Richard E Grant admits Traitors mistakes: ‘I never thought they would take me seriously’ pred 1 dnevom, 19 urami in 18 minutami Actor says he should have made a joke of his admission, he felt institutionalised there and he is not watching the seriesRichard E Grant has said his early exit from The Celebrity Traitors was due to his failure to realise his fellow contestants would take him seriously.The Withnail and I actor was voted off as a traitor after brazenly admitting his status to other contestants. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Homes and bridges swept away as fresh floods hit Nepal pred 1 dnevom, 19 urami in 30 minutami Nepal is still trying to recover from catastrophic floods that hit less than two months ago, leaving thousands dead and missing.(BBC News)
People smugglers are still profiting from small boats. Can the UK fix the crisis? pred 1 dnevom, 19 urami in 33 minutami As ‘one in, one out’ scheme ends, refugees still want to cross the Channel despite French police aggression and hostile welcomesThe smuggler works quickly. Using a small shovel, he digs up a dinghy buried in a sand dune on a beach not far from Boulogne-sur-Mer, assembles it and affixes a motor in record time.“I never saw anyone work like this,” says Amad, from Iraq, one of a group of about 30 asylum seekers waiting to cross the Channel. “The UK government wants to stop the smugglers, but they are smart. They have plan A, plan B and plan C, so there is always a way for them to get people across this sea. For as long as asylum seekers will pay them, there is too much money involved for them to give up.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
There’s more to our music than Oasis, says Manchester mayor pred 1 dnevom, 19 urami in 33 minutami Bev Craig pledges £2m in funding to nurture local artists by improving access to rehearsal and production spaceThe Manchester mayor, Bev Craig, has said the city’s music scene is about more than just Oasis, as she announced funding to nurture a diverse range of local artists, be they “guitar bands or not”.Craig pledged the £2m investment funding in Greater Manchester, as the city region hosted a conference for the creative industries at MediaCity in Salford. Continue reading...(The Guardian)