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Yahoo Movies UKDaniel Craig's post-Bond career has been packed with joyous variety
Since he said goodbye to James Bond, Daniel Craig has had more fun than just about anybody in Hollywood. With new film Queer, he could be heading to the Oscars.
- Associated Press
Tight security for Taliban minister’s funeral as Islamic State group claim deadly suicide attack
Tight security measures were in place Thursday for a Taliban minister’s funeral in Afghanistan after he was killed in a suicide bombing claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. Cabinet member Khalil Haqqani was the most high-profile casualty of an assault in the country since the Taliban seized power three years ago. Haqqani is the uncle of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting interior minister and the leader of a powerful faction within the Taliban.
- Yahoo Movies UK
Kraven the Hunter reviews blast film as 'punishingly dull'
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular Spider-Man villain in Sony's latest origin story, which critics were unimpressed by.
- Evening Standard
Chelsea youngsters out to shine in Astana: New leader and Michael Olise's brother
Several academy stars will be out to impress as Enzo Maresca picks youthful squad for long Kazakhstan trip in Conference League
- Evening Standard
Time's Person of the Year: 10 past winners as Donald Trump primed for honour
The Time Person of the Year tradition began in 1927, so which prominent people or groups have won it recently?
- Evening Standard
The Little Foxes at the Young Vic review: Anne-Marie Duff shines in this tale of a rapaciously dysfunctional family's collapse
4/5 Family tensions, rampant capitalism, excessive drinking, someone falling over: yes, this is definitely a Christmas show
- Reuters
European stocks seesaw as traders await ECB policy decision
(Reuters) -European stocks dipped on Thursday, as investors braced for a rate cut from the European Central Bank and awaited hints on policy moves next year as the euro zone economy struggles with slowing growth and heightened political risks. Rate-sensitive euro zone bank shares rose 0.4%. The ECB is expected to cut interest rates again, with traders pricing in an 81% chance of a 25 bps reduction and a 19% chance of a 50 bps cut, as euro zone inflation nears target and the economy falters.
- PA Media: UK News
More than 5,000 NI children set to spend Christmas in temporary accommodation
The figures have been described as shocking and heart breaking by charities.
- PA Media: UK News
Traffic jam warning ahead of ‘busiest Christmas getaway on record’
The AA predicted that Friday December 20 will be the busiest day on the roads during the festive period.
- The Independent
Biden commutes 1,500 sentences and issues 39 pardons in biggest single-day act of clemency in history
‘America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,’ Biden said in a statement
- PA Media: UK News
Man held on suspicion of murder in Kyran Durnin investigation
The Irish schoolboy was potentially missing for two years before authorities were alerted earlier this year.
- Yahoo Movies UK
Is Cillian Murphy in the 28 Years Later trailer? Not so fast
Internet sleuths were quick to claim a zombie in the first trailer for Danny Boyle's zombie sequel was the Oppenheimer trailer.
- Evening Standard
FTSE 100 Live 12 December: Currys in Budget price warning, recruiters slide on 2025 outlook
Currys has warned of “inevitable” price rises due to Budget measures it said will add £32 million to its costs. In its half-year results, the electricals chain called government policy an “unwelcome and material headwind.” The focus is also on interest rates, with the European Central Bank seen cutting by another quarter point.
- USA TODAY Sports
Winners, losers of Bill Belichick becoming new North Carolina football coach
Bill Belichick is leaving the NFL world for the college ranks as he becomes North Carolina's new head football coach. Who won or lost in the move?
- GuruFocus.com
NVIDIA Crushes Rivals: Secures Unprecedented 90% of GPU Market in Q3 2024
AMD and Intel Struggle as NVIDIA Hits Historic GPU Market Share Domination
- The Independent
‘Tidal wave of flu’ a major threat to NHS in England over winter, new figures show
Hospitals in England are battling a “tidal wave” of flu as admissions increased by more than two-thirds in seven days, new data shows. The number of hospital beds occupied by patients with the flu hit an average of 1,861 a day last week - up 70 per cent on the week before and more than three times the amount last year. NHS England has warned services “tidal wave” of infections and are bracing for a “quad-demic” of bugs this winter, with the increase in cases of flu, norovirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and expected increases of Covid-19.
- Evening Standard
Greenbelt should be in sights of councils that ‘max out’ brownfield land for housing, minister says
The Government is ‘absolutely willing’ to take a local plan away from councils that refuse to meet homebuilding targets, Matthew Pennycook warned
- The Telegraph
The 100 greatest films of all time
Think of the list below as less of a canon than a pop gun. It is the unabashedly partial and self-serving result of one critic – me – being asked to set down the 100 greatest films as I saw them, then cook up a rationalisation post hoc. Like many cinephiles, I already had a running best-of Rolodex in the back of my head, but I took this opportunity to start again from scratch, filling and then endlessly reshuffling a spreadsheet over a couple of weeks, and setting myself three rules to stick to
- Associated Press Finance
Stock market today: World shares are mixed following a rebound on Wall Street
World shares were mixed Thursday ahead of a decision by the European Central Bank on interest rates that was expected to yield at least a quarter percentage point cut to the current 3.25% benchmark. Analysts said the monetary authority for the 20 euro currency countries in the European Union was bound to act now that inflation has fallen to target levels and growth is slowing. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 0.2%.
- Sky News
Sara Sharif murder is 'heartbreaking reminder' of 'profound weaknesses' in child protection
Reacting to the verdicts, the children's commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza said "no child at risk of abuse should be home-educated". Ms de Souza called for the government to introduce a unique identifier for children and share data on them between the various children's services.