Spotify adds more subscribers, podcasts fuel ad rebound
Headphones are seen in front of a logo of online music streaming service Spotify in this illustration picture taken in Strasbourg, February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo…
Intel teams with Google Cloud to develop new class of data center chip
A Google Cloud logo outside the Google Cloud computing unit’s headquarters at the Moffett Place office complex in Sunnyvale, California, U.S., June 19, 2019. REUTERS/Paresh Dave/File Photo…
U.S. senators call for passing laws to protect online privacy for kids
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Two Democratic senators called Wednesday for two bills to be voted into law that will limit what children are shown online and…
Murderer denied parole as Helen’s law used for first time
Ms McCourt welcomed the decision on Wednesday. She said: “This is what Helen’s law is all about. It should never be a case of, ‘oh, this person…
Wayne Couzens joined Met Police when ‘thousands of officers were not properly vetted’
It has been confirmed that Couzens was known as “The Rapist” by officers during his career, in addition to a reputation for “drug abuse and extreme pornography”….
Pressure mounts on British Museum to return Benin Bronzes after Cambridge college hands back looted treasure
The Oba of Benin is head of the historic Eweka dynasty of the Benin Empire, centred on Benin City in modern-day Nigeria. “This is really a great…
Water firms ‘won’t be allowed’ to make customers foot bill for ending sewage spills
Water companies will not be allowed to make customers foot the bill for fixing sewage overflow problems, The Telegraph understands. Sources in the Government and pricing regulator…
Eliminate ambulance queues, hospitals told as two deaths linked to handover delays
“Given current performance and the risk to patient safety, we must however press to identify further solutions to eliminate all handover delays,” said the letter from Prof…
Joanna Lumley may be absolutely fabulous, but her plan to save the world is utterly bonkers
Now, I shouldn’t just dismiss the idea out of hand. The Government is always banging on about its determination to cut carbon emissions. Rationing might well fit…
Budget 2021: Government doing education catch-up ‘on the cheap’ as Rishi Sunak offers ‘inadequate’ support, say unions
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been accused of offering “completely inadequate” post-lockdown support to pupils with government help for schools being done “on the cheap”. At his budget…
Stephen Port: Dog walker recalls ‘peculiar’ discoveries of two of serial killer’s victims at same churchyard
A dog walker has recalled the grim moments she discovered two of serial killer Stephen Port’s victims at the same churchyard just weeks apart. Port was sentenced…
Yuval Noah Harari: Why humanity faces its most critical decade yet
In that talk, recorded earlier this month, he acknowledges that the pandemic – and the world before it – has become increasingly divided. Much of that is…
‘I was frightened, but furious’: How lockdown made it easier for stalkers to terrorise their victims
Alan’s stalking campaign against Laura started four years ago, after she fired him for inepitude from his job in her business. “He told me: ‘you ruined my…
PC Adam Zaman: Metropolitan Police officer charged with rape
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been remanded in custody after being charged with rape. PC Adam Zaman, who is based on the East Area Command Unit,…
Do you have ‘Long not-Covid’? What to do if you can’t shake this season’s illnesses
If there was a scintilla of a silver lining to the pandemic, it might be that many of us avoided getting a cold or the flu for…
Thousands of women set to boycott nightclubs for ‘night in’ protest amid surge in reports of drink spiking and unknown injections
Thousands of people are set to boycott nightclubs for a “girls’ night in” protest amid a rise in reports of drink spiking and injections. Women from university…
What Wes Anderson’s new film gets right (and wrong) about France
As much as The French Dispatch is a depiction of France, it’s also a depiction of the American intelligentsia’s projections onto the country. Since America and France…
Angela Rayner: Man arrested over threatening and abusive communications sent to Labour deputy leader
A 52-year-old man has been arrested over threatening and abusive phone calls, emails and letters received by Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner. He was arrested at an…
Budget 2021: Boris Johnson leads cabinet ministers in return of mask-wearing in House of Commons
Boris Johnson has led members of his cabinet in wearing masks in the House of Commons as top Conservatives returned to donning face coverings in parliament. During…
Hannie Caulder: Raquel Welch’s bloody, controversial (and British) revenge Western
In The Westerners, Kennedy also revealed that Welch was involved in a ferocious punch-up with one of the crew. “Raquel travelled in a brown four-door Mercedes,” he…
Sir David Amess fought for his life for over an hour after being stabbed, inquest hears
An inquest into Sir David’s murder opened on Wednesday morning at County Hall in Chelmsford, Essex. Coroner’s officer Paul Donaghy said: “Sir David Amess, MP for Southend…
Cambridge University college returning looted bronze cockerel to Nigeria
A Cambridge University college will return a looted bronze cockerel to Nigeria. The statue, known as the Okukur, was looted by British colonial forces in 1897 and…
The Commitments at 30: the chaotic creation of Ireland’s strangest band
I can’t talk to Jimmy Rabbitte, manager of The Commitments – AKA musician and actor Robert Arkins – and not tell him about my long-held musical dream:…
Tamara Ecclestone and Frank Lampard targeted by burglar who looted £26m in cash and jewellery
A criminal involved in the UK’s biggest ever domestic burglary has admitted a plot to smuggle £26 million worth of cash and jewellery stolen from celebrities’ homes…
Tamara Ecclestone raid: Burglar admits plot to get £26m worth of cash and jewellery stolen from celebrities’ homes out of country
A gang member involved in a raid on the mansion of Tamara Ecclestone, in what was the UK’s largest ever domestic burglary, has admitted a plot to…