October could be bringing more heat than chill as experts forecast heatwave. Picture: Getty By Zoe Adams October's weather forecast is looking promising for Brits as Met Office forecast above average temperatures, but will there be an actual heatwave? And what dates will it fall on? Listen to this article Loading audio... September in the UK brought the biggest and hottest heatwave of the year in 2023 with temperatures being above 30 degrees for over a week.
Mystery as veteran vanishes while kayaking with friends over holiday weekend - with boat found broke
2024-06-24
A 46-year-old man vanished after his overturned kayak was found in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast.
Eiffel Gilyana, who was a fitness instructor and married father-of-three was out kayaking with the Task Force Hydro1 boat team near the St. Augustine Inlet around 10am December 23 when his fellow boaters lost sight of him during 'rough conditions.'
A search was quickly mounted by the U.S. Coast Guard, but only his overturned kayak was found.
Who says Selena Gomez isn't a stargirl?
The "Wolves" singer had a shocked reaction to an artificial intelligence (AI) re-imagining of herself singing the 2016 song "Starboy," which was originally performed by her ex The Weeknd.
A fan account recently posted the audio of Selena's AI-generated voice and captioned the clip, translated from Turkish, "How did you find Selena's viral cover of starboy voiced with artificial intelligence?"
Selena, 31, had just a one-word response to encapsulate the rare feeling, commenting on the post: "
SEMANTIC ENIGMASWhat is the origin of the expression 'to paint the town red'? David Sharp, Paris, France
According to Oscar Wilde, it's Dante, The Inferno: "we are they who painted the world scarlet with sins." Garrick Alder, London The four dictionaries I have looked at agree that this originates from US slang. The earliest recorded use is 1884, and the OED quotes the Chicago Advance (1897): `The boys painted the town [New York City] red with firecrackers [on Independence Day].
Air Canada may have an issue with pilots bringing porn onto its airplanes ... and one XXX site is so appreciative it's offering a special deal to any of the company's wingmen -- with a catch.
Brazzers says they'll hook up ANY Air Canada pilot with a free membership ... and it won't expire until they stop working for the company. Only problem ... they have to reach out via Twitter -- which is extremely public.
Play video content TAKE THAT, FOOTBALL FANS! Trevor Noah's backing up Taylor Swift ... saying the Grammys wouldn't focus lenses on her like the NFL -- they'd go after a former player.
The comedian just took to the Grammys stage to perform his opening monologue -- during which he stayed real positive and complimentary -- before mentioning the world's biggest pop star and chastising NFL fans for blaming Taylor for the amount football broadcasts cut to her.
A woman is furious after being uninvited from her sister's wedding. Picture: Getty Images One woman has asked for advice after her sister banned her from her wedding.
A woman has revealed she was uninvited from a wedding after she refused to let her sister honeymoon in her house. Taking to Reddit, the anonymous user explained that her parents had sold her their holiday home a few years back.
With history’s biggest, most profitable story about a superhero team — the inevitable megasmash Avengers: Age of Ultron — coming out this week, let’s take a moment to think about what makes such teams work as fictional constructs. Why do comics readers and moviegoers come back to this simple, stupid idea (a bunch of people with miraculous abilities fight things and hang out together) over and over again? Sure, part of it is simple bigger-is-better maximalism, but we don’t crave superhero teams simply because more fists mean more punching.
Amidst the murderers, rapists, and serial abusers you’d see on any given episode of The Sopranos, there were some really scary characters — I’m talking about the women of the Soprano family. Over the course of the show, Janice (Aida Turturro) and Livia (Nancy Marchand) did as much harm as the gangsters.
We might as well start with Janice. Fresh off of leaving behind her son Harpo Hal, Janice proceeded to shack up with the notorious Richie Aprile (David Proval) before ending his life at the dinner table.