Customers of a major energy company are being given free electric blankets as the cost of living crisis continues to strike the UK. Octopus Electricity has supplied warm blankets to thousands of its customers to help with increasing gas and energy expenses. The price ceiling was raised to over £2,000 at the start of April, causing many families’ energy costs to rise. That means an average yearly energy bill in Britain will go up by £700. As part of Britain’s cost-of-living issue, food and clothing prices have soared. But Octopus Energy has attempted to ease the pain by giving them…
Author: Khaled Nour
Trevor Noah, who will host the Grammy Awards in 2022, took a dig at Will Smith and Chris Rock’s Oscars spat last weekend. “It’s going to be such a lovely evening,” Noah remarked at the outset of Sunday’s event at Las Vegas’s MGM Grand Garden Arena. “Do not consider this to be an award show,” he said. “This is an awards ceremony. We’re going to listen to some music, we’re going to dance, we’re going to sing, we’re going to avoid saying people’s names, and we’re going to be handing out trophies throughout the night.” Noah’s remark about “keeping people’s…
Atkinson recounted how Gorka Marquez’s Strictly Come Dancing co-star got involved while the pair were both feeling’resentful’. The former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale star opened up about the public’s ‘grief’ after the birth of her daughter Mia in 2019. It happened shortly after Gorka returned to work, and less than two years after they met on the famous BBC One dance programme. After bringing their two-year-old daughter Gemma home from the hospital, the Spanish dancer went back on the road with Here Come The Boys. “We got a lot of flak,” Gemma added. ‘What type of parent chooses work above his…
The footballing world has rallied around former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal, who just disclosed he had cancer. The current Netherlands coach, 70, revealed on Sunday’s Humberto that he is undergoing treatment for an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Van Gaal denied informing his squad of his illness. “I don’t think you should inform individuals you work with because it can impact their decisions,” he stated. “Prostate cancer does not kill you in 90% of instances. “Other underlying disorders generally kill you. But I had a bad form and got irradiated 25 times. Then you have to manage your…
Simao Sabrosa came close to becoming a Liverpool player before scoring against the Reds, and he believes the Eagles can shock the odds. A former Liverpool target who ended the club’s Champions League defence with a goal at Anfield believes Benfica can repeat history 16 years later. Simao Sabrosa is currently a director of the Lisbon club, but he scored a sensational goal at the Kop end in a 2-0 win for the Eagles in 2006, knocking holders Liverpool out of Europe’s premier competition in the last 16. Simao, now 42, reflects fondly on that night at Anfield as the…
Cody Rhodes returned to WWE on Saturday night at WrestleMania 38, nearly six years after he famously left the business. Rhodes has competed all over the world during that period and was instrumental in the development of All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Tony Khan’s rival wrestling business. Rhodes was a prominent on-screen personality and an executive vice president off-screen for AEW, but he departed the firm in February 2022 after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract. Rhodes stated in an interview with Variety in the days preceding WrestleMania that his aim is to accomplish what his father, the…
After a short break for World Cup qualifiers, the Premier League returns this weekend with a full slate of matches, and value bettors should keep an eye out for two underdogs at excellent odds. Wolverhampton Wanderers (+205) host Aston Villa at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday. Wolves have been a nice surprise in their debut season under Portuguese manager Bruno Lage and are still in with a chance of qualifying for the Europa League with eight games remaining. Wolverhampton’s modest success is mostly due to a tenacious defence that ranks fourth in the Premier League this season. Although the underlying…
(CNN)Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek beat Naomi Osaka in straight sets Saturday in Miami. Swiatek won 6-4, 6-0. “Stay strong,” Swiatek stated after her win, thanking her squad and fans. Swiatek was already atop the women’s rankings before the Indian Wells victory and the retirement of No. 1 Ashleigh Barty. The rankings are due Monday. Swiatek’s triumph on Saturday was momentous in many ways. She is the first player to win the first three WTA 1000 events in a season and the fourth woman to win the Sunshine Double (Indian Wells and Miami).
To start the quarter-finals, the team is going to Chelsea for the first game (Wednesday, 9 pm CET). Ciudad Real Madrid was where the team did its first training session before the Champions League quarterfinal first-leg match at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea, which will be played there (Wednesday, 9 pm CET). Players who played in the game against Celta took part in a recovery session. The players worked out in the gym first, then did exercises to strengthen their muscles and drills to keep the ball. Afterward, the group played on a smaller field for a game. Jovi worked out…
A 30-something high-school history teacher, Volodymyr Zelensky is like Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society or Richard Dreyfuss in Mr. Holland’s Opus. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I’ve been watching the witty political satire Servant of the People on Netflix. With a brilliant storyline and a fast-moving plot, Servant is like many outstanding international series. Like the political serial king, House of Cards, it is cynical and provocative. But it’s set in Kyiv, so it’s a strange military reality. It’s odd to watch a drama with a fictional (now real) Ukrainian President, but I keep watching, engrossed by the…