Category : Focus

Potential new orders for struggling train firm

The train firm says it is in "intense" talks with the government and Transport for London.

What is the smoking ban and how will it work?

The government wants to stop people smoking by raising the legal age limit for buying cigarettes.

Travis Kelce to host celebrity spin-off of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

Kansas City Chiefs tight end will make his TV series debut as the host of Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? for Amazon Prime VideoTravis Kelce has a new addition to his résume: gameshow host. The Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs tight end has la...

First product of Meghan's lifestyle brand revealed

The jars of strawberry jam, labelled America Riviera Orchard, have been shared with friends and influencers.

Birmingham Airport flights disrupted by incident

West Midlands Police says the airport has now reopened as there is no wider risk to the public.

Survey finds generative AI proving major threat to the work of translators

While AI tools have been used by some translators to support their work, three-quarters of those surveyed believe the emerging technology will negatively impact their future incomeMore than a third of translators have lost work due to generative AI,...

Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson to star in Naked Gun remake

Baywatch star will return to the big screen in the remake of the 80s and 90s crime spoof, directed by the Lonely Island’s Akiva SchafferPamela Anderson is headed back to the big screen for a remake of the Naked Gun, opposite Liam Neeson.The Lonely Is...

Ex-Post Office boss missed chance to stop scandal

David Miller says he should have read a 2003 report calling out Horizon system discrepancies.

Russia to grow faster than all advanced economies

The IMF estimates Russia's economy will grow faster than the likes of the US, UK and Germany this year.

Ex-Post Office boss regrets not halting scandal

David Miller says he should have read a 2003 report calling out Horizon system discrepancies.

Tantrums of the rich and famous: nine acts that turned on their audience – from Elton to Bieber to Blur

This week, Damon Albarn took umbrage at a Coachella crowd who failed to sing along. But he is far from the worst offenderWhen Coachella 2024 comes to be remembered by future generations, the abiding image will be that of Damon Albarn attempting to en...

John Akomfrah’s British pavilion at Venice Biennale review – a magnificent and awful journey

The artist’s nightmare of colonial exile, ecology and globalisation – recurring endlessly over six interconnected video installations – leaves you unsettled, unhinged and gasping for airTrucks pass by spewing clouds of insecticide that fumigate a poo...

‘It’s a queered up history of art’: the provocateur turning Gaga and Kardashian into weeping saints

Why are there almost no tears in great works of art? Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli is rectifying this – by embroidering balloon-shaped drops on to modern mashups of Giotto and BotticelliSince tears express intense emotion, you’d think great painte...

The Last Caravaggio review – an unmissable and murderously dark finale

National Gallery, LondonRage, slaughter, death, regret … The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, believed to be Caravaggio’s last work, is so astonishing, it deserves to be a one-painting blockbusterAt the height of his fame in Rome, Michelangelo Merisi da Ca...

MPs to vote on smoking ban for those born after 2009

Rishi Sunak's bill aims to create the UK's first smoke-free generation in a major public health intervention.