Bafta was right – Top Boy is the finest British drama in years What, not Happy Valley? Many watching the Bafta TV awards on Sunday night will have been expecting the conclusion of Sally Wainwright’s epic cop show to take the prize for best drama series. Viewers ... 05/13/2024 - 7:00 pm | View Link
British Indie Mad as Birds Unveils Cannes Film Market Slate (EXCLUSIVE) U.K. independent production outfit Mad as Birds (“Set Fire to the Stars,” “The Almond and the Seahorse”) has unveiled a slate spanning genres and will commence sales for them at the Cannes Film ... 05/13/2024 - 6:25 pm | View Link
British middleweight boxer Sherif Lawal dies after collapsing during pro debut LONDON — British middleweight boxer Sherif Lawal died Sunday after he was struck in the temple during his professional debut. He was 29. Lawal collapsed after he was struck by his Portuguese opponent, ... 05/13/2024 - 5:46 pm | View Link
Children's author wins top British Book Award K atherine Rundell has been named author of the year at the British Book Awards - the first time in six years that a children's writer has picked up the accolade. Rundell's latest release, fantasy ... 05/13/2024 - 5:25 pm | View Link
Best Stock to Buy Right Now: Altria vs. British American Tobacco Comparing the two stocks in the categories above, it looks like British American Tobacco is the clear winner. BAT is the more diversified of the two as the majority of Altria's business comes from ... 05/13/2024 - 1:02 pm | View Link
British people British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies. British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals. 05/11/2024 - 3:04 pm | View Link
British Council | The UK’s international culture and education organisation We connect. We inspire. We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. Learn more about us. British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024. 05/11/2024 - 3:15 am | View Link
United Kingdom | History, Population, Map, Flag, Capital, & Facts United Kingdom, island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. It comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. Its capital is London. 05/11/2024 - 2:03 am | View Link
What’s the Difference Between England, Britain and the U.K.? The word “British” is confusing in and of itself—it can refer to things that relate to the United Kingdom, Great Britain or the former British Empire. Though that empire used to be the world’s... 05/10/2024 - 10:43 pm | View Link
What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom? Great Britain, therefore, is a geographic term referring to the island also known simply as Britain. It’s also a political term for the part of the United Kingdom made up of England, Scotland, and Wales (including the outlying islands that they administer, such as the Isle of Wight). 05/10/2024 - 9:10 pm | View Link
Jazz saxophone icon David Sanborn passed away today at 78 years old. The multiple Grammy-winning musician died from a long bout with prostate cancer.
Sanborn was diagnosed with polio at three years old and explained how the radio and music aided in his recovery.
Playing saxophone was an important part of his recovery, according to his official bio, and by the time he was a teenager he was playing alongside blues legends like Albert King and Little Milton.
Fox's Maria Bartiromo helps GOP Sen. Mike Lee promote the Republican's false narrative that migrants crossing the border are going to vote in federal elections in droves and their latest voter suppression attempt based on that narrative.
Just like Speaker Mike Johnson, Lee has no proof that this is happening anywhere, but that didn't stop him from pretending people would risk going to prison by voting illegally during his interview this Sunday:
BARTIROMO: Let's talk about the bill that you are pushing, the SAVE Act, and I want to get your take on a free and fair election come November.
U. S. law enforcement officials seized more than 115 million pills containing illicit fentanyl in 2023—a dramatic increase that experts say is “alarming” and shows the need for increased public health efforts to prevent the distribution of these pills and possible overdoses.
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A new study published Monday in the International Journal of Drug Policy found that the number of individual pills containing fentanyl that was seized by law enforcement was 2,300 times greater in 2023 than in 2017.
Just one week before the world’s second-ever global summit on artificial intelligence, protesters of a small but growing movement called “Pause AI” demanded that the world’s governments regulate AI companies and freeze the development of new cutting edge artificial intelligence models. They say that the development of these models should only be allowed to continue if companies agree to let them be thoroughly evaluated to test their safety first.
The Colorado Avalanche has been the NHL’s best offense in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but it might get a needed boost against the stingy Dallas Stars.
Jonathan Drouin skated in his normal spot with the first power-play unit Monday morning and could return to the Avs lineup in Game 4 against the Stars at Ball Arena.
“He’s a good player — really good player,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said.
As the spring semester comes to a close, protests demanding an end to the Israel-Hamas war continue to spread at Colorado colleges, with a new encampment at the University of Denver and disturbances reported at graduation ceremonies last weekend for the University of Colorado Denver and Metropolitan State University of Denver.
A group called DU for Palestine set up a Gaza solidarity encampment at DU’s Carnegie Green on Thursday, mirroring the efforts of the Denver Students for a Democratic Society and Colorado Palestine Coalition, who began an encampment at the Auraria Campus on April 25.
DU administrators shared a new interim policy on protests and demonstrations that day, creating guidelines for acceptable demonstrations and prohibiting those that disrupt meetings or events, impede other DU community members from engaging in free expression, or harm people or property.