• “British Justice”? Hundreds of Subpostmasters Ask, What’s That?

    Between 1999 and 2015 several hundred sub-post masters (SPMs) were accused and in many cases convicted of negligence or crimes involving theft, false accounting and fraud, based on flawed information – defective to the point of being haywire-- provided by the multinational Fujitsu-installed Horizon computer system. The Fujitsu-Horizon system wrongly indicated that money had somehow “gone missing” from numerous SPM branch accounts. The accused victims were required to pay back the missing money...

  • How is the Red Sea crisis affecting British companies?

    Many shipping firms have suspended all journeys transiting the Red Sea. Average global container rates have spiked by about 64% over the past year. DFS and Dr Martens have experienced longer delivery times due to the crisis

  • Drama about emulators on the App Store has only just begun

    The weekend drama surrounding emulation on the App Store isn't the first one, and it won't be the last. Here's what you need to know about emulators in the App Store and the complexities surrounding them. Emulation is coming to the App Store - eventually To make a long weekend saga short, a developer released a GameBoy Advance emulator called iGBA onto the App Store. However, this was, in essence, a clone of GBA4iOS and the follow-on Delta. The latter of which has already been approved...

  • How brilliant female British TV detectives helped me understand myself

    These stunning, extremely relatable women, with nuanced facial expressions and sensible shoes, helped me outline success on my own termsI love watching television – ideally in bed with a bowl of salt and vinegar potato chips and a bottle of Coke, zoning out for hours.I’ve always been like this. In my teens and 20s I watched back-to-back-to-back Law & Order and Law & Order SVU episodes. I loved the comfort and reliability of the form: the drama of a murder, investigation, plot twist and...

    • SFGate

    Everything we know about where the 49ers-Brandon Aiyuk drama stands

    The drama surrounding the San Francisco 49ers and star receiver Brandon Aiyuk is reaching a fever pitch ahead of Thursday’s NFL Draft. Several reports from members of the NFL media dropped Tuesday, all casting serious doubt over the situation between the receiver and team as they work through a clearly contentious contract negotiation. 49ers general manager John Lynch held a pre-draft press conference Monday where he made it clear that the team’s wish is to have Aiyuk around “for the rest of his...

    • TMZ

    Rebel Wilson Claims a British Royal Invited Her to an Orgy

    Rebel Wilson says she once found herself at a drug-fueled orgy, courtesy of a member of the British Royal family allegedly. The actress details the encounter in her new memoir, "Rebel Rising" explaining how she received a last-minute…

  • Brenda Blethyn says 'cheerio' to TV drama Vera

    The actress says she's "sad to be saying cheerio" to the show, which will end after 14 series.

  • In Coastal British Columbia, the Haida Get Their Land Back

    Twenty years ago, Geoff Plant, the then attorney general of British Columbia, made an offer to the Haida Nation. Many West Coast First Nations, including the Haida, had never signed treaties with the Canadian government ceding their traditional lands or

  • Ryanair denial as British Airways found to be cheaper on some routes

    Consumer champions say you should not always assume budget airlines like Ryanair, Jet2, easyJet and Wizz Air are cheapest

  • BTV to air star-studded special dramas on Eid

    Bangladesh Television (BTV) will broadcast star-studded four special

  • Italians, British and Americans lead list of new Amsterdammers

    Italians, British people and Americans accounted for the biggest migrant groups to move to Amsterdam last year, according to new research by the city’s statistics office O&S. Some 36% of Amsterdam’s population of 918,000 have roots abroad, and over half of them – 173,540 – arrived in the past 10 years. Turkey, Germany, France, India, Ukraine, Spain and Russia complete the top 10 immigrant groups, O&S said. “The results of the research reflect what is happening on the world stage,”

  • The Truth will out as buyers find Israeli crime drama

    NEWS BRIEF: Crime drama The Truth has become the latest Israeli series to travel internationally with Acorn TV, Be TV and Canal+-owned Polar+ all picking the show up from distributor About Premium Content.