Liverpool will host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the BBC has announced. It beat off Glasgow to win the chance to host the show, with the grand final taking place on 13 May 2023. Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won this year’s contest but organisers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), ruled it would be unsafe to host
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Jeremy Clarkson has been ordered to shut the restaurant and cafe at his farm in Oxfordshire over what the local council says is a breach of planning laws. The 62-year-old broadcaster is appealing after receiving an enforcement notice from West Oxfordshire District Council in August. Clarkson‘s Diddly Squat Farm in Chadlington has become well known
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The co-executive producer of the hit US comedy show Scrubs has been charged with 18 counts of sexual assault. Eric Weinberg is accused of using his “Hollywood credentials” to lure several young women to photo shoots before assaulting them, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney. The 62-year-old’s charges include six counts of sexual
Electric vehicle conversion specialist Everrati is at it again with another BEV version of a combustion-era classic. Today the company unveiled an all-electric “Wide Body” version of the Porsche 911 Cabriolet convertible, which joins other officially licensed conversions of the iconic sports car in addition to several other electrified makes and models. Everrati Automotive Ltd.
M People founder Mike Pickering has said the band is “livid” that their song was used by Liz Truss on stage at the Tory party conference. The prime minister walked up to the podium to their 1990s hit Moving On Up, which features vocalist Heather Small, ahead of delivering her keynote speech. Mr Pickering said: “They (the
Her latest film is the true story of a fierce group of female warriors who protected a West African Kingdom in the 1800s, given the Hollywood treatment. And like her latest character, Viola Davis has told Sky News she’s had to fight in order to succeed. “If I waited for the sort of roles that
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Angelina Jolie accused Brad Pitt of being “emotionally and physically abusive” towards her and her children, according to new court filings. The actress claimed a series of violent incidents took place during a plane journey in September 2016, which ultimately led to her filing for a divorce. The allegations, which Pitt strongly denied at the
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) plunged this afternoon after it was reported that Elon Musk agreed to finally go through with his deal to buy Twitter. That means he won’t be buying back Tesla stocks. After a bad day on the stock market yesterday following its Q3 delivery and production release and the market digesting its AI
Rebekah Vardy has been ordered to pay Coleen Rooney’s legal costs following their Wagatha Christie libel trial – and the bill could reach about £1.5m. In a ruling issued on Tuesday, Judge Justice Steyn said Vardy must pay 90% of Rooney’s costs, and that an £800,000 down payment must be paid by 4pm on 15
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Are you looking for a way to ride around town but don’t want to drop over $1,000 on an e-bike? Well, the Segway E22 electric scooter is perfect for traveling to or from work without using a single drop of gas or oil. It’s great for those trips because Segway is bundling a seat with
At a small independent record store tucked away in a neat courtyard of shops next to St Albans’ famous cathedral, a vinyl record that one band is hoping could become the most expensive ever sold in the UK is about to be released. Just one physical copy of prolific indie band The Pocket Gods’ latest
Kim Kardashian has agreed to pay $1.26m (£1.12m) to settle charges brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission over a post on her Instagram account. The reality TV star failed to disclose she was paid $250,000 (£220,000) for promoting a cryptocurrency asset on her feed, said the SEC. The commission said the post was
Tesla confirmed today that Gigafactory Berlin has been able to ramp up production to 2,000 electric cars a week for the first time. If this new production rate is maintainable, it is a giant achievement for the automaker. Every automaker in the world is currently navigating an extremely difficult supply chain crisis in order to
Tesla has unveiled its latest version of its Dojo supercomputer and it’s apparently so powerful that it tripped the power grid in Palo Alto. Dojo is Tesla’s own custom supercomputer platform built from the ground up for AI machine learning and more specifically for video training using the video data coming from its fleet of
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Remember the good ol’ days of hearing the ice cream truck’s jingle coming down the street and running outside with a fistful of quarters to grab your favorite tasty treat? Yea, me neither, as I’m in my early 30’s and that stuff was mostly phased out by the time we were kids. Why pay a
Tesla has unveiled its Optimus humanoid robot at its AI Day 2022 today and Elon Musk believes Tesla can bring it to market for “less than $20,000”. As expected, the event started with Tesla unveiling a working prototype of its humanoid robot – a project first announced at Tesla’s AI day in 2021. There were