Morrisons has announced it will match the price offered at Aldi and Lidl on hundreds of its products. Trying to win back customers from the German challenger supermarkets, Morrisons will check its prices on selected products against the rivals twice a …
Emma Stone left ‘pouring sweat’ and ‘shaking’ at BAFTAs
Emma Stone was left “pouring sweat” and “shaky” after she picked up her best actress BAFTA. The Oscar-winning actress, 35, was handed the trophy for her role as Bella Baxter in ‘Poor Things’ at Sunday’s (18.02.24) ceremony in London’s Festival Hall, be…
Cillian Murphy asked if he should sing ‘rebel song’ at BAFTAs to prove he was ‘proud Irishman’
Cillian Murphy jokingly asked if he should sing a “rebel song” to prove what a “proud Irishman” he is after he picked up his BAFTA gong. The Cork-born actor was handed the best actor gong for his titular role as physicist J Robert Oppenheimer in Christ…
BAFTA winner Cord Jefferson slams showbiz for not having ‘morality’ at its heart
Cord Jefferson has declared the entertainment business does not “operate on morality”. The writer and director, 42, attacked the industry’s reluctance to fund “risky” projects after he picked up the best adapted screenplay trophy for his film ‘American…
Samantha Morton urges kids in care not to let the ‘system drag you down’
Samantha Morton has urged children in care not to let the “system” drag them down – and warned “it will” if they let it. The double Oscar-nominee made the declaration on Sunday (18.02.24) after being awarded the BAFTA Fellowship in recognition of her “…
The longest winning runs in football history
By Grey Whitebloom The legendary high-water mark of 26 consecutive wins set by Johan Cruyff’s Ajax side had stood for more than half a century before it was broken in Scotland’s fifth tier thanks to goals from a lab technician. Or so everyone thought. …
4 takeaways from Bayern’s defeat to Bochum: Thomas Tuchel on the brink, Harry Kane’s frustrations & more
By Jack Gallagher Bayern Munich suffered their third defeat in the space of eight days on Sunday, losing 3-2 to Bochum in the Bundesliga. The defeat to a team that Bayern have beaten 7-0 on three occasions since 2021 followed up a disastrous 1-0 loss t…
Hong Kong sees more than 1.25 million mainland Chinese visitors over Lunar New Year holiday
The 1.25 million mainland Chinese tourists who visited Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year holiday “intensified the city’s ambience” and boosted the catering and retail industries, the government has said. The Immigration Department recorded around 1.4…
Brutal Battle for Avdiivka brings Russia’s first major victory in 2024
The capture of Avdiivka is Russia’s first major achievement in nine months, but it doesn’t leave any side looking good. For Russia, it was a Pyrrhic victory that consumed an army’s worth of equipment and killed or mangled estimated tens of thousands of…
Brutal Battle for Avdiivka brings Russia’s first major victory in 2024
The capture of Avdiivka is Russia’s first major achievement in nine months, but it doesn’t leave any side looking good. For Russia, it was a Pyrrhic victory that consumed an army’s worth of equipment and killed or mangled estimated tens of thousands of…