A video of a man doing the “worm” during a Rita Ora performance at a charity event has gone viral. Ms Ora was performing her song Praising You at a Prince’s Trust event in New York when Australian lobbyist Ian Smith decided to show off his dance moves. The 57-year-old’s wife, and former Australian senator,
Month: May 2023
Justin Sullivan JP Morgan Chase is set to take over the troubled US bank First Republic in a deal brokered by regulators. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) confirmed in a statement that First Republic Bank had collapsed on Monday. Investment banking giant JP Morgan will take on all of the deposits and the majority
Network 10 By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Award-winning chef and MasterChef Australia host Jock Zonfrillo has died suddenly, aged 46. The Scotsman worked with world-famous chefs in renowned restaurants around the globe before opening his own in Australia. His death was confirmed by Network 10, on the day it was due to air the
Serhiy Lysak By Antoinette Radford BBC News Russia has launched a series of missile and artillery attacks on Ukraine, the second pre-dawn attack in three days. One person died in Kherson region and 25 people – including three children – were injured in Dnipropetrovsk. Ukraine’s armed forces said 15 of 18 missiles fired were intercepted
PA Media By Charley Adams BBC News Nurses in England have started a 28-hour strike, which NHS bosses say is the largest industrial action so far. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) rejected the government’s pay offer and will walk out until midnight on Monday. Union leaders agreed nurses could be called in during the
By Becky Morton Political reporter When Tina Bhartwas was elected two years ago at the age of 19, she was the youngest ever councillor on Hertfordshire County Council. But despite sitting on the board of a local charity, and her experience of campaigning for free school meals, she still had doubts about whether the role
AFP Turkish forces have killed the suspected leader of Islamic State (IS) in Syria, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi is believed to have taken over the group after his predecessor died in a raid in February. Mr Erdogan told broadcaster TRT Turk the IS leader was “neutralised” in a Turkish