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Eurovision 2024: Eurovision 2024: Participating countries confirmed
The BBC previously confirmed that the search for the UK act and song had taken place in the summer. Lee Smithurst, executive producer at BBC Studios, and Will Wilkin, commissioning executive for BBC Music, led the search. The broadcaster hinted in October that an announcement would be coming “in due course”.
Hair Ashes: British man wins ‘mullet of the year’ and will post locks in urn back to Australia
The Chelmsford Hotel turned to advertising the mullet competition in 2018 when it was in need of a source of revenue having been threatened with closure. It has become more and more popular every year since, with thousands visiting Kurri Kurri – a village of just 6,000, west of Australian city Newcastle.
One dead and another injured in Paris attack near Eiffel Tower, minister says
On X, formerly Twitter, Gerald Darmanin wrote: “The police have just courageously arrested an assailant attacking passersby in Paris, around the Quai de Grenelle. One deceased person and one injured person treated by the Paris fire brigade. Please avoid the area.”
What is sustainable aviation fuel? Virgin Atlantic’s first ‘SAF’ transatlantic flight lands in US
In November 2022, it pledged a share of a £165 million fund to five projects with the aim of making the “UK a global leader in sustainable aviation fuels”. These included building several factories in the UK dedicated to the production of SAF, including plants in Teesside, Immingham and Ellesmere Port. The factories will convert household and commercial waste, such as black bin bags, into jet fuel.
Elon Musk tells advertisers boycotting X: ‘Go f*** yourselves’
“Go. F***. Yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is. Hey, Bob, if you’re in the audience,” he added, in an apparent reference to Robert Iger, chief executive of Walt Disney, which pulled ads on X, saying its association with X “was not a positive one for us”.
Congressman George Santos accused of stealing donor identities and running up huge costs on their credit cards
In one instance, Santos allegedly swiped the credit card information of one of his contributors, who had already donated $5,800 to the campaign, to give himself an additional $15,800 in payments, the indictment said. Because the unauthorized charges exceeded contribution limits under federal law, Santos listed the additional payments as coming from his own unwitting relatives, prosecutors allege.
US accuses unnamed Indian official of trying to assassinate New York-based Sikh separatist
“The defendant conspired from India to assassinate, right here in New York City, a U.S. citizen of Indian origin who has publicly advocated for the establishment of a sovereign state for Sikhs,” Damian Williams, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, said in a statement.
Sex and the city star Cynthia Nixon joins hunger strike outside White House in support of Gaza ceasefire
The actress joined politicians and activists on five day hunger strike to demand a permanent ceasefire
Suspect arrested in shooting of three Palestinian college students in Vermont
The 48-year-old suspect pleaded not guilty in arraignment hearing on Monday
Israel and Hamas exchange prisoners and hostages as two-day ceasefire extension agreed
The Israeli military said 11 hostages have been released from Hamas and are now in Israel.
