miami extends curfew, emergency powers to control unruly crowds Hundreds in Atlanta Rally Against Hate After Spa Shootings UK ‘heading towards digital skills shortage disaster’ Deliveroo founder Shu to serve up stake…

Daily News Briefing Brief. Me – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnzYDfKt60E The top stories Coronavirus vaccines: PM to telephone EU leaders in bid to stop export ban being imposedBBC News says Boris Johnson is expected to speak to his EU counterparts this week as a row over Covid vaccine supplies continues.EU leaders will discuss a ban on Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine exports to the UK – but the PM aims to put the UK’s case in one-on-one phone calls before that.The EU says they can “forbid” vaccines made on the continent from being sent to the UK. The latest flashpoint appears to be overdoses made in…

Chaos ensued on the streets of Bristol as angry protesters have attacked police after thousands of people turned up to a demonstration that officers had “strongly advised” against attending. Police Officers suffered in the attacks, in what are the most violent scenes on British streets for years. Police officers suffered broken bones and police vans were set alight as angry scenes unfolded in Bristol city centre. The atmosphere took a marked turn when the first police vehicle was set on fire. Huge plumes of black smoke rose up from Bridewell Street. A small number of protesters jumped on to the…

Brief. Me – BrIEf.Me In today’s briefing update, several of the front pages lead with investigations into the Met Police and wider police forces.  Also featured: The latest Covid-19 figures, Sports, business and entertainment news.  …………………………….. Revealed: Grim list of sex abse claims against Met police The Observer’s front page reveals a “grim” catalogue of sexual misconduct allegations against Metropolitan Police officers in an investigation by the paper. Documents obtained by the Observer show there were 594 complaints made against Met officers between 2012 and 2018 – with 119 of these upheld. Some of the claims reported by the paper…

Palestinian killed by the Israeli army in West Bank as clashes between the Israeli army and Palestinians erupted on Friday. The Protester was shot dead in a clash between soldiers and Palestinians demonstrating against illegal settlements. West Bank demonstrations often turn violent with Palestinian protesters hurling rocks and firebombs at Israeli forces who fire tear gas, rubber-coated bullets, and sometimes live ammunition to disperse them. “A citizen who was shot in the head with live ammunition died,” the Palestinian health ministry said, adding the incident happened in the village of Beit Dajan, near Nablus. The Israeli military said it was…

The Armie Hammer story just got darker, actor accused of 2017 rape  The Armie Hammer story has just got darker. LA police have launched an investigation into an allegation of rape made against the Hollywood actor.  Hammer has denied any wrongdoing.  The confirmation from detectives of an inquiry came moments after a woman, 21, appeared at a news conference and alleged she had been raped and assaulted by the actor in 2017.  The woman – who lives in Europe – was identified only as ‘Effie’ and gave a graphic description of her interactions with Mr Hammer. Telling reporters: “I thought…

‘The honeymoon period is over’ between UAE and Israel Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to involve the UAE in his re-election campaign has led to the UAE reducing its official contacts with Israel – in a clear protest at Netanyahu’s attempts, according to officials.  Last year the two countries normalised relations, but now find themselves in a new diplomatic crisis.  Since the accords were announced last August, the UAE was quick to bring its previously secret commercial and strategic ties to Israel, the two quickly fostered cultural, tourism and investment links.  But Abu Dhabi hasn’t hidden their dismay at Netanyahu’s attempts to…