A charity that provides horseriding opportunities to disabled and disadvantaged people has raised more than £1.2m in just two months to secure its future. The sums raised by the Park Lane Stables in Teddington, south-west London, amount to almost 10 times its annual income. The charity, which is part of the Riding for the Disabled
As the Government briefs the country on the next stages for exiting lockdown – the key question remains: when will we be able to go on holiday again? Below we take a look at what we know about our summer holidays so far (both UK and international). When can overseas holidays resume? Overseas holidays will not
HSBC building in the Canary Wharf district of London, U.K. Leon Neal | AFP | Getty Images HSBC is due to report financial results for 2020 on Tuesday, during which the bank is expected to update investors on its business restructuring plans and whether it would resume dividend payments. Like many of its peers globally,
Justine Carreon remembers the first pair of sneakers she latched onto. “I wore the same pair of slip-on Vans every day of my sophomore year in high school,” ELLE’s senior fashion market editor shares. The combo she wore on repeat: a pair of workman jeans, a studded belt, and “not-so-vintage” band tees sourced at the
Andra Day, the powerful singer and songwriter famous for “Rise Up,” is making her starring role debut in Lee Daniels’ The United States Vs. Billie Holiday. The United States Vs. Billie Holiday stars Andra Day as Billie Holiday, the legendary jazz singer. The FBI targeted Billie Holiday for using narcotics, but they ultimately wanted to
“WAP” — the sexually explicit hit song by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion — is a symbol of women taking charge and speaking their minds … to Rep. Maxine Waters, anyway. The Congresswoman and MTS recently hooked up online, and Waters seemed to surprise the rapper when she was asked what music encourages her
In an elegant bit of juxtaposition, Snowpiercer Season 2 Episode 5 is a huge turning point both literally and in terms of narrative development. The train is physically approaching Lhasa, Tibet’s Forbidden City (how symbolic is that?), the furthest point of its journey, and preparing to return to Melanie. Meanwhile, the veiled and anticipated threat
Grammy-winning electronic music pioneers Daft Punk have announced that they are breaking up after 28 years. The helmet-wearing French duo shared the news Monday in an 8-minute video called “Epilogue.” Kathryn Frazier, the band’s longtime publicist, confirmed the break up for The Associated Press. Daft Punk, comprised of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, have
My partner and I are both book nerds–we met working at a bookstore–but we don’t have a lot of overlap in our reading. He tends towards science fiction and horror, and I read YA, literary fiction, and queer lit of all genres. When we do both read the same book, though, it’s always an interesting
Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain told CNBC on Monday the cruise operator has seen a number of optimistic signs in its early booking data that suggest a positive recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. “Some of the things we thought was going to happen aren’t happening. They’re better than we thought,” Fain said in an interview
Erick Vazquez receives the Pfizer vaccine during an event to inoculate about 500 health care workers and adults over the age of 65 against COVID-19 put on by the Labor Community Services, the Los Angeles Federation of Labor and St. Johns Well Child and Family Center coined Labor of Love, in Pico Union, Feb. 13,
The MS Society has appointed Clare Horwood as executive director of engagement and income generation. Horwood, who joined the charity today, has spent the past five years working in interim positions, including senior fundraising roles at the mental health charity Mind and Diabetes UK. She succeeds Emma Whitcombe, who left the MS Society in December
Chinese New Year movies continued to drive the global and international box office this weekend, after their astonishing Covid-era debuts last frame. Leaders last session, Detective Chinatown 3 and Hi Mom, both crossed the RMB 4B mark locally, with each at an estimated RMB 4.02B ($621M) cume through Sunday. This is after just 10 days
The first episode of HBO’s new documentary detailing Dylan Farrow‘s allegations of sexual abuse against Woody Allen is out — and the famed director has choice words for it. He and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, blasted the doc in a joint statement … calling ‘Allen v. Farrow’ a “hatchet job” that they believe had no
Daft Punk, the Parisian duo responsible for some of the most popular dance and pop songs of all time, have split. They broke the news with an 8-minute video titled “Epilogue,” excerpted from their 2006 film Electroma. Asked if Daft Punk were no more, their longtime publicist Kathryn Frazier confirmed the news to Pitchfork but
On Sunday, March 7, the Queen will broadcast a special TV message to celebrate Commonwealth Day—hours before Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey airs. In a bizarre scheduling conflict, the Queen will deliver a personal message to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth to mark Commonwealth Day, on the same day
For many years, there was a call across social media for more YA books set in college. Teens like to read up in terms of age was part of the reason, but the other was that many adult YA readers wanted to slip into a story that was a little more mature than high school.
HubSpot – About Us, Our story As fellow graduate students at MIT in 2004, Brian and Dharmesh noticed a shift in the way people shop and buy. Consumers were no longer tolerating interruptive bids for their attention — in fact, they’d gotten really, really good at ignoring them. From this shift, a company was born:
Feb. 18th, 2021 For many marine-life enthusiasts, getting up close to the largest fish in the world counts as an ultimate bucket-list travel experience. Doing it at the Maldives’ southernmost tip from the idyllic Raffles Maldives Meradhoo takes it to another level entirely. Opened in 2019, the resort’s far-flung Indian Ocean location in Gaafu Alifu,
By almost every measure, the coronavirus crisis has been devastating for working women. More women work on the front lines and are at a greater risk of contracting Covid-19, putting themselves and their families in jeopardy. They have reported increased anxiety and stress as a direct result of new work routines and concerns about job
There will be no regulatory action taken against former leaders of the defunct charity Kids Company, Third Sector has been told. An email sent to former Kids Company trustees by a Charity Commission investigator, seen by Third Sector, says that after the conclusion of High Court proceedings the regulator can finish its investigation and remove
(CNN) — In most destinations, being a million tourists short over the previous year would be a huge cause for concern, the result of a horrible natural disaster. But that was before 2020, and before the coronavirus pandemic changed the way we travel forever. The Maldives, an Indian Ocean island archipelago practically synonymous with romance,
Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik welcomed their daughter, Khai, last September, and as of now, they plan to give her a quiet farm life in Pennsylvania. The usually private Hadid doesn’t usually share a lot of photos of her little family on social media. For that reason, it was a big deal when, today, she
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir arrives ahead of a “Tech For Good” meetup at Hotel Marigny in Paris on May 15, 2019, held to discuss good conduct for technology giants. Bertrand Guay | AFP | Getty Images Palantir reported a loss for the fourth quarter of 2020, while revenue beat analysts’ expectations in its earnings
At this point in his career, Robert De Niro could sit back, polish his two Oscars (not to mention his Cecil B. DeMille Award), and rest on his laurels, but that’s not the style of the Hollywood living legend, at least not for the next few years. In the near future, the 77-year-old actor, director,
An enormous, impersonal monster stole De La Soul’s music during the group’s self-aware guest appearance on Teen Titans Go! Granted, you didn’t have to be familiar with the rap trio’s tortured streaming history to appreciate the plot of the show’s latest episode. In “Don’t Press Play”, De La Soul faced a tentacled adversary who ripped
Resilience pays off. That was the main message to take from The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 3, which found Robin trying to save a man who was failed by the system. The wrong person being sent away for crimes is hardly new, but by biding his time before making his escape from prison, Dale kickstarted
John Cena was spotted looking incredibly fit while getting out of a vehicle and going to a training session in Vancouver during a day off from filming his upcoming series ‘Peacemaker’. John Cena, 43, was looking incredibly buff during his latest public outing! The wrestler was photographed while getting out of a vehicle in Vancouver,
For me, switching off means a complete break from work and a focus on family. During the busiest periods in my work life as a designer, I seem to be in and out of home too quickly, running from one place to another, and picking up my children – Mercedes, 7, and Gilberto, 5 –
Adam Jeffery | CNBC After experiencing unusually broad market momentum since November, stocks are overdue for a lengthy pause or a correction. Stock picking will matter from here as the economic reopening determines different winners and losers. According to a team of J.P. Morgan strategists, “it wouldn’t be surprising to witness consolidation” given the current