Octopus Energy has sealed its deal to buy Bulb, a collapsed energy rival that has been funded by billions of pounds in government support for nearly a year. Octopus said it is taking on Bulb’s 1.5 million customers “bringing an end to taxpayer losses and uncertainty for Bulb customers and employees”. It added: “Octopus is
Month: October 2022
South Korea’s president has declared a national period of mourning over a stampede during Halloween festivities – as the number of deaths has risen to 151. President Yoon Suk-yeol expressed condolences to the victims and wished for a speedy recovery for the injured in a statement on Sunday. “This is truly tragic,” he said. “A
Joe Biden has said that Paul Pelosi is doing better following an attack at his home – and said it appeared like the assault was intended for his wife Nancy, the Speaker of the House. The US president made the comments after he described the violent assault as “despicable”, while San Francisco’s police chief said
As Henry Cavill announced at the top of the week, he’s back as Superman and his recent cameo during the end credits of Black Adam was but a “small taste of things to come.” It’s exciting news for the future of DC Movies, but while we wait for movement on the next appearance of the
Movies with some supernatural element are always a treat, and Ghosts of Christmas Always plays like a modern-day version of A Christmas Carol. Kim Matula stars as Katherine, a Ghost of Christmas Present, and she and the ghosts of Christmas Past (Lori Tan Chinn) and Christmas Future (Reginald VelJohnson) are tasked with helping Peter (Ian
By now, you are most likely aware that her highness, Taylor Alison Swift, has bestowed a new album upon the people of Earth. Midnights is her tenth full-length album since the self-titled Taylor Swift was released in 2006, and while I’ve enjoyed her work since she shifted over from the country scene, I wasn’t really
In this article TWTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s archived Twitter account is shown on a phone screen with the Twitter logo in the background. Sheldon Cooper | Lightrocket | Getty Images A decade ago, Twitter’s future was looking bright. The company was benefiting from
The UK is now spending more of its aid budget at home than in poorer countries, development experts have said. That is because a large proportion of the pot – some £3bn – is being spent on housing refugees, mainly from Ukraine, according to the Centre for Global Development (CGD). The UK aid budget is
The next operator of the National Lottery is in talks to buy the incumbent, Camelot, in a £100m deal that would pave the way for the removal of the latter’s final legal challenge against the industry regulator. Sky News has learnt that Allwyn Entertainment is in advanced discussions with Camelot’s Canadian owner about a takeover
Britain has denied Russian claims that Royal Navy personnel blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month, saying the story is “invented”. A Ministry of Defence tweet said: “To detract from their disastrous handling of the illegal invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defence is resorting to peddling false claims of an epic
The largest automaker in the US has pulled paid advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk completed his takeover of the social media company. Musk’s $44bn (£38bn) deal to buy Twitter completed on Thursday and he reportedly sacked the company’s chief executive and two other top bosses. The world’s richest man tweeted “the bird is freed”
Bill Maher was on a tear Friday night over Halloween, and his message — on the surface about “offensive” costumes — was much more of a social commentary about the “emotional hemophiliacs” who are bent out of shape over everything under the sun. The “Real Time” host zeroed in on media sites that are urging/warning/threatening
Warning against the dangers of having “temptation in hand,” Pope Francis has urged nuns and priests to stop watching porn. According to the BBC, Francis was answering a question about digital and social media when he turned to the subject of explicit pornography. His Holiness called it “a vice that so many people have… even priests and
★ Berry Song A reverent and joyful celebration of berry picking, Berry Song is the stunning authorial debut of Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade, an enrolled member of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. As a girl and her grandmother pick berries in the Tongass National Forest, located not far from the author-illustrator’s home
In this article AAPL META MSFT AMZN GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Marlene Awaad | Bloomberg | Getty Images Other than Apple, it was a brutal earnings week for Big Tech. Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft combined lost over $350 billion in market cap after offering concerning commentary for
The UK’s Northern Ireland secretary has said he “will be calling an election” in the nation after a deadline to restore devolved government at Stormont passed at midnight. Yesterday, last-ditch efforts to restore the multi-party executive failed and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris had been expected to subsequently call an election today and announce the
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