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Damon Albarn has criticised the government in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it has shown “no empathy with the arts whatsoever”. The Blur and Gorillaz star has called for music to be part of the “prescription” for the country’s national health. Speaking ahead of several virtual gigs, Albarn said: “This present government has

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Giovanna Fletcher has been crowned Queen of the Castle in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! The podcast host was named as the winner of the ITV competition after making it into the final two alongside radio DJ Jordan North. TV presenter Vernon Kay was eliminated earlier on in Friday night’s series finale.

Sir Ian McKellen is backing a campaign to buy the house where JRR Tolkien once lived. Sir Ian, who played Gandalf in the Lord Of The Rings films, and Martin Freeman, who starred in The Hobbit, are among the entertainers calling for a “fellowship” of fans to raise more than £4m for the house. Project

As Tesla (TSLA) is reaching new, insane levels of market capitalization, some suggest that it could be a good idea to again raise money and try to accelerate its effort to build more electric vehicle and battery production capacity. Tesla has already done two capital raises this year; a $2 billion one in February and

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta system was caught on video impressively detecting and avoiding a deer crossing the road at night. Watch the video below. Over the last few months, Tesla has been pushing its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software to a limited group of Tesla vehicle owners in order to test an early version of

Warner Bros will release all of its 2021 films, including Dune and The Matrix 4, online on the same day they hit cinemas. The move to put such major blockbusters straight on streaming service HBO Max is another blow to the struggling cinema industry, which has largely closed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Great Britain is arguably better known as a bleak little island on the edge of Europe, rather than as a renewable powerhouse, but ‘the times they are a-changin’. It won’t be surprising that Britain with its considerable coastline is ‘blowing in the wind’, but what is less well known is that occasionally there is sunshine

A young actress has given a royal performance for Prince Charles and Camilla – dressed in her supermarket workwear as she had to rush straight from the theatre to start her eight-hour shift. Tash Marshall performed her one-woman play Half Breed to the royal couple at London’s Soho Theatre on Thursday, before heading off to

Viggo Mortensen became a household name after he was cast as the rugged hero Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings films. Since then he has racked up three Oscar nominations and become a well-respected leading man, most recently in the limelight for playing the main character in 2018’s best picture winner Green Book.

Last month we reported on rumors that BMW had greenlit development of a high-performance “GP” version of the electric Mini. Today BMW announced that the car is indeed being worked on, but it will be designated as a “John Cooper Works” model, a name reserved for the brand’s highest-performance, track-ready vehicles. We didn’t get any

A government minister has warned that Coronation Street would be in Tier 3 under COVID restrictions – and the Rovers Return would only be able to serve takeaway food. The claim was made by media minister John Whittingdale in a Commons debate in which MPs of all parties lavished praise on the TV soap as

A due of German drivers completed a two-month, 17,500-mile (28,198 km) trip in a VW ID.3 electric car. The trip was used to show the capacity of the charging infrastructure, and they set a new world record while doing it. That world record is for the “longest continuous EV drive through a single country.” Rainer Zietlow

James Corden may be one of the leads in the new film adaptation of Broadway musical The Prom, but he admits he’s glad his school never had one. While the American tradition of putting on a dance for school leavers is something that has been getting more popular in the UK in recent years, the

In the year that Christmas came earlier than ever, with festive cheer providing some much-needed escapism from lockdown and tier rules, it seems only right that Mariah Carey gets her first festive number one in the UK. Yes, you read that correctly: All I Want For Christmas Is You never actually made it to the

It’s fair to say that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) hasn’t been the fastest off the mark when it comes to electric cars. With the lead-footedness displayed across all its brands – Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati and Ram – you could be forgiven for thinking that the Italian-American multinational simply isn’t