Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The first look images of “William Tell,” the epic story of the crossbow-wielding warrior, have been released. The feature film is in its last week of principal photography in Italy.
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A fresh six-week consultation on whether to ban plastic wet wipes after considering the problem for several years has begun. The government first laid out this intention in 2018 and has had numerous calls for evidence and consultations, with 96% of respondents saying in a 2021 survey that they supported a ban.
Critics, including environmental groups and the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee, have complained that the Government is taking too long to implement a policy the vast majority of people have long agreed with. In a report published last month, the Lords committee described a further consultation as “unnecessary and deeply damaging to the environment”.
Wet wipes are harmful as once flushed, the plastic in them breaks down into microplastics which have come to pollute almost every environment on Earth. Plastic stops the wipes from breaking down and so they can also clog up sewers by becoming part of fatbergs that cause major blockages.
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These are formed from a mixture of fat, oil and grease poured down sinks and drains that combine with items flushed down the toilet like wet wipes, nappies and cotton buds. A ban on plastic wet wipes would help reduce a major ingredient of fatbergs while also cutting the amount of plastic going into the waterways.
Environment Secretary Therese Coffey said: “Wet wipes containing plastic are unnecessary and are polluting our environment. “Today’s plan shows we will continue to tackle plastic pollution in our waterways, building on banning microbeads in personal care products to taking billions of plastic bags out of circulation.”
Around 90% of wet
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The first look images of “William Tell,” the epic story of the crossbow-wielding warrior, have been released. The feature film is in its last week of principal photography in Italy.
The B-52s will perform at the White House State Dinner on Wednesday for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Haydon.
Marvel has claimed that actor Edward Norton is banned from returning as the Hulk in any future movies.In Joanna Robinson’s new book, MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, it’s claimed that while the call is open for other guest actors to return to their roles, Norton won’t be asked back.The book claimed: “If the Inhumans could be rehabilitated, apparently everyone in MCU history was on [Marvel boss’ Kevin] Feige’s call list—except Edward Norton, the franchise’s first Bruce Banner, and Joss Whedon, whose Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. characters remained in limbo”Shortly before development began on The Avengers, Feige released a statement on Norton’s role in the MCU.He said at the time: “We have made the decision to not bring Ed Norton back to portray the title role of Bruce Banner in the Avengers.
For nearly a decade, Aram Sheibani lived a life of luxury. He jetted around the world, stayed in luxury hotels and drove top-of-the-range cars - including a £250,000 white Bentley. He's said to have bought the flash motor with cash.
CNN‘s Sara Sidner faced a precarious situation on air today when reporting from the West Bank, as a protester in a pro-Palestinian demonstration confronted her and shouted, “f— CNN.”
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor In a real-time reminder of the dangers of covering international conflict, CNN anchor Sara Sidner was reporting live from the West Bank city of Ramallah when a man accosted her on-air to voice criticism of the network’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas War. “You are genocide supporters. You are not welcome here, genocide supporters,” said a man who came up to Sidner while she was in the middle of reporting on air.
BreAnna Bell There’s been another showrunner shakeup in the “Law & Order” universe. John Shiban has been named new showrunner of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” ahead of the show’s Season 4 premiere marking the seventh showrunner to steer the series. The series is set to air in midseason.
John Shiban has been named executive producer and showrunner for NBC‘s Law & Order: Organized Crime. Shiban fills the last remaining open showrunner spot for Wolf Entertainment & Universal Television’s drama series following the end of the writers strike. Law & Order: Organized Crime is set to air in midseason.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Sweeney Todd” stars Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford will take their final bows as the Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Mrs. Lovett in 2024. They will be exiting the show on Jan.
Documentary filmmaking legend Errol Morris has built his extraordinary reputation on two principle foundations: what might be called dramatizations (he rejects the terms reenactments or recreations) and interviews of incredible insight and verve. He has conversed with a fascinating array of people — Robert McNamara, Donald Rumsfeld, Steve Bannon, owners of pet cemeteries, a woman accused of kidnapping and raping a Mormon missionary, to name a few.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have arrived in Australia.
Reuters videographer Issam Abdullah was killed and four other reporters were wounded in southern Lebanon on Friday while covering skirmishes along its border with Israel.
Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank have a ‘completely different dynamic’ to Kate Middleton and Prince William, according to a body language expert. Eugenie, 33, and Jack, 37, are celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary this week and body language guru Darren Stanton said the Royal couple have grown in confidence over the years. However, he added the pair come across as ‘quite guarded’ and ‘protective’ when compared to the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Naman Ramachandran Bangladesh is a vital presence at the 2023 Busan International Film Festival with three films in competition and a film at the Asian Project Market. The current wave of Bangladeshi cinema was heralded by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki‘s “Television,” which closed Busan in 2012. The festival has subsequently screened almost every major work emerging from the country.
Augustus Prew is dreaming of a dead child in the trailer for his upcoming movie Dear David.
Jessica Kiang One of the tiniest lived-in details in Bangladeshi writer-director Biplob Sarkar‘s debut feature — which is really a cluster of tiny, lived-in details — is the sheet of adhesive bindis that Kajal (a delightfully natural Ehan Rashid) snaffles from his mother’s dressing table. The bindis, or as they’re known in these parts, teeps, are worn by Banglasdeshi women of all creeds and religions, but along with an orangey-pink lipstick also taken from the dresser, for Kajal they represent more than mere cosmetic adornment.
expanded “Don’t Say Gay” law.Charlotte County Schools Superintendent Mark Vianello and Michael McKinley, the attorney for the Charlotte County Schools, recently responded to questions from the district’s librarians at a July meeting asking whether the law required the removal of books with LGBTQ characters but contained no explicit sex scenes.“Books with LBGTQ+ characters are not to be included in classroom libraries or school library media centers,” Vianello and McKinley said in response, according to a district memo obtained under a public information request by the Florida Freedom to Read Project.The nonprofit group, which opposes the law’s provisions making it easier to challenge or remove books from schools, provided the memo to The Associated Press last week.After receiving negative press, the district backed off slightly from an across-the-board ban, clarifying that it primarily applied to elementary and middle schools.The district said that high school libraries could keep non-explicit books with LGBTQ characters and themes in their collections, but could not use any of those books in classroom instruction, according to the investigative journalism website Popular Information.The expansion of the “Parental Rights in Education” law — dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law by critics — passed earlier this year after conservatives said the original 2022 law didn’t go far enough in stopping LGBTQ-themed materials from being accessed by minors.Under the new restrictions, the ban on LGBTQ content was applied to all grades — except in rare instances for some high school biology or health classes.The law also allows any county resident — regardless of whether they have children enrolled in school — to demand the removal of books
Manchester United’s share price bounced back slightly amid this week’s news that Sir Jim Ratcliffe could pivot into acquiring a small stake in the club.
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Love Island star Mitchel Taylor has been mocked by some of his former villa mates after announcing that he has decided to return to his "normal job" from before the show. The 27 year old was recently "dropped" by his PR agent amid claims that he was accused of making "homophobic" comments at a Space NK brand event, which he subsequently addressed in a video statement on YouTube and vehemently denies using any "homophobic language".